Tobacco exposure raises hospital readmission rate for children with asthma – Penn State News

Tobacco exposure raises hospital readmission rate for children with asthma
Penn State News
Children admitted to the hospital for asthma are likely to be readmitted within a year if they are exposed to secondhand smoke, according to a study led by Dr. Judie Howrylak and Dr. Adam Spanier of Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital. The study 

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NYCHA Mold Removal Settlement Has Wide Scope Thanks to High Asthma Rate – Village Voice (blog)


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NYCHA Mold Removal Settlement Has Wide Scope Thanks to High Asthma Rate
Village Voice (blog)
But perhaps most importantly, NYCHA must recognize that tenants with asthma qualify for protections under the Americans with Disabilities Acts, meaning housing officials have a legal obligation to ensure that those residents do not live in a moldy
Lawsuit Forces NYCHA To Remove Mold In Days, Not MonthsGothamist
NYCHA to address 'severe and pervasive' mold problem in public housingMetro.us
A breath of fresh airNew York Daily News

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Taking probiotics during pregnancy has no effect on asthma rate amoung infants – News-Medical.net


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Taking probiotics during pregnancy has no effect on asthma rate amoung infants
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Taking probiotics has health benefits but preventing childhood asthma isn't one of them, shows newly published research led by medical scientists at the University of Alberta. Meghan Azad, a Banting post-doctoral fellow in the Faculty of Medicine
Taking probiotics during pregnancy doesn't prevent asthma in kidsZee News
Probiotics during Pregnancy won't Help Prevent Asthma: StudyScience World Report

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For Persistent Asthma, Surveyed Pulmonologists Indicate That a Reduced Rate … – PR Newswire (press release)

For Persistent Asthma, Surveyed Pulmonologists Indicate That a Reduced Rate
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The DecisionBase report entitled Asthma: Where do Pulmonologists and Payers Signal the Greatest Need—and Greatest Opportunity for Differentiation—for Novel Therapies for Persistent Disease? finds that surveyed U.S. and European pulmonologists and 

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VT Health Department: VT Has the Highest Asthma Rate in the Nati – FOX44 … – Fox44abc22yourvoice

VT Health Department: VT Has the Highest Asthma Rate in the Nati – FOX44
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VT Health Department: VT Has the Highest Asthma Rate in the Nation – Fox44abc22yourvoice

VT Health Department: VT Has the Highest Asthma Rate in the Nation
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Vermont publishes asthma data and state plan on World Asthma Day. A press release says Vermont has the highest asthma rate in the nation with 1 in 10 Vermont children and approximately 11% of adults having asthma in 2010. "Public health officials have

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California City Seeks to Cut Asthma Rate via ‘Social Impact’ Bond Issue – Insurance Journal

California City Seeks to Cut Asthma Rate via 'Social Impact' Bond Issue
Insurance Journal
The city of Fresno, Calif., will be the first municipality in the United States to see whether “social impact bonds,” an innovative security that promotes a societal benefit, can be used to tackle a major healthcare problem like asthma. Fresno is using

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