10 Ways To Allergy and Asthma Proof Your Home

Does someone in your home suffer from allergies or asthma? Do you ever wake up with a stuffy nose or start your day with a sneeze or two? What about towards the end of the day, do you find yourself plagued with a relentless cough?
If you answered YES to any of these questions, I have some strategies that will help you breathe easier and keep your allergies, asthma, or sniffles at bay and allow you to make your home truly your safe haven!.....

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Asthma sufferer who endured “horrible” winter urges others to get flu jab

Samantha Whipps spoke out after the Press and Journal revealed tens of thousands of at-risk patients have still not taken up free jabs.
People with chronic respiratory conditions are among groups offered free protection ahead of the winter months.
But NHS Grampian figures show fewer than one in three have taken it up so far this year, six weeks into the national programme.....

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'More common than asthma:' high rates of mental illness among Manitoba kids

WINNIPEG -- A new study suggests the rate of mental illness among Manitoba children is almost double the national average, and even higher in Winnipeg's inner-city neighbourhoods and the province's north.
About one in seven Manitoba kids between the ages of six and 19 were diagnosed with a mental disorder by a physician between 2009 and 2013, the study by health sciences researchers at the University of Manitoba said.
Among teens, the rates of suicide, substance-use disorders and psychotic disorders followed a similar pattern -- exponentially higher in the north and the adjacent downtown and Point Douglas neighbourhoods in Winnipeg than in other parts of the province.....

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