Nurse looked after asthma patient in life-threatening state

A nurse who went beyond the call of duty to care for a sick patient has been nominated for this week’s Local Hero award.
Critical care outreach sister Sarah Goodhew, who works at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton, was nominated by an asthma patient who was admitted to hospital in a potentially life-threatening condition.....

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Low vitamin D tied to asthma attacks

Asthmatic children with relatively low vitamin D levels in their blood may have a greater risk of suffering severe asthma attacks than those with higher levels of the vitamin, a new study published in Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology suggests. Considering other risk factors researchers have found that vitamin D insufficiency itself was linked to a 50 percent increase in the risk of severe asthma attacks.....

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'Hard for me to accept': Man had asthma attack in prison, later died

On July 9, 2012, 43-year-old John Anthony Muna Rosario turned himself in to the Guam probation office to start serving time for violating his probation.
Because he had frequent asthma attacks, his mother ensured her son brought his medication with him to the prison.....

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