UP student’s invention provides early warning system for Asthma attacks

Mr Moses Kebalepile, a PhD student in the Faculty of Health Sciences and Research Officer in the Department for Education Innovation at the University of Pretoria (UP), has made it to the semi-final stage of the 2016 GIST Tech-I Competition for his invention of a medical diagnostic instrument called the Asthma Grid. The instrument is an early warning system that can predict imminent asthma attacks.....

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How children like Tamara are dying because doctors don't take asthma seriously

Dawn Wilson comes quickly to tears as she recalls overhearing A&E staff agreeing the time of death for her daughter. Tamara, just 13, had died after an asthma attack.
‘I stood outside the cubicle and could hear them working to save her, but when the nurse stepped out to tell me, trying to hold back her tears, I knew she had gone’.....

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Household mold increases risk of Asthma in children

More than 6 million children in the U.S have asthma. Genes are known to play a role, and so does the home environment. Childhood asthma has been linked to indoor mold growing in a child’s home as a result of moisture problems such as water leaks. Asthma is often associated with allergies, and mold spread by releasing tiny spores and mycotoxins into the air, which can cause allergic reactions.....

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