Doctor Creates Animation Videos, Comic Books to make Asthma less Scary for Kids

Dr. Alex Thomas, a Chicago-based pediatric allergist and cartoonist, is using animated videos and superhero comics to help his young patients breathe easier; helping kids to understand what asthma is, and how medications work. Medications are the heroes, and allergens become villains in the Iggy And The Inhalers series – a line of comics, posters, videos, stickers and trading cards. They all star superheroes like Iggy The Inhaler; Broncho The Bronchodilator and Coltron The Controller fighting villain-allergens like The Roach, Smokey Joe; Moldar and Pollenoid; The Dust Mite and Hairy.....

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Little Mix to dedicate song to tragic Northern Ireland pupil Jack after sudden death from asthma

A member of girlband Little Mix has promised the devastated friends of a Belfast schoolboy who died suddenly earlier this month that the band will dedicate a song to him at their SSE Arena shows.....

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Is Your Dinner Table Too Crowded for Asthma?

In a world of competing issues, how do we make our health matter? Nowadays, this country has particularity zoomed in on issues surrounding race. With the Black Lives Matter movement circulating from social media to the discussions of our dinner tables, it is safe to say that this country has hit a pivotal point of discussing the issues of this country. With race relations now a hot topic, how do we deal with these issues as they relate to our health?.....

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