Asthma rate at record high; clean Olympic air helped hearts

Asthma count: The share of the U.S. population with asthma has reached the highest level ever, 8.4% in 2010, up from 7.3% in 2001, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. While deaths are dropping, the impact is great: . "It is the most common reason for children to miss school, and an important cause of missed work in adults," one expert tells HealthDay. "The costs for medical care, lost work and school, and premature deaths are staggering."...

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Daily Checkup: The nation’s surge in asthma cases is linked to rise in obesity

The specialist:
The director of the adult asthma program at Mount Sinai Medical Center, Dr. Gwen Skloot is a pulmonologist who has spent the past two decades studying the mechanisms of asthma. She specializes in caring for patients with difficult-to-treat asthma...

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Asthma Summit Highlights Regional Problems

Pollution and high obesity rates help to make Pittsburgh fourth highest in the nation for asthma rates, according to experts at an asthma summit on the North Side on Wednesday...

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