Treating asthma? There's an app for that

Sure, teens would rather play basketball or check their cell phones than even think about their asthma medicine.
But researchers hope a new sports-themed cell phone app will encourage asthmatic kids to use their inhalers and allow doctors to more closely monitor their patients.....

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Asthma Rates At An All-Time High In The U.S.

(NAPSI)—According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), asthma is a leading chronic illness affecting an estimated 18.7 million adults and 7 million children. Many people who experience persistent asthma fail to recognize the severity of their disease - often until it is too late and they are fighting to breathe. And while mild asthma can be managed on an as needed basis with a quick-relief inhaler, people with persistent asthma should talk to their doctor about daily treatment with a therapy that actually helps prevent symptoms and reduce the number of attacks.....

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Study finds asthma is not linked to lower educational attainment

Research led by Queen Mary, University of London has found that having asthma is not linked to poorer scores in national school examinations. In contrast, ethnicity and social deprivation were associated with poorer educational outcomes in the study, published in the journal PLOS ONE.....

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