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Osi Umenyiora's son 'better' after apparent asthma attack
USA TODAY (blog) 2012 – EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.— New York Giants DE Osi Umenyiora's 5-year-old son, Tijani, is recuperating after being sent to the hospital with what coach Tom Coughlin believed to be an asthma attack. In an email to USA TODAY Sports, Umenyiora … |
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Heat could threaten record high today in Modesto
Modesto Bee Coincidentally, a group of health care workers and supporters are walking from Turlock to Modesto today as part of a seven-county tour to raise awareness of asthma and other chronic diseases. “Walking the Asthma Trail for a Healthy Central Valley … |
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Inner-City Kids Get Different Kinds of Colds
MedPage Today During the first year of life, inner-city babies have different patterns of respiratory infections than infants living in suburban environments, which may be a reason they're more likely to develop asthma, analysis of prospective data showed. For … |
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Asthma-awareness walks today through Sunday
Fresno Bee Health care workers and community leaders will be walking through Fresno today to increase awareness about the high rates of asthma in the central San Joaquin Valley. More than one in six Fresno County residents has asthma. The "Walking the Asthma … Health care union sponsoring Valley asthma walk |
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Inner City Infants Have Different Patterns of Viral Respiratory Illness Than …
Infection Control Today Children living in low-income urban areas appear especially prone to developing asthma, possibly related to infections they acquire early in life. In a new study in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, researchers from the University of Wisconsin in … |
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Device Stops Asthmatic Kids' Inhaler Woes
MedPage Today Many of these medications can be used with a nebulizer for asthma sufferers who are too sick or young to use an inhaler effectively. But some children show resistance to these administration methods, as detailed in Cota's blog. She's working with a … |
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Hope on the Horizon for Asthma Sufferers
UCSF Today A new study that identifies ways to reduce the factors that lead to an asthma attack gives hope to asthma sufferers. A UCSF researcher and his colleagues believe they have found a way to help asthma sufferers by impeding the two most significant … |
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Tragic asthma death of 'bubbly' girl
Lancaster Today Last March, 12-year-old Chloe collapsed at the family home at Barley Cop Lane, Lancaster and later died in hospital after a massive asthma attack. The loss of her beautiful daughter has left a gaping hole in the lives of Wendy and her family. “Chloe … |
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Three Approaches Equal for Asthma Med Adjustment
MedPage Today When it comes to adjusting the dose of inhaled corticosteroids for better asthma control, periodic physician assessment was as good a gauge as using a biomarker or day-to-day symptom occurrence, researchers found. In a randomized, controlled trial … |
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Viral infections may cause asthma
Healthcare Today Asthma may be cause by viral infections in newborn babies that "cripple" the immune system and leave a child vulnerable to asthma later in life, according to a new study. Asthma1. Researchers in the United States studying mice found that infection by a … |
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