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Post Diwali, asthma cases in city shoot up threefold
Times of India CHANDIGARH: Post Diwali, city's air, sound and noise pollution levels have gone up and the cases of ear, nose and throat (ENT) and asthma have risen alarmingly. "In the last three days, we have seen a sudden rush of asthmatic patients. … |
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A King of Kosher
New York Times The humid climate was not good for my asthma, so when I was 7 my parents sent me to a home for children in a French mountain village where the air was healthier. My parents visited when they could and I went home during holidays, but the separation was … |
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Asthma attacks as pollution rises
Times of India JAIPUR: The pollution due to firecrackers during the Diwali festivities has created a serious problem for asthma patients in the last two days. The asthma patients who got exposed to firecrackers smoke landed in hospitals to get immediate relief for … |
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Docs prescribe a safe Diwali
Times of India Such crackers, the doctors warned, not only cause nasty accidents, especially among children, but also cause a lot of suffering to the elderly and those afflicted by asthma, bronchitis and heart ailments. "The safest way to celebrate Diwali is to stay … |
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Doctors' dos & don'ts for asthma patients
Times of India NEW DELHI: It is festival time for most Delhiites but an annual nightmare for asthma patients. As firecrackers start to go off and air soaks up pungent smoke, they begin to breathe uneasy and lunge for their inhalers. Doctors advise them to remain … |
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'Asthma patients must avoid smoke, keep inhalers handy'
Times of India LUCKNOW: Diwali firecrackers shoot up air pollution 200 times above the WHO safety limits, posing a serious threat to 30 million asthma patients in India, said Dr Sanjay Niranjan, a member of Indian Paediatric Association, at a pre-Diwali asthma … |
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October heat may benefit asthma patients
Times of India MUMBAI: Asthma patients do not have it easy during Diwali. But, they can relax a little as this time, the festival season has started early, in October. Experts say that with the start of November, temperature starts dipping. … |
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School nurse invents new asthma spacer
Nursing Times A Norfolk school nurse has won a prestigious award for inventing a “pocket sized” asthma spacer. Paul Watson, a school nurse from Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust, received the 2011 Alumni Success in BusinessAward from Anglia Ruskin … |
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New Legislation and Occupational Asthma in Australia
International Business Times AU Yet the quality of indoor air, the air that we breathe, is of paramount importance because one manifestation of poor quality air is occupational asthma. It's caused by exposure to airborne substances known as asthmagens. Well over 200 respiratory … |
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New Legislation and Occupational Asthma in Australia
International Business Times AU Yet the quality of indoor air, the air that we breathe, is of paramount importance because one manifestation of poor quality air is occupational asthma. It's caused by exposure to airborne substances known as asthmagens. Well over 200 respiratory … |
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