EXCLUSIVE: Mold-ridden NYCHA buildings bad for asthma – New York Daily News


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EXCLUSIVE: Mold-ridden NYCHA buildings bad for asthma
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She and her six children had lived for years with sickening black mold in their Gravesend Houses apartment — a nightmare for her children, ages 6 to 19, all of whom are asthmatic. She'd fought for years with NYCHA to clean it up, and says beyond quick

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Antibiotics May Not Raise Asthma Risk – New York Times (blog)

Antibiotics May Not Raise Asthma Risk
New York Times (blog)
The study, published in BMJ, initially found an apparent link between antibiotic use and later asthma, but the association disappeared when researchers looked at siblings. They found no difference in asthma development between siblings who had taken …
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Wis. man dies of asthma when cops stop car on way to ER – New York Daily News


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Wis. man dies of asthma when cops stop car on way to ER
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A Wisconsin man died of a severe asthma attack after the speeding car rushing him to a hospital was pulled over for running a red light, police said. Now, the man's girlfriend, Leah Hryniewicki, says the Chippewa Falls, Wis., police department is
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Study from Health Department, Montefiore Medical Center targets rodents, pests … – New York Daily News


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Study from Health Department, Montefiore Medical Center targets rodents, pests
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Asthma relief might be as simple as ridding the house of roaches and mice. Researchers from the city Health Department and Montefiore Medical Center are recruiting low-income Bronx children with the respiratory ailment for a new study to test if pest

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Low Vitamin D Tied to Asthma Attacks – New York Times (blog)


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Low Vitamin D Tied to Asthma Attacks
New York Times (blog)
Worsening of asthma was indicated by the number of prescriptions for asthma medicine filled and the number of physician visits. The researchers found that during the year before their first vitamin D test, 15 percent of people with readings between 0
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Queens man with asthma, pacemaker dies in police custody following chase – New York Daily News


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Queens man with asthma, pacemaker dies in police custody following chase
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A 46-year-old man who suffered from asthma and had a pacemaker died in police custody following a chase Tuesday in Queens, authorities said. Daniel Levitt Jr. died after he was cuffed at Grandview Ave. and Menahan St. in Ridgewood at 2:10 p.m. for an …
Queens Man Dies After Police Pursue and Then Detain HimNew York Times
Asthmatic Man Dies After Arrest in QueensWall Street Journal

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Man with asthma, pacemaker dies after police chase – New York Daily News


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Man with asthma, pacemaker dies after police chase
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A 46-year-old man who suffered from asthma and had a pacemaker died in police custody following a chase Tuesday in Queens, authorities said. Daniel Levitt Jr. died after he was cuffed at Grandview Ave. and Menahan St. in Ridgewood at 2:10 p.m. for an …
Queens Man Dies After Police Pursue and Then Detain HimNew York Times
Asthmatic Man Dies After Arrest in QueensWall Street Journal

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Exclusive: Patients suffering from asthma make up nearly a quarter of Harlem … – New York Daily News


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Exclusive: Patients suffering from asthma make up nearly a quarter of Harlem
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There were 2,995 asthma-related emergency room visits; that was down from 3,388 last year and 3,131 in 2012, but the chronic disease has consistently ranked among the five top reasons listed for a visit, according to data obtained through a Freedom of …

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