12,000 Imperial County children already have asthma. Will Salton Sea make it worse?

EL CENTRO - Edna Ruiz saw her two-year-old daughter Estellah’s lips start to turn purple as the child gasped for air. She had asthma attacks before, but this was the worst.
When they arrived in the emergency room of El Centro Regional Medical Center about 10 p.m. in January, Estellah had a temperature of 104 degrees.
“It’s really scary to know when she’s coughing, she could stop breathing,” Ruiz said.....

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Debunking asthma diagnoses

You've heard it before in a wheezy cough or the puff of an inhaler. Asthma is a common inflammatory disease. It is estimated that one in every thirteen adults is affected by asthma, which comes out to roughly 17 million people, according to the Centers for Disease Control. But in a new study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers found that 33 percent of diagnosed patients did not, in fact, have the disease.....

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Study: Black children in Houston at higher risk for asthma

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Black children are more than twice as likely to have asthma as white children, according to a study conducted by sociologists at Rice University.
The study's findings suggest that neighborhood environmental features -- such as poverty status -- contribute to the high risks. The findings are part of the "Health & Place" journal published this month.....

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