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January 23, 2014

AGH receives grant for asthma research – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Pittsburgh Post Gazette

AGH receives grant for asthma research – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Allegheny General Hospital has received a $415,000 grant from Heinz Endowments to research the rates of asthma among Pittsburgh children and seek ways to improve treatment. In part, the grant will fund a project to improve identification of asthma …
$415K Given For Asthma Study Of Pittsburgh KidsCBS Local
Asthma figure in Pittsburgh city schools triggers AGH studyTribune-Review
$415K given for asthma study of Pittsburgh kids – The York Daily RecordYork Daily Record

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January 21, 2014

AGH receives grant for asthma research – Pittsburgh Post Gazette

AGH receives grant for asthma research
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Allegheny General Hospital has received a $415,000 grant from Heinz Endowments to research the rates of asthma among Pittsburgh children and seek ways to improve treatment. In part, the grant will fund a project to improve identification of asthma …
Local Experts To Launch Study Regarding High Number Of Asthma CasesCBS Local
Asthma figure in Pittsburgh city schools triggers AGH studyTribune-Review

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January 11, 2014

Fibre in fruit and vegetables may combat asthma, researchers say – South China Morning Post

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Fibre in fruit and vegetables may combat asthma, researchers say
South China Morning Post
That could mean that dietary fibre influences other inflammatory diseases, such as asthma. It's known that asthma has increased in westernised countries since the 1960s, during which time the amount of fibre consumed has also declined. Moreover, asthma …
A high fibre diet may help ward off asthma SpecialDigitalJournal.com
High-fiber diet may ward off asthmaMonterey County Herald
Dietary fibres protect the lungs from asthmaMTBeurope
PR Web (press release)
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December 18, 2013

‘Dog Dust’ Could Protect Against Allergies, Asthma By Changing Gut Bacteria – Huffington Post

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'Dog Dust' Could Protect Against Allergies, Asthma By Changing Gut Bacteria
Huffington Post
Exposure to "dog dust," or the dried flakes of skin that fall from Fido, may protect against developing allergies and asthma in later life by altering intestinal bacteria, a new study in mice suggests. The dust appears to contain bacteria that, when …
How Dogs Might Protect Kids Against Asthma: Gut BacteriaWall Street Journal
Having a dog protects against asthma and infection, study saysPBS NewsHour
Dogs May Guard Babies Against Asthma, AllergiesPhilly.com
Science Daily (press release) –RedOrbit –Daily Mail
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December 10, 2013

Mom Fights For New Asthma Legislation After Son’s Death – Huffington Post

Mom Fights For New Asthma Legislation After Son's Death
Huffington Post
Twelve-year-old Ryan Gibbons died in October 2012 after suffering an asthma attack at school. Ryan typically used an inhaler to alleviate asthmatic symptoms, but his Ontario school kept the inhaler locked up in an office, the Canadian Press reports.

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December 9, 2013

Doctors at Children’s National see asthma as a controllable disease – Washington Post

Doctors at Children's National see asthma as a controllable disease
Washington Post
Like a pair of old sea captains, 10-year-old Noah Sweek and his father, Joshua, keep their eyes trained on the weather. Noah has asthma. When his condition is exacerbated, the airways in his lungs swell, narrowing the passageways and making it …

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October 13, 2013

‘A tale of two cities’: Confronting DC’s asthma problem – Washington Post

Washington Post

'A tale of two cities': Confronting DC's asthma problem
Washington Post
The District of Columbia has one of the highest rates of pediatric asthma in the country, and among the highest rates of children who are hospitalized because of an asthma attack. Behind these statistics lies yet another sign of the demarcation between …

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October 12, 2013

Children’s Hospital aims to cut asthma-related ER visits – Washington Post

Washington Post

Children's Hospital aims to cut asthma-related ER visits
Washington Post
Three times in one week in September, 13-year-old Ellis Powell struggled to breathe. Three times, his mother called an ambulance and raced the gasping boy to the emergency room. Three times, she prayed for God to “cast that demon out” of her frightened …

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October 9, 2013

I Had ‘Asthma’ for 12 Years — Until I Found Out It Was Cancer – Huffington Post

I Had 'Asthma' for 12 Years — Until I Found Out It Was Cancer
Huffington Post
Ten months earlier, on the eve of my 27th birthday, what I thought was my asthma had begun acting up. Wheezing and short of breath most days, I sought the treatment of an allergist. She prescribed inhaled steroids and a 3-5 year course of weekly …

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October 1, 2013

Nuggets briefs: JaVale McGee works to take control of his asthma – Denver Post

Nuggets briefs: JaVale McGee works to take control of his asthma
Denver Post
Nuggets center JaVale McGee is working to get better control of his asthma. He is awaiting lung capacity test results taken recently to be able to pinpoint which medication will work best for him this season. "It definitely figures out what medicines I …

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