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June 8, 2016

Thousands swallow sardines with paste to try to cure asthma – STLtoday.com

Thousands swallow sardines with paste to try to cure asthma
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Volunteers try to open the mouth of a child suffering from asthma for a member of the Goud family to administer "fish medicine", in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, June 8, 2016. Started by the Bathini Goud family, the therapy is a secret formula of herbs …
Thousands of asthma patients take fish 'prasadam' in HyderabadDaily Pioneer
Fish medicine for Asthma patients from WednesdayTeluguPeople
Asthmatics queue up for Hyderabad fish medicinegulfnews.com
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May 18, 2016

Do more on the local level to help people suffering from asthma – STLtoday.com

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Do more on the local level to help people suffering from asthma
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Asthma Coach Yulanda Tomlin-Watson clips the nose of third grader Xavier Miles, 8, before his spirometry test, which shows the function of the lungs, inside the Healthy Kids Express Van which visited Lucas Crossing Elementary in Normandy on Dec.

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May 12, 2016

Some allergy and asthma triggers, expected and unexpected – STLtoday.com

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Some allergy and asthma triggers, expected and unexpected
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This April 22, 2013 photo shows Maple trees which release a lot of wind-borne pollen while mold is produced by leaves littering the ground, In Langley, Wash. Allergies are caused by pollen from plants, trees, grasses, weeds and mold spores. (AP Photo …
Experts: Brace for severe allergy seasonOneonta Daily Star

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May 9, 2016

Dr. Robert Strunk, pediatric allergist and childhood asthma expert, dies at 73 – STLtoday.com

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Dr. Robert Strunk, pediatric allergist and childhood asthma expert, dies at 73
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June 22, 2011 — Outside of the Lewis and Clark Branch of the St. Louis County Library, Marty Painter (right) administers a spirometry test to 8 year-old Anaya Griffin as her mother Tasha Thomas and siblings Arion Griffin, 8 (rear), and Skylar Thomas …

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March 25, 2016

Alternative treatment helped cat with feline asthma – STLtoday.com

Alternative treatment helped cat with feline asthma
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Dear Dr. Fox • I'm responding to a query from one of your readers, asking for help with feline asthma. One of my cats, Tummy, had bouts of pretty bad asthma three to four times a year. After he was diagnosed, he had several cortisone shots before I …

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January 2, 2016

Kids’ asthma rates quiet down after earlier increase: Study – STLtoday.com

Kids' asthma rates quiet down after earlier increase: Study
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CHICAGO • Asthma rates in U.S. children have quieted down after a decades-long increase, a government study found, and researchers are trying to pinpoint reasons that would explain the trend. A possible plateau in childhood obesity rates and declines …

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October 29, 2015

Nixon’s action thwarts asthma services – STLtoday.com

Nixon's action thwarts asthma services
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Gov. Jay Nixon's recent $46.1 million budget withholding announcement has thwarted cutting-edge asthma services in Missouri. The funding would have allowed for Medicaid reimbursement to practitioners who provide home assessments and education for …

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October 29, 2015

2015-10-29T00:00:00Z Nixon’s action thwarts asthma services stltoday.com – STLtoday.com

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Gov. Jay Nixon's recent $46.1 million budget withholding announcement has thwarted cutting-edge asthma services in Missouri. The funding would have allowed for Medicaid reimbursement to practitioners who provide home assessments and education for …

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May 22, 2015

Key Asthma Budget Item Signed Into Law in Missouri – STLtoday.com

Key Asthma Budget Item Signed Into Law in Missouri
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Medicaid will begin reimbursing Missouri healthcare providers that perform home assessments and asthma education to high-risk children with severe asthma, beginning July 1, 2015. Missouri Governor Jay Nixon approved a $500,000 line item in the state's …

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January 22, 2015

Study shows asthma is not more prevalent in the inner city – STLtoday.com

Study shows asthma is not more prevalent in the inner city
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For more than 50 years, researchers have described childhood asthma as a plague of the inner city — urban areas where 20 percent or more of the population lives below the poverty line. But a new study by researchers from Johns Hopkins University …

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