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Asthmatic children may suffer more from dirty hands – chicagotribune.com
Chicago Tribune NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An arsenal of hand sanitizers, hygiene education and good old-fashioned soap failed to prevent asthma attacks among school children in one Alabama county. For children with asthma, the common cold is the top trigger of … |
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School 'hand hygiene' plan shows no asthma benefit
Chicago Tribune NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An arsenal of hand sanitizers, hygiene education and good old-fashioned soap failed to prevent asthma attacks among school children in one Alabama county. For children with asthma, the common cold is the top trigger of … |
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Chicago Tribune My youth found me enamored with cowboy heroes: Cheyenne, The Rifleman, Maverick. Our church teen club traveled to a stable. I had never ridden before, and I was not aware that my new boyfriend had attended a riding camp. He noted that I was astride a … |
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Healer's Corner: Asthma sufferers must be vigilant
Great Falls Tribune For asthma sufferers, however, the risk for attacks because of the fall cold and influenza season is about to increase. Furthermore, the air in Montana and other western states is still tinged with the smoke of countless forest fires, a chemical … |
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Amy: Mom's smoking triggers asthma
Minneapolis Star Tribune Dear Amy: Three years ago I became very sick with an upper respiratory infection. The illness was bad enough to damage my lungs, leaving an asthmatic condition that has me on a daily steroid inhaler and a rescue inhaler for when my lungs close up. |
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Any smoking during pregnancy may increase baby's asthma risk
Chicago Tribune Children whose mothers smoked during pregnancy may have an increased risk of asthma — even if they were not exposed to secondhand smoke after birth, a large study of European children suggests. Many studies have found secondhand smoke may … |
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Utah asthma action plan: avoid pollution
Salt Lake Tribune Amid reports that more Utahns are wheezing and hacking from asthma, and new efforts to counter its curse, there's an elephant in the air that seems to get little attention: reducing the sickening haze. Summertime ozone and wintertime inversions send … |
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Smoking during pregnancy tied to kids' asthma
Chicago Tribune NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Children whose mothers smoked during pregnancy may have an increased risk of asthma – even if they were not exposed to secondhand smoke after birth, a large study of European children suggests. Many studies have found … Smoking Resource Site Announces New Offer After Reports Reveal Smoking … |
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GSK drug halves attacks in hard-to-treat asthma
Chicago Tribune LONDON (Reuters) – An experimental drug for treating severe asthma from GlaxoSmithKline nearly halved the number of attacks suffered by patients with a hard-to-treat form of the disease in a clinical study, boosting hopes for its commercial success … |
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High pollen days bring rise in emergency room visits for people with asthma
Chicago Tribune "For people who have an allergy component to their asthma, using the tools of pollen surveillance and public health warning systems … can help with behavioral management of symptoms for people who are affected by these diseases," said Lyndsey Darrow, … Asthmatics suffer when pollen high |
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