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Warmer climate may trouble world's lungs
Futurity: Research News (Credit: iStockphoto) UC DAVIS/NYU (US) — Respiratory health experts say global climate change will result in more asthma, allergies, and infectious and cardiovascular diseases. The authors attribute changes to rising temperatures, worsening ozone … Climate change will also worsen respiratory diseases Global warming: Doctors foresee major health impacts |
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Heat wave tough on those with breathing trouble
6abc.com This is especially dangerous for the very young, the very old, and anyone with medical problems– especially kids and adults with asthma. But there's another factor, too. The air quality is bad, and getting worse, due to ground-level ozone. … |
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Increasing asthma rates spell trouble for black children
Examiner.com Over the past decade, the number of people diagnosed with asthma in the United States has increased steadily, especially among black children who are more likely than white children to suffer from complications due to asthma and die from asthma-related … |
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Trouble In The Air: Warmer Temperatures Lengthen Midwest Ragweed Pollen Season
Natural Resources Defense Council (blog) If these warming trends continue (as they're projected to) under a changing climate, the health of people with severe allergies or asthma could really suffer. For me, watery, itchy eyes, a runny nose, sneezing and congestion, is a treatable nuisance, … Study: Global warming linked to longer pollen season Climate Change Extending Ragweed Season in Colder Climes: Study Climate Change Extends Allergy Season in North America |
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Violence in inner city neighborhoods contributes to trouble with asthma
EurekAlert (press release) (PHILADELPHIA) – Patients with asthma who are exposed to violence in their community are at an increased risk for an asthma-related hospitalization and … |
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