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Attack asthma: Kids are shown to suffer from bad air quality
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Nearly 29 percent of fifth-graders in a study involving several elementary schools were found to have asthma. Another 11.7 percent of the 267 students in the study were determined to be at risk of developing it. And researchers with Allegheny Health … |
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Study: High rate of Pittsburgh-area children don't get proper asthma treatment
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A high rate of children with asthma, including a high proportion who are not getting proper treatment, was reported in a study released Thursday that looked at students in several elementary schools in and around Pittsburgh. The study builds on … Study: Asthma More Common In Pittsburgh Children Than National Average Poor Air Quality Linked To High Asthma Rate In Pittsburgh Children Allegheny Health Network Physicians Announce Results of Study on Asthma in Pittsburgh-area Schoolchildren; Report … |
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Tracking asthma in Pittsburgh children finds high …
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A high rate of children with asthma, including a high proportion who are not getting proper treatment, was reported in a study released Thursday that looked at students in several elementary schools in and around Pittsburgh. The study builds on … Study: Asthma More Common In Pittsburgh Children Than National Average Poor Air Quality Linked To High Asthma Rate In Pittsburgh Children Allegheny Health Network Physicians Announce Results of Study on Asthma in Pittsburgh-area Schoolchildren; Report … |
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Allegheny County offers help to Northgate students with asthma
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Nearly 20 percent of students in the Northgate School District due east of Neville Island have asthma, which is among the highest rates in Allegheny County. So the county Health Department is launching a program, in association with the Healthy Homes … |
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Week 11 – Exercising with Asthma
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette It's estimated that anywhere from 7 – 20% of people have some degree of EIB, and this figure rises to up to 80% among those with symptomatic asthma. Most people with EIB notice symptoms including shortness of breath, chest tightness, and cough that … |
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Taking a breather: Students with asthma get help learning to live full lives
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette He's been preoccupied with his struggle against asthma. Since he was 3 months old, the disease has kept him away from most sports, interrupted his classes at school, and kept him from visiting friends and relatives who have pets. Every once in a while, … |
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Summit highlights poor control of asthma here
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette But if the roughly 13 percent of Pittsburghers with asthma aren't taking their medications properly — or aren't aware of other information that will help them control their asthma — they will continue to struggle with breathing problems. "We're … Asthma In The Region Examined In Summit For World Asthma Month |
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Program maps patterns of asthma varieties – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh Post Gazette Asthma isn't just one disease but comes in up to six different varieties, according to a new computer analysis from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh Asthma Institute at UPMC. The study confirms several subtypes of the disease … |
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In Allegheny County, school nurses on the front line of student asthma
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Annie Johnson, a nurse at Wilkins Elementary in Wilkins, helps students deal with asthma pretty much every day. Sometimes, it's as easy as handing them their inhalers after gym. For more serious attacks, she has them sit down and stare at a hologram … |
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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 Kids Asthma figure in Pittsburgh city schools triggers AGH study $415K given for asthma study of Pittsburgh kids – The York Daily Record |
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