Salmonella May Prevent Asthma

As cast iron excuses for not doing the washing up go, preventing the development of asthma in any current or future sproglets you may have seems a good’un.....

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Heinz Endowments to fund asthma research

(Pittsburgh) -- The Heinz Endowments is funding a $415,000 study by researchers to determine whether asthma rates among Pittsburgh Public Schools students are as bad as school nurses say.....

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Region 1: Childhood Asthma Management in Massachusetts

When the William Monroe Trotter Elementary School, located in Dorchester, Massachusetts, became aware of the indoor air quality concerns that were contributing to its high pediatric asthma rate of 30%, they realized that it was time for action. It was not uncommon for an ambulance to come to the school twice a week, and the nurse’s office had become a revolving door, full of students with aggravated asthma and difficulty breathing.....

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