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Report: Childhood asthma on the decline, but not among those living in poverty
NBC26.tv Government researchers say childhood asthma may be on the decline, but not among kids living in poverty. After peaking in 2009, childhood asthma rates leveled off then dropped significantly in 2013. However asthma prevalence among poor children has … |
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In New York City's black neighborhoods, poverty, housing issues, and asthma go …
Grist The profiles detail the poverty rate, access to health care, life expectancy, strokes, asthma, mental illness, and cause of death for each neighborhood's population. They reveal the stark reality of how health in New York varies along race and income … |
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Poverty, race drive asthma rates more than city living
Buffalo News For the past 50 years, scientists also believed urban living led to higher rates of asthma in children. But new research from Johns Hopkins Children's Center disputes the notion that geography alone is a major risk factor for the disease and its … |
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Poverty, Not Air Pollution Causing Childhood Asthma, Study Finds
The Heartland Institute A new study authored by a research team led by Dr. Corrine Keet of John's Hopkins Children's Center has found no link between outdoor air pollution and childhood asthma. Dr. Keet's team followed 23,000 U.S. children and found no statistically … |
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Waterbury Republican American |
Poverty, race drive asthma rates
Waterbury Republican American Faith Walker, 7, who has asthma, readies to take a breathing test as Monique Franklin, research assistant, coaches her on Jan. 23, 2015 at Johns Hopkins Children's Center in Baltimore, Md. Johns Hopkins research shows that poverty, more than race … |
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Poverty, race drive asthma rates
The Salinas Californian For the past 50 years, scientists also believed urban living led to higher rates of asthma in children. But new research from Johns Hopkins Children's Center disputes the notion that geography alone is a major risk factor for the disease and its … |
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Memphis Commercial Appeal |
Poverty, race drive asthma rates more than city living, research shows
Memphis Commercial Appeal There are, however, pockets around the country in suburban and rural areas where the prevalence of asthma is just as high, according to the study, recently published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. The common links among 23,000 … |
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Arizona Daily Sun |
Poverty, race drive asthma rates more than city living
Arizona Daily Sun For the past 50 years, scientists also believed urban living led to higher rates of asthma in children. But new research from Johns Hopkins Children's Center disputes the notion that geography alone is a major risk factor for the disease and its … |
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Poverty, race drive asthma rates more than city living
Medical Xpress Her mother, Tyishia Walker, who suffers from asthma and has an older daughter with the disease, knew exactly what was wrong: Faith also had the chronic lung condition. "I'm sure it's from living in the city," said Tyishia Walker." We have more rats … |
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Baltimore Sun |
Poverty, race drive asthma rates more than city living
Baltimore Sun Her mother, Tyishia Walker, who suffers from asthma and has an older daughter with the disease, knew exactly what was wrong: Faith also had the chronic lung condition. "I'm sure it's from living in the city," said Tyishia Walker."We have more rats … |
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