Asthma won’t stop Matthew from climbing 40 flights

Seven-year-old Matthew Sinzinger of Delaware has asthma – but he is not going to let that stop him from climbing 40 flights of stairs in Columbus’ Rhodes State Office Tower.
Matthew will be climbing as part of the fifth annual American Lung Association’s Fight for Air Climb, which will occur on Saturday, March 7. The race is a timed event which is open to individual athletes and teams.....

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A team effort is the best way to manage asthma

Asthma doesn't have to keep kids on the sidelines.
Lochrane Grant, a physician with Greenville Health System's Children's Hospital Center for Pediatric Medicine, said it takes a team effort to help children keep asthma under control.
"Asthma is thought to be genetic in origin, as well as to have environmental triggers and components," Grant said.....

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MassHealth program helping families protect children with asthma

Asthma's a challenge for any child, but if you are a child with asthma whose family has limited resources, you are more likely to end up wheezing and struggling for breath in the emergency room.....

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