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After asthma attack, Norris leads Clarksville softball to state
The Tennessean BRENTWOOD — Heather Norris lay in the pitcher's circle during the eighth inning of Clarksville's Class AAA softball sectional gasping for air, each desperate cough echoing through Ravenwood's silent ballpark. She was having an asthma attack during the … |
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State health officials encourage awareness and action during World Asthma Month
Indianapolis Recorder Nearly 25 million Americans suffer from asthma, a disease that affects the lungs and causes episodes of wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness and coughing. Children are especially susceptible and one out of every 10 school-aged children has asthma … |
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Health Notes: Carlton County asthma hospitalizations above state average
Budgeteer Carlton County has a higher rate of hospitalizations for asthma than the state as a whole, data released this week by the Minnesota Department of Health show. From 2008-10, the county had a rate of 9.7 hospitalizations for every 10,000 residents. That … |
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Vermont publishes asthma data and state plan on World Asthma Day – VTDigger
vtdigger.org BURLINGTON – Vermont, a rural state known for its open spaces, clean air and relative absence of industrialization, has one of the highest rates of asthma in the nation. One in 10 Vermont children and approximately 11 percent of adults had asthma in 2010. |
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Helping West Virginians with asthma breathe easier
State Journal More than 190,000 West Virginians – adults and children – have ever been diagnosed with asthma. The chronic lung disease, which makes it difficult to breathe, is controllable but often times results in frequent emergency room visits and hospitalization. |
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State health officials commission schools to reduce asthma attacks
Los Angeles Times The state is hoping to learn about successful programs to help students and staff breathe easier and reduce the number of asthma attacks on campuses. The state will award $2,000 to schools and $5,000 to districts for winners who have the best ideas for … |
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Local asthma hospitalizations lowest in state
The Herald-Times (subscription) From 2007 to 2011, Monroe County had the lowest reported rate of asthma hospitalizations in the state among 5- to 17-year-olds — and the state's third-lowest rate for emergency department visits by children suffering from asthma — according to … |
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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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Local virus patterns may affect kids' asthma risk, study says
Lansing State Journal Infants in urban areas have different patterns of viral respiratory illness than those in the suburbs, which may explain why inner-city children are more likely to develop asthma, a new study suggests. The findings may lead to new ways to treat … Inner-City Kids Get Different Kinds of Colds Inner City Infants Have Different Patterns of Viral Respiratory Illness Than … Expat Health Insurance News: Virus infections 'linked to higher rates of … |
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State medical board disciplines Soquel physician
San Jose Mercury News The medical board's investigation found Yarema had seen the patient at the San Francisco Bay Therapeutic Hemp Care in Milpitas on July 25, 2010, and took a medical history indicating the patient had asthma since birth and smoked marijuana to decrease … |
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