A better biomonitor for children with asthma

For the firefighters and rescue workers conducting the rescue and cleanup operations at Ground Zero from September 2001 to May 2002, exposure to hazardous airborne particles led to a disturbing "WTC cough" -- obstructed airways and inflammatory bronchial hyperactivity -- and acute inflammation of the lungs. At the time, bronchoscopy, the insertion of a fiber optic bronchoscope into the lung, was the only way to obtain lung samples. But this method is highly invasive and impractical for screening large populations.....

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Indoor Air Quality Experts Identify Asthma Triggers

The United States economy spends about $56 billion health dollars on asthma and asthma-related complications each year. This chronic respiratory condition remains incurable, but is reasonably managed in many patients simply by identifying and avoiding triggers of an attack.....

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Mobile asthma clinic provides free treatment for kids

Dr. Washington Burns wants to fight asthma. Now, he gets to do that with the Breathmobile, a compact asthma clinic in a van that provides free treatment to kids under age 18 in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties.....

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