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Daily Mail |
NHS asthma lifeline: Boost for child victims as rationing watchdog does U-turn
Daily Mail Children with severe asthma are to be given a potentially life-saving drug on the NHS after a U-turn by a health watchdog. The move means youngsters aged six to 11 will be able to benefit from Xolair injections for the first time. Those on a regular … Children as young as six given 'life-changing' asthma drug |
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Sandy victims and cleanup workers plagued by cough as are hospital sees …
Daily Mail Exposure to mold can trigger allergic reactions and asthma symptoms. With or without allergies, people exposed to airborne mold particles typically experience irritation of the eyes, skin, nose, throat and lungs, said Deb Brown, president and CEO of … |
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Daily Mail |
Sandy victims and clean-up workers plagued by cough as local hospital sees …
Daily Mail Exposure to mold can trigger allergic reactions and asthma symptoms. With or without allergies, people exposed to airborne mold particles typically experience irritation of the eyes, skin, nose, throat and lungs, said Deb Brown, president and CEO of … |
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 CBS Local |
New Procedure Helps Asthma Victims Breathe Easy
CBS Local MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – For decades, the only way to treat asthma has been with drugs. And even those, sometimes, aren't enough to treat severe asthma. A new break-through procedure is providing hope as a Twin Cities hospital was one of only a few … |
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 French Tribune |
Tracking App For Asthma Victims
French Tribune A new smartphone app has come to cater to concerns expressed about asthma patients about how to track down their condition. In the name of AsthmaSense, the app is told to have a tracking system which helps one examining his condition. iSonea Launches AsthmaSense, a New Smartphone App Tracking app to aid asthma sufferers AsthmaSense App Allows Users to Properly Manage Asthma |
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 The Guardian (blog) |
Invisible children – the missing victims of cancer, asthma and diabetes
The Guardian (blog) Children in the poorest countries die of cancer and asthma and diabetes – but the targets under consideration are to bring down the deaths of adults over the age of 30. This is what she said when I woke her up at 3am (apologies) last Friday, … |
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The Victims Of Carbon Pollution: Asthmatic Children
ThinkProgress But back in reality, carbon pollution poses very real dangers to the climate and public health, including inducing more asthma cases than ever. Last week, the Sierra Club and Natural Resources Defense Council also rolled out a seven-figure ad showing … |
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Chicago Pays $1.7M To Asthma Victim's Family
Firehouse.com The Chicago City Council today approved a $1.75 million settlement with the family of a 13-year-old girl who died a decade ago after city paramedics allegedly botched her care amid an asthma attack. Paramedics in July 2002 incorrectly inserted a tube … City Council Committee OKs Settlement Over Paramedics' Alleged Mistakes |
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Chicago Asthma Victim's Family Sues, Alleges Mistakes
Firehouse.com Chicago taxpayers will likely spend $1.75 million to compensate the family of a 13-year-old girl who died of bronchial asthma in 2002 after a string of alleged mistakes made by Chicago Fire Department paramedics. Arielle Starks died at Advocate Trinity … City Council Committee OKs Settlement Over Paramedics' Alleged Mistakes Chicago to pay $1.75 million in girl's death City sued in death of teen |
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 Daily Mail |
Killer lung disease victims left for years on useless asthma inhalers
Daily Mail He was told by his GP the breathlessness he would occasionally suffer was the result of seasonal asthma brought on by rapeseed that grew near his home. So for the next ten years James carried a steroid-based inhaler and took … |
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