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Asthma Awareness Month offers time to look at new ways of controlling the disease
Buffalo Reflex (subscription) About one in 10 Missourians have asthma, a chronic condition caused by inflammation of the lungs. In Missouri alone, an average of 75 people die each year from the disease. Many of these deaths, however, are preventable with awareness, knowledge and … |
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Are childhood asthma rates declining?
Defiance Crescent News (subscription) Childhood asthma has made headlines in recent years because of an upward trend in the number of cases. That may have changed: A government study published in the journal Pediatrics shows asthma rates may be leveling off or declining, but not for poor … |
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Living with asthma? Get smart about the flu
Defiance Crescent News (subscription) The flu, a contagious respiratory illness, can exacerbate the existing inflammation in asthma patients' lungs, putting them at an increased risk of experiencing worsened asthma symptoms and even an increase in frequency or severity of asthma attacks, … |
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Asthma girl's death helped five to live
The Times (subscription) A teenager who died from asthma has saved five lives — by telling her mother days before her death she wanted to be an organ donor. Lizzie Ford, 18, died in October last year but her family said her legacy will live on after her heart, kidneys, spleen … Hero teen praised for saving FIVE LIVES with organ donation after asthma death Teenage organ donor Lizzie Ford's amazing legacy – saving five lives The girl who gave the gift of life to five others: 18-year-old who died from … |
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Asthma risk reduced in young children with pet dogs, says study
Caribbean360.com (subscription) “Earlier studies have shown that growing up on a farm reduces a child's risk of asthma to about half. We wanted to see if this relationship also was true for children growing up with dogs in their homes,” study author Dr Tove Fall said in a statement … |
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