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Asthma May Stand in the Way of Overcoming Obesity for Some Children
Huffington Post (blog) National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month is a time to focus on the serious roadblocks that stand between overweight children and good health. From poverty and lack of education to where you live and family history… the list goes on and on. But … |
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Lindsay Lohan Hospitalized For Asthma After Night Partying In Central Park
Huffington Post Lohan has suffered from bronchial asthma since she was a child and her mom Dina Lohan blames the high pollen count in the city for her recent health problems. "Lindsay had not been feeling well all last week following a week of high pollen counts in … |
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Leeds girl, 13, killed by asthma attack
Yorkshire Evening Post Bruntcliffe School pupil Jessica Charlton, 13, was rushed to hospital after paramedics were called to an address in Batley, which the YEP understands is the home of her father. It is understood that she may have suffered an asthma attack. The ambulance … |
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When good cells go bad, allergic asthma can develop
Pittsburgh Post Gazette "We know that recurrent infections of RSV that require hospitalization in early life increase the risk for asthma in adult life," said Anuradha Ray, who along with Prabir Ray is a Pitt doctor of medicine and immunology. They are co-senior authors of … |
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Weather pushes allergy and asthma miseries to new level
Washington Post As one of the hottest summers ever recorded drew to a close, Jay Portnoy watched patients stream into Children's Mercy Hospital and Clinics in Kansas City, Mo., coughing and wheezing with asthma, 20 admissions per day for the week that started with … |
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Study Proposes New Way to Control Asthma
Post News Group For two decades, asthma treatment for millions of people with a milder form of the disease has consisted of daily inhaled steroid medicine to reduce inflammation. Now, a new study has found that asthmatics who take the low-dose medication as a daily … Mild asthmatics may not need daily steroid use according to a new study Mild-to-moderate asthma sufferers may not benefit from daily dose of steroids Mild asthma patients 'may not need daily steroids' |
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Girl killed by asthma attack
Lancashire Evening Post Chloe started having an acute asthma attack and her mother Wendy Passmore went upstairs where her daughter was panicking and struggling to breathe. Her inhaler was giving her no relief so an ambulance was called. When the ambulance arrived, … |
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West Yorkshire pupil, 13, died after classroom asthma attack
Yorkshire Evening Post A 13-year-old boy collapsed and died following a suspected asthma attack in his classroom, soon after a rugby game on his second day at a new school. Hannan Ahmed, from Batley, suffered the attack during lessons at Mirfield Free Grammar School, where … |
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Children who use steroids for asthma may be shorter than their peers as adults
Washington Post Children with chronic asthma. Corticosteroid medications, which suppress inflammation, are a standard treatment for asthma because they help control symptoms and improve lung function. More than 25 million people in the United States have asthma, and … |
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PCB toxins raise asthma symptoms
Jagran Post Melbourne: Children exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), which were commonly used in a range of industrial products, could be at increased risk of asthma symptoms, a new study has found. PCBs were regularly used between the 1930s and 1970s … Exposure to PCBs worsens asthma symptoms Exposure to common toxic substances could increase asthma symptoms PCB Exposure Increases Asthma Risk in Children |
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