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School apologizes after boy walks home during asthma attack
WSBT-TV A mother wants to know how her 5-year-old child was able walk home from school by himself, while he was having an asthma attack. It apparently happened at Alexander Graham Bell Elementary School at about 1:30 pm Thursday. Stacy Roszak said that her son … |
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School District prevails in suit over girl who died in asthma attack
TheNewsTribune.com A Pierce County jury this week found that the Bethel School District was not legally responsible for the death of a 10-year-old girl who died three years ago after suffering an asthma attack at Clover Creek Elementary School. A Pierce County jury this … |
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School receives $8 million grant to study asthma, allergies
Washington University in St. Louis News We want to figure out how these reactions might move in a helpful direction and provide protection against the environment or in a harmful direction, leading to inflammatory diseases such as asthma.” The first project investigates how airway epithelial … |
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Elementary School an Ideal Place to Screen for Asthma
Medscape November 22, 2011 (Boston, Massachusetts) — The elementary school setting might be ideal for screening children for asthma, according to research presented in a poster session here at the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) 2011 … |
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Calais hospital presents devices to help school nurses address asthma
Bangor Daily News A peak flow meter measures how well a person can blow air out of their lungs and can reveal narrowing of the airways well in advance of an asthma attack. Used mainly by persons with moderate-to-severe and persistent asthma, peak flow meters can help … |
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Most States Don't Make the Grade on Asthma & Allergy School Health
Sacramento Bee By The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America WASHINGTON, Nov. 4, 2011 — Report Finds States Lack Policies to Curb Classroom Burden of Asthma and Severe Allergies WASHINGTON, Nov. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — For over 7 million children with … Most States Don't Make the Grade on Asthma & Allergy School Health Most States Don't Make the Grade on Asthma & Allergy School Health Most States Don't Make the Grade on Asthma & Allergy School Health |
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Most States Don't Make the Grade on Asthma & Allergy School Health
MarketWatch (press release) 4, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Report Finds States Lack Policies to Curb Classroom Burden of Asthma and Severe Allergies For over 7 million children with asthma, and 13 million with food allergy or other severe allergies, going to school is a daily … Most States Don't Make the Grade on Asthma & Allergy School Health |
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N.J. school district earns 'asthma-friendly' status
Mother Nature Network (blog) New Jersey school district has been working to improve asthma awareness and lessen asthma triggers for students. New Jersey's Woodbury City public school district received a unique honor this week. The district earned an “asthma-friendly” designation … |
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School nurse invents new asthma spacer
Nursing Times A Norfolk school nurse has won a prestigious award for inventing a “pocket sized” asthma spacer. Paul Watson, a school nurse from Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust, received the 2011 Alumni Success in BusinessAward from Anglia Ruskin … |
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School evacuated over 'irritant'
BBC News The fire service said a number of asthma sufferers had been treated for breathing problems. Ashley Road has been closed, with the public told to stay away from the area for the "foreseeable future". The fire service said about 30 pupils had been … |
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