Saturday, January 4, 2014

Health Beat: Asthma app: Paying kids to breathe easier

CHICAGO - Asthma triggers more school absences and hospitalizations than any other chronic condition in this country, affecting more than seven million children. Quick release medications can help kids control symptoms, if they remember to take them. Now, researchers are developing a new app that could help.

Read more here: wfmz.com

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What Is Causing The Asthma Epidemic

In the United States, asthma cases have increased by more than 60 percent since the early 1980s, and asthma-related deaths are at 5,000 a year. What is causing the asthma epidemic and what can we do to fight it?.....

Read more here: scoliosisdoc.com

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Childhood Asthma Soars in Poor Communities of Color

For the parents of a child struggling daily to breathe, asthma is no small matter. And it turns out that where you live, as much as how, plays a huge role in bringing on and exacerbating the disease. A special Dateline NBC investigation set to air this Sunday looks at asthma in poor communities throughout the country—and how some parents are fighting back:.....

Read more here: colorlines.com

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