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Asthma awareness takes to the field
Imperial Valley Press By JONATHAN DALE Special to this Newspaper In a county with poor air quality, any increase in asthma awareness is well-warranted. That's why the annual Asthma Awareness and Go For the Gold Track and Field meet Saturday is such an important event. |
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Valley asthma care gets grant boost
Pueblo Chieftain ALAMOSA — A Denver hospital will deploy a $950000 grant to improve asthma treatment in the San Luis Valley. National Jewish Health will provide training for health-care professionals in the valley and educational materials for parents. |
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Natural trees can aggravate asthma, hay fever, group says
Imperial Valley Press Those with asthma may prefer to get artificial Christmas trees since the real trees can aggravate breathing issues, according to the Imperial Valley Child Asthma Program. Many varieties of Christmas … |
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Healthy Living: Asthma and the flu vaccine
YNN Hudson Valley Nearly one out of ten Americans is an asthmatic and with the flu season upon us, this dangerous chronic disease can become critical. Marcie Fraser reports. Then come back here and refresh the page. According to the CDC, about 12 percent of Americans … |
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Winter wood fires aggravate asthma
Napa Valley Register The Asthma Coalition's next quarterly meeting will take place at 4 pm Jan. 18, in the upstairs conference room inside the Wellness Center at Queen of the Valley Medical Center. To see a child having an asthma attack breaks the heart of Napa resident … |
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Asthmatic Kids at Risk in the Central Valley
KQED (blog) As she reports, a recent study from UCSF [PDF] finds a direct link between air pollution and asthma-related ER visits. The study found what researchers call a “linear association” between certain components of air pollution and asthma ER visits. … An Invisible Danger in the Central Valley |
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Valley study links ER visits with bad air days
Bakersfield Californian Children's asthma-related emergency room visits rise in the San Joaquin Valley at a similar rate as fine particulate levels do — even on days where air quality is considered in the moderate range. … Bad Air Quailty is Worse for Health Than First Though Air pollution sending kids to hospitals, study says |
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Asthma group will hear talk on tobacco
Napa Valley Register Jim Wallis of Community Action Napa Valley's Tobacco Control and Cessation Programs will be the featured speaker at a Napa County Asthma Coalition meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 19. The meeting, which is open to the public, will take place from 5 to 6:30 … |
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San Tan Valley student wins Grant for Local School
SanTanValleyToday.com Marlborough, MA– Everyone Breathe – an educational program geared toward raising awareness of asthma – announced today the winners of its Asthma Education Grant program. The grant program, which launched earlier this year, was created in partnership … |
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Break out the hankies for ah-ah-choo! autumn
Monessen Valley Independent The eighth-grader from East Liberty recently began breathing treatments for asthma, and this week she went to Children's Hospital in Lawrenceville to undergo a battery of tests for allergies ranging from dust mites to weeds and spores. … |
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