Know Your Count Managing Asthma

Nearly 25 million Americans have been diagnosed with asthma. While symptoms and severity vary from person to person, asthma can be deadly in some circumstances. Asthma exacerbations, or “attacks,” account for nearly two million emergency room visits every year in this country. Many people with asthma rely on a rescue, or quick-relief, inhaler to improve their breathing when they feel the signs of an oncoming asthma attack.....

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Kristin Chenoweth learns to deal with asthma

Kristin Chenoweth is ready to tell the world she suffers from asthma. The Tony-winning actress says she’s suffered with the respiratory disorder for more than a decade, noticing it sometime after the 9/11 terror attacks on lower Manhattan.....

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Improving Asthma Care for Latino Youth

A $4 million federal grant will help researchers understand the specific asthma needs of families in California's Imperial Valley
A team led by researchers at San Diego State University has been awarded $4 million to enhance asthma education and treatment strategies in California’s Imperial Valley, where children are twice as likely as the national average to suffer from asthma.....

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