Oakland Celebrates World Asthma Day

The Alameda County Asthma Coalition, Bay Area Air Quality Management District, and the Northern California Breathmobile celebrated “World Asthma Day” this week to not only work on more solutions but also continue to raise awareness about the condition.....

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MBS to Host Talks on Asthma Management

The increasing incidence of persons afflicted with asthma – some even dying as a result – is grabbing increased national attention amongst state agencies and the general population. Asthma is characterised as a chronic or long-term lung disease that inflames and narrows the airways. It causes recurring periods of wheezing (a whistling sound when you breathe), chest tightness, shortness of breath and coughing.....

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Cost affects use of life-saving asthma medications: study

Four out of five people with asthma are not using life-saving preventer medications and experts are concerned it is because of cost.
Asthma Australia has analysed figures from the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) and found 82 per cent of annual scripts for preventer medications are not completely filled.....

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