Reducing the Risk of Asthma in Children
Helpful tips to incorporate in your child's lifestyle

Asthma rates are on the rise. The incidence of this respiratory disorder, which occurs when air passages become chronically inflamed and narrowed, has shot up by more than 20 percent in the past two decades.
It's now estimated to affect some 25 million people in the U.S., with children suffering from it the most.
The precise cause of the increase—and indeed, of asthma itself—is unknown.....

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Asthma at 'epidemic' levels in region’s schools, experts say on World Asthma Day

The official statistics on childhood asthma in Allegheny County are daunting: 26,000 kids, or almost 13 percent, are afflicted, significantly higher than the 8.4 percent rate nationwide.
The reality may be much worse.
As high as 1 in 4 underprivileged children living near smokestack pollution sources in the Clairton, Woodland Hills and Avonworth school districts have asthma, and another 10 percent are at risk of developing it, according to preliminary study results cited by Deborah Gentile, director of allergy and asthma clinical research at Pediatric Allergy, at a news conference Tuesday marking World Asthma Day.....

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Column: Dirty air exacerbates asthma

Tuesday was World Asthma Awareness Day, and this year Michiganians concerned with asthma prevention can celebrate progress on this important issue. Late last year, energy legislation was signed into law that will expand clean, renewable energy in Michigan, reducing dangerous pollution, promoting cleaner air and ultimately saving lives.....

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