Daughter raffling off collection of Easter chicks for asthma unit that helped her mum

A mother's love has inspired a daughter to raise vital funds for a hospital asthma unit in her memory.
The idea to raffle off a collection of Easter chicks was the brainchild of Nasreen Younis who lost her mother to asthma 16 months ago.....

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Major weight loss decreases risk of asthma attacks

Substantial weight loss through procedures such as bariatric surgery can significantly reduce the risk of asthma attacks - also called exacerbations - in obese patients with asthma, new research has found.
“We found that in obese patients with asthma the risk of emergency department visits and hospitalisations for asthma exacerbations decreased by half in the two years after bariatric surgery,” said the lead author of the study Kohei Hasegawa from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).....

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Too little vitamin D may worsen asthma

ISLAMABAD: Tests on more than 300 samples of canned tuna from the top three brands in the United States revealed that more than half contained mercury levels above what's considered safe by the Environmental Protection Agency.....

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