Meet asthma detective Amy Sholinbeck

If stuffed animals had brains, they would tremble at the sound of her voice. Dust mites in the carpet would shudder inside their exoskeletons.
Officially, Amy Sholinbeck is a case worker with the Alameda County Public Health Department's Asthma Start program. But really, she's a sleuth. Each day, she pokes around the darkest corners of strangers' homes, investigating ceiling tiles, cleaning products, closets, rugs and ventilation systems -- anything that might be irritating the lungs of an asthmatic child.....

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Age not a major factor in asthma allergic sensitization rates

Results from a US study suggest that there is no significant difference in allergic sensitization rates between younger and older patients with asthma.
The findings, published in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, do not support the traditionally-held view that allergic sensitization is much less common in older than younger patients with asthma......

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Attacking Asthma: Program to keep kids out of hospital saves tax dollars, but it still must hustle for grants

As schoolchildren played on the blacktop, calling out to each other over the hum of the nearby freeway, Tyree Harris and his mother climbed aboard a big, white Winnebago.
His doctor's office had arrived.....

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