Treatment battles asthma with heat

MINNEAPOLIS (KARE/NBC) - A new procedure is offering significant relief to asthma sufferers.
Thirty million people in the United States have asthma, but in some cases it is so severe that it can be difficult to control with medications.
The new procedure, Bronchial Thermoplasty, is being offered at the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview......

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Asthma no longer an issue as Mount Olive student accepted to West Point

MOUNT OLIVE TWP. – The only student living in the township  who has been accepted to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point almost didn’t get in because of his asthma.
Josh Thomlinson, 19, will start classes in July as part of the West Point class of 2017.  He graduated in 2012 from Pope John XXIII High School in Sparta and was nominated last year to West Point by Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, R-11.....

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Researchers examine impact of Allies Against Asthma initiative on health care use

Children living in areas where there was wide-ranging and active support for improving outcomes for their chronic asthma were hospitalized less and made fewer visits to the emergency room, when compared with those in other communities......

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