Moving tribute to asthma victim Cameron Good from Kingston Panthers' teammates

IT WAS their own special tribute to a much-loved team-mate.
Red, white and blue balloons were released by AFC Kingston Panthers in memory of ten-year-old Cameron Good.
Cameron, a Year 5 pupil at St Anthony's Catholic Primary School in Orchard Park, north Hull, died following an asthma attack at football practice.....

Read more here: hulldailymail.co.uk

------------------------------------------------------

Vitamin D Levels Found To Be Lower Among Asthmatic Adolescents

According to a recent study led by Ourania Kolokotroni from the Cyprus International Institute for Environmental & Public Health in association with Harvard School of Public Health, Cyprus University of Technology, asthmatic young people have lower levels of vitamin D when compared with non-asthmatics. The findings were published in the current issue of the journal BMC Public Health.....

Read more here: lungdiseasenews.com

------------------------------------------------------

Asthma Risk Not Just an ‘Inner City’ Problem

For decades now, public health researchers have believed that children in America’s inner cities are at much greater risk for developing asthma, driven in part by greater exposure to environmental factors including pests and pollution. However, a new study paints a more complicated picture, in which race and family socioeconomic status are more meaningful risk factors than urban living.....

Read more here: socialgradient.org