DHSA partners receive federal funding for heart disease, asthma research

10:05 a.m., June 21, 2012--Two of the University of Delaware’s partners in the Delaware Health Sciences Alliance, Christiana Care Health System (CCHS) and Nemours/A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, have received funding from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) through the agency’s Health Care Innovation Challenge...

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Asthma hospitalization rates higher in Twin Cities than Greater Minnesota

Twin Cities area residents are more likely to end up in the hospital for asthma than those residents living in Greater Minnesota, according to a new asthma report released by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH). The report also found that autumn is the most likely time for Minnesota kids to be hospitalized for asthma...

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Live asthma mapping opens new frontier in telemedicine

A US project to track and map asthma inhaler use live by satellite is opening up new frontiers in telemedicine with potential benefits for both patients and health services...

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