Free Asthma Screenings Offered in Honor of Asthma Awareness Month

During Asthma Awareness Month each May, adults and children with symptoms such as wheezing, coughing and shortness of breath can find out if they are at risk for asthma through the annual Nationwide Asthma Screening Program.....

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Spare Asthma Inhalers to be Kept in Schools

Asthma is pretty common – everyone seems to know someone who is asthmatic, or had the condition when they were a child. In the UK, around one in 12 adults and one in 11 children suffer from asthma. It is treated easily enough, usually with a little blue inhaler, but what happens if you lose or break your inhaler?.....

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Study: Depression Increases Risk of Asthma in Black Women

Several studies have shown that having asthma can lead to depression or anxiety, but the Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University recently released a study that suggests the reverse: Depression may be linked to the development of adult-onset asthma, specifically in Black women.....

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