Spray Foam and Asthma Prevention

In response to the American Lung Association (ALA) recently linking asthma to air quality and particle pollution, the Spray Polyurethane Foam Alliance (SPFA), the educational and technical voice to the spray foam industry, encouraged contractors and builders to help in the prevention of asthma and asthma related attacks through the use of responsible building materials in homes and commercial buildings, according to a press release.
With an estimated 26 million Americans affected by asthma – and its proven direct link to air quality – the SPFA works to increase awareness about ways to reduce its occurrence through the use of quality materials in the construction and building industry.....

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Scientists solve structure of cold virus linked to childhood asthma

The atomic structure of an elusive cold virus linked to severe asthma and respiratory infections in children has been solved by a team of researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Purdue University.
The findings are published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) and provide the foundation for future antiviral drug and vaccine development against the virus, rhinovirus C.....

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Asthma sufferers: Myotherapy is ridiculously effective

Old-school bodyworkers.
When I studied Myotherapy at university I was studying musculoskeletal pain. You know, complaints that we know muscles and joints can cause like headache, back pain and tennis elbow.
In my early years of working I had some older patients who described to me how these old-school bodyworkers used to treat their asthma, infertility, period pain, reflux and so on. These old quacks were skilled at muscle and tendon manipulation. Same kind of game as me, they said.....

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