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Air quality and how it affects asthma in children
Philadelphia Inquirer (blog) For those who live in cities and industrial areas, the prevalence of wheezing and asthma increases. Big cities such as Philadelphia have air quality problems – all one has to do is drive down I-95 flanked by smokestacks with different colored gases … |
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State Averages: Quality Of Care At Community Health Centers
Kaiser Health News Asthma Therapy: The percentage of patients age 5 to 40 who have persistent asthma who receive asthma drugs. *Low Birth Weight is the only measure for which a lower number is better. Source: U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration … |
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House Bill Would Help Improve Air Quality in San Joaquin Valley
KSEE "We are 4th in the nation for asthma death, and these are the things that should not be happening. Not only asthma, we have premature birth, and other cardiovascular illnesses with people." To address the problem, congressmen Jim Costa and Jerry … Bill Introduced to Combat Asthma Bill seeks grants to help improve air quality in San Joaquin Valley |
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Air quality alert issued for Thursday
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette FORT WAYNE – The city's air will be unhealthy Thursday for people with asthma or other lung problems, health officials warn. The air will remain "unhealthy for sensitive groups" because of ground-level ozone. The "unhealthy for sensitive groups … TEHAMA COUNTY AIR QUALITY ADVISORY |
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Air quality alert days pose health challenges for many people
The Courier-Journal Asthma couldn't prevent Nikki Guernsey from running the Triple Crown, Louisville's trifecta of 5K, 10K and 10-mile races, but nothing slows her down like an air quality alert day. “It feels like a suffocating blanket, despite using my rescue inhaler … |
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Yoga May Improve Quality of Life for Asthma Patients
Natural Standard Blog (blog) A new study suggests that practicing yoga may improve quality of life for women with asthma. Yoga techniques use gravity, leverage and tension while holding poses for varying lengths of time. Ancient texts describe rapid breathing (kapalabhati) as … |
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Air Quality Advisory Issued for Falmouth
Patch.com While most will be able to cope with the elevated ozone levels, those with asthma and other breathing issues should limit their time outdoors. According to the MassDEP's Web site,"High pressure over the southeast U.S. is pumping hot, humid air into the … |
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Health Tip: Poor Air Quality Affects Kids With Asthma
U.S. News & World Report (HealthDay News) — When the weather heats up and ozone infiltrates the air, kids with asthma should limit their time outside, experts say. The Nemours Foundation offers these suggestions for the parents of asthmatic children when the air quality is … |
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(HealthDay News) — When the weather heats up and ozone infiltrates the air, kids with asthma should limit their time outside, experts say.
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I-Team: Why Tampa's air quality got an "F"
ABC Action News At the Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology Associates of Tampa Bay clinic in Tampa, 7-year old Ashlin Riley underwent a regular checkup for her asthma. She's had asthma since she was a baby. It's under control now, her mother says, but at times her breathing … |
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