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Cost of Asthma-Related Care in NY State Tops $1.3 Billion – NY1


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Cost of Asthma-Related Care in NY State Tops $1.3 Billion
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The cost of treating asthma-related illness is on the rise in New York State, especially in the city, and now, local and state officials are calling for policy changes that would target funding toward certain neighborhoods and more robust prevention …
Asthma costs state $1.3 billion a year in medical expenses, lost productivity …New York Daily News
NYS Comptroller Report: State Choking On $1.3 Billion In Annual Asthma …CBS Local
Asthma makes New Yorkers cough up $1.3B annuallyNew York’s PIX11 / WPIX-TV
New York Post
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‘Spring Allergy Capitals’ report released for 2014; Louisville, Kentucky tops list

By Bridgett Novak NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The 12th annual “Spring Allergy Capitals” report was released today by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA). “We should point out that even Colorado Springs, Colorado, which came in last at 100, is considered bad for allergies,” noted Mike Tringale, Senior Vice President of External Affairs for AAFA. “There are 320 metropolitan areas in the country and these are the 100 that have the right mix of factors to be considered ‘allergy capitals’ – i.e., the most challenging for certain allergy sufferers.” The factors that go into the rankings are the area’s pollen score, allergy medicine utilization and the number of board-certified allergists. The pollen score, which is provided to AAFA by IMS Health, reflects recorded pollen/mold spore levels, the predicted prevalence for certain types of pollens/molds over the most recent spring season and the duration of the peak season for the most allergenic pollen types.

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COPD Tops Asthma as the Focus Indication for Next Generation Respiratory … – MarketWatch (press release)

COPD Tops Asthma as the Focus Indication for Next Generation Respiratory …
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COPD has superseded asthma as the lead indication in the market race, most likely due to the FDA's new safety controls pertaining to limited use of all LABA-containing drugs in asthma as well as the unmet need for improved therapies for COPD," states …

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Knoxville again tops list of worst cities for allergies – Knoxville News Sentinel


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Knoxville again tops list of worst cities for allergies
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Knoxville routinely makes the top 5 in the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America's lists of allergy and asthma "capitals" — based on the number of people who have allergies, the pollen count, how much allergy medicine is sold and how many …
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) Releases 2011 Fall Allergy …PR Newswire (press release)
Little Rock in top 20 most challenging places to live with Fall allergiesToday’s THV
Study ranks Tulsa, OKC among worst allergy citieskjrh.com
KSDK –Sacramento Bee
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