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Asthma: A Persistent Threat
KQED Twenty-five million Americans — including 1 in 10 children — have asthma, according to the Centers for Disease Control. But even as treatments for asthma have improved, total numbers of those affected by the chronic disease haven't declined over the … |
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Peanut Allergies: A Bigger Threat to Kids with Asthma
Imperial Valley News Rochester, Minnesota – "Children with food allergies and asthma have a higher risk of a severe allergic reaction to the food allergy, than does a child without asthma," says Mayo Clinic Children's Center, Martha Hartz, M.D., division chair of Pediatric … |
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Indoor Mold May Pose a Significant Threat to Asthma Sufferers
University Herald We've found the strongest evidence yet of their potentially harmful effects, with higher levels of some of these molds presenting a breathing hazard to people suffering from asthma, worsening their symptoms significantly," Richard Sharpe, lead author … |
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Global warming threat? Now it's asthma
WND.com Kreutzer explained that when the issue is pressed directly, top Obama administration “get a little bit more honest” and shift their ground to argue that even if carbon dioxide is not a toxic gas, it is still the indirect cause serious health problems … |
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Rapid National Spread of Asthma Threat and Missouri's Response
The Nonprofit Quarterly Do you suffer from asthma? Do you have kids with asthma? Then you know exactly what Dr. David Van Sickle, a former respiratory disease detective for the Epidemic Intelligence Service at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, … |
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Polar temps a health threat to kids with asthma
WSB Atlanta The breathing tubes of healthy patients are wide open, but in kids with asthma, cold weather and other triggers can narrow them and tighten them, making it difficult to breathe. "And that's what causes their chest to get tight and causes them to cough. |
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Outdated Soot Standards Pose Serious Public Health Threat
Huffington Post (blog) I often meet people with chronic lung diseases like asthma, COPD and lung cancer who struggle to breathe day in and day out. Some must rely on oxygen and carry heavy tanks around because of the toll the disease has taken on their lungs. Endless … |
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'Firecrackers worst threat for asthmatics'
Hindustan Times Dr Grover said every year on Diwali about 10 to 15 asthma patients need emergency treatment due to aggravation of their asthmatic symptoms and some even require hospitalization. "From Diwali till the end of February, there is a 30 to 40% increase in … |
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Gearing Up for Fall Sports Exasperates Asthma Threat
HealthNewsDigest.com (HealthNewsDigest.com) – It's common to see athletes coughing and wheezing on playing fields and in gyms as they go through intense conditioning drills prior to the start of their fall seasons. But for asthma sufferers, gasping for air is a serious … |
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Firm fined over asthma threat to staff
Jarrow & Hebburn Gazette The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that Variable Message Signs, based at Monkton Business Park, Hebburn, was using a type of solder flux that can cause occupational asthma. An inspection in November 2009, discovered that 12 of the 80-strong … |
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