How Climate Change Affects Asthma

Climate change is making asthma worse. That is the message of a new brochure for asthma sufferers and their families released today by the Allergy and Asthma Network and Moms Clean Air Force.
The first-of-its-kind resource, developed specifically for those who have asthma and the parents who care for them, outlines how climate change triggers more asthma attacks:.....

Read more here: momscleanairforce.org

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Nottingham Forest fan 'threw flare because he feared it could spark his asthma'

A Forest fan has been excused a football ban after saying he threw a flare when fearing it could spark off his asthma.
Mental health care worker Ross Osborne told a court that a drunk friend picked it up during a pre-season friendly between his side and Notts County.
He took it off him and tried to hurl it into the Meadow Lane car park. But he claimed it hit the roof of the Jimmy Sirrel Stand shortly after Forest scored a goal during the match on July 23.....

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UIC Researchers Study Diagnostic Error in Asthma, COPD

Newswise — Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have been awarded a $1.5 million grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to study the impact of diagnostic error on outcomes for pulmonary patients and the use of lung-function testing in primary care.
More than 30 million adults in the U.S. have been diagnosed with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis, and many receive daily treatment. However, studies suggest 30 to 50 percent of these patients may have an incorrect diagnosis.....

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