Recipe for Kids' Asthma Flares: School Plus Cold Viruses

The primary driver of the "September epidemic" of asthma hospitalizations among school-age children is their return to the classroom and the resultant exposure to respiratory viruses that cause the common cold, a population-wide modeling study suggested.....

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Early childhood wheezing increases teen asthma risk

“Wheezy” children with a family history of asthma have reduced lung function and increased risk of asthma and other allergic conditions by age 15, according to a new Canadian study in JAMA Pediatrics.
By showing that asthma-associated deficits in lung function are already present at a very young age, the study suggests that interventions to reduce early-life wheezing could have significant long-term health benefits.....

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Rapper DMX Rushed to Hospital After Asthma Attack, Says Lawyer

DMX was rushed to a Yonkers, New York, hospital last night after an apparent asthma attack, his lawyer Murray Richman told ABC News.
The rapper, born Earl Simmons, was at a local Ramada at the time of the incident, according to both his lawyer and the manager of the hotel, Hari Shukla. He was rushed to the hospital last night and is doing better today.....

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