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May 10, 2011

Yes Men Affiliates Prank Peabody Energy – Huffington Post

Yes Men Affiliates Prank Peabody Energy
Huffington Post
LOUIS, May 10, 2011 / PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Peabody Energy today announced the creation of an innovative new public health initiative designed to combat the stigma of asthma among American children ages 0-18. With Coal Cares™ (www.coalcares.org), …
Coal Cares Site, A Brilliant Hoax of The Coal IndustryFast Company
Peabody Punked by Fake 'Coal Cares' Asthma SiteForbes (blog)
Fake website, press release targets Missouri coal companyCNN International
Straight.com –Wall Street Journal –TIME
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April 22, 2011

Asthma patients recruited for vitamin D study – Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Asthma patients recruited for vitamin D study
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is recruiting nonsmoking adults with asthma for a study that will help determine whether vitamin D enhances asthma treatment with inhalers by reducing inflammation. …

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April 12, 2011

Little Things Can Fix a Big Problem on National Healthy Schools Day – Huffington Post (blog)

Little Things Can Fix a Big Problem on National Healthy Schools Day
Huffington Post (blog)
Regular attendance is a key indicator of a child's success in school and the Centers for Disease Control reports that asthma is the number one cause of absenteeism for American schoolchildren. Poor indoor air quality in schools, however, contributes to …

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April 12, 2011

Injected drugs help ease asthma symptoms in urban youths – Washington Post

Injected drugs help ease asthma symptoms in urban youths
Washington Post
THE QUESTION Urban youngsters often have trouble keeping their asthma symptoms at bay. Might they be helped by injections of a drug that blocks a protein in the body that sparks allergic reactions? …

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April 7, 2011

Pollution rules could be eased despite increase in asthma – Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Pollution rules could be eased despite increase in asthma
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
s Clairton Coke Works, have asthma rates 300 to 400 percent higher than national rates, convincing district officials to install air filtration systems in school buildings. But studies show high rates of asthma prevail throughout southwestern …
Nurses to Congress: Blocking EPA Will Worsen AsthmaNatural Resources Defense Council (blog)
Report: Asthma costs top $2 billion in OhioDayton Business Journal
Report: Asthma Prevalence, High Related Costs Likely to Worsen in U.S. if …PR Newswire (press release)
Hispanically Speaking News (blog)
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April 6, 2011

Groups say asthma cases will rise if EPA rules blocked – Pittsburgh Post Gazette

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Groups say asthma cases will rise if EPA rules blocked
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
A study released today says asthma cases nationwide will accelerate along with health-care costs if Congress blocks the US Environmental Protection Agency from implementing new air-pollution rules. …
Protecting our air and public healthThe Hill (blog)
As I See It | Reducing toxins would be a step toward a healthier KCKansas City Star
Congress Urged to Uphold the Clean Air ActKansas City infoZine
Delaware County Daily Times –Congress.org –Minneapolis Star Tribune
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April 4, 2011

How Much Poison is OK for Our Kids? – Huffington Post (blog)

How Much Poison is OK for Our Kids?
Huffington Post (blog)
It lowers their IQ and is linked to childhood asthma, cancer and autism. 410000 infants are born every year in America having been exposed to unsafe levels of mercury while in the womb. Mercury reduces a child's ability to become a productive member of …

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April 3, 2011

Cook: Hospital was good for what ailed her – Salisbury Post

Cook: Hospital was good for what ailed her
Salisbury Post
Betty, 61, had recently been sick with her chronic asthma, but she thought she was well enough for the trip. As the Flemings traveled late that morning, Betty began to feel sick again. And then sicker. And told her husband she was in trouble. …

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April 1, 2011

Drummer found his rhythm at DSU – Cherry Hill Courier Post

Drummer found his rhythm at DSU
Cherry Hill Courier Post
Devon Miller, who died of an asthma attack at 20, didn't let being born without forearms keep him out of the marching band. / Courtesy of Delaware State University Starting in ninth grade, Devon Miller searched for an instrument he could play. …

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March 28, 2011

Breathless, but not from asthma – Washington Post

Breathless, but not from asthma
Washington Post
The pulmonologist, who had told her previously that she had asthma, finished the visit with a blunt assessment: “I think this is all in your mind and you need to see a psychiatrist,” Ford, now 32, recalls him telling her. In response, she said, …

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