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Report: Latinos Three Times More Likely To Die From Asthma Than Other …
Fox News Latino Latinos are three times more likely to die from asthma than other racial or ethnic groups in the United States due in large parts to socioeconomic, housing and health care divides in the country, one environmental non-profit said. With Latino children … |
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How Controlling Exercise-Induced Asthma is Good for Your Health and Wallet
U.S. News & World Report (blog) Some people will do anything to avoid working out, and to their active friends the excuses can seem endless. For some with exercise-induced asthma, however, the barrier feels built right into the condition. Asthma of any type is caused by the narrowing … |
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US News Twitter Chat: Coping With Asthma
U.S. News & World Report On Wednesday, May 14, U.S. News and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute will host a Twitter chat on asthma. Experts will discuss everything from what causes asthma to factors that trigger an attack, to how to know if you or your child has … |
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Asthma costly for NY Medicaid system, new report says
Oneida Dispatch Asthma costly for NY Medicaid system, new report says. Asthma educator Kim Reiners, right, a registered nurse, administers a breathing treatment to Kymbrea Valrey, 12, who has chronic asthma, at Cardon Children's Medical Center in Mesa, Ariz. AP file. |
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Report: Poor children in NY twice as likely to have asthma
myfoxny.com Harlem has some of the highest asthma rates in the city. A new report released Friday is giving us a closer look at the chronic lung disease and who is struggling with it. Asthma is not only deadly but it's costing billions of dollars to treat. "The … |
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Asthma costly for NY Medicaid system, new report says
Kingston Daily Freeman Asthma costly for NY Medicaid system, new report says. Asthma educator Kim Reiners, right, a registered nurse, administers a breathing treatment to Kymbrea Valrey, 12, who has chronic asthma, at Cardon Children's Medical Center in Mesa, Ariz. AP file. |
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NYS Comptroller Report: State Choking On $1.3 Billion In Annual Asthma …
CBS Local NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – Asthma is costing New York's Medicaid system more than half a billion dollars a year, according to a report released Friday that urges the state to do more to help those affected by the respiratory illness. The study by state … Asthma Costs New York $1.3 Billion a Year, DiNapoli Says |
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By Bridgett Novak NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The 12th annual “Spring Allergy Capitals” report was released today by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA). “We should point out that even Colorado Springs, Colorado, which came in last at 100, is considered bad for allergies,” noted Mike Tringale, Senior Vice President of External Affairs for AAFA. “There are 320 metropolitan areas in the country and these are the 100 that have the right mix of factors to be considered ‘allergy capitals’ – i.e., the most challenging for certain allergy sufferers.” The factors that go into the rankings are the area’s pollen score, allergy medicine utilization and the number of board-certified allergists. The pollen score, which is provided to AAFA by IMS Health, reflects recorded pollen/mold spore levels, the predicted prevalence for certain types of pollens/molds over the most recent spring season and the duration of the peak season for the most allergenic pollen types.
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Common Asthma Meds May Raise Sleep Apnea Risk, Study Says
U.S. News & World Report "Inhaled corticosteroids may predispose to sleep apnea in some asthma patients," said study author Dr. Mihaela Teodorescu, an associate professor of medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, in Madison. In sleep … |
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Report says asthma care needs work
ABQ Journal Of the nearly one in 10 New Mexicans who have asthma, more than a third of children and nearly half of adults have the disease under poor control, according to a new state Department of Health report. The chronic lung disease causes some 7,700 … Health alert issued due to wind, dust |
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