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Girl, 12, missing from CPS strike site
Chicago Sun-Times Police are asking for the public's help finding a girl with asthma who went missing from a Chicago Public Schools site set up for children during the strike. Jaylin Johnson, 12, left her home in the 6800 block of South Prairie Avenue Tuesday with her … 12-Year-Old Girl Missing After Visiting Strike Site |
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Family of man left alone in ER after asthma attack wins $7M judgment
Chicago Sun-Times A Cook County jury has awarded $7 million to the family of a Chicago man who was being treated for an asthma attack but was left alone in a local hospital emergency room where he suffered brain and other injuries that eventually killed him. The award … |
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Family of man left alone in ER after asthma attack wins $7M judgement
Chicago Sun-Times A Cook County jury has awarded $7 million to the family of a Chicago man who was being treated for an asthma attack but was left alone in a local hospital emergency room where he suffered brain and other injuries that eventually killed him. The award … |
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Study: City kids more likely to have food allergies
Chicago Sun-Times Similar trends have been seen for related conditions like asthma. The big question is – what in the environment is triggering them?” Gupta said some of her future research will focus on identifying the environmental causes. City kids much more likely to have food allergies than rural kids Food Allergies More Common in City Kids than Kids From Rural Communities |
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Asthmatic in trouble when boss brings her dog to work
Chicago Sun-Times He has a virulent kind of asthma triggered by certain breeds of shedding dogs. But don't get me wrong, we're dog lovers and have a poodle, Oscar. My husband's boss has a golden retriever and has started bringing the dog to the office. |
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Carol Marin: Mayor gets an 'A' for asthma fight
Chicago Sun-Times M. Spencer Green~AP Whatever overall grade you choose to give Mayor Rahm Emanuel's first year in office, when it comes to fighting childhood asthma and air pollution, I'd argue he deserves an “A.” On Feb. 29, he announced Midwest Generation's plans for … |
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Mayor gets an 'A' for asthma fight
Chicago Sun-Times M. Spencer Green~AP Whatever overall grade you choose to give Mayor Rahm Emanuel's first year in office, when it comes to fighting childhood asthma and air pollution, I'd argue he deserves an “A.” On Feb. 29, he announced Midwest Generation's plans for … |
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Texting's a reliable health reminder
Chicago Sun-Times Q. I can't get my 13-year-old son old to remember to take his asthma medication or use his inhaler like he should. What can I do? A. That's a million-dollar question — and one that frustrates moms and dads, docs and researchers: Almost half of kids … You Docs: Answers questions about kids' med plan includes text messages … Kids' med plans include text message |
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New York Times correspondent dies of asthma attack in Syria
Chicago Sun-Times 16, 2012, apparently of an asthma attack, while on assignment in Syria. He was 43. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) New York Times correspondent Anthony Shadid, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner whose dispatches captured untold stories from Baghdad under … Anthony Shadid and horse allergies Anthony Shadid dies in Syria: How common are deaths from asthma? Recommended: Shadid's death highlights dangers of asthma |
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Paramedics' alleged mistakes in girl's death likely to cost taxpayers
Chicago Sun-Times Chicago taxpayers will likely spend $1.75 million to compensate the family of a 13-year-old girl who died of bronchial asthma in 2002 after a string of alleged mistakes made by Chicago Fire Department paramedics. Arielle Starks died at Advocate Trinity … |
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