According to a Global Burden of Disease study published in the Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal, 3.2 million deaths took place due to COPD while 0.4 million people died of asthma in 2015.
NEW DELHI: Two common chronic respiratory conditions- asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)- led to over 3 million deaths worldwide in 2015, a report in a reputed medical journal has said, highlighting that India, along with three other countries, recorded the highest disease burden due to COPD.
According to a Global Burden of Disease study published in the Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal, 3.2 million deaths took place due to COPD while 0.4 million people died of asthma in 2015.....
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Autopsy: Forsyth County inmate died from asthma problem
An autopsy shows that inmate Deshawn Lamont Coley died on May 2 at the Forsyth County jail as a result of complications of asthma.
The autopsy report shows that Coley had a history of asthma, and that an examination of his body showed that his airways had mucous plugs and other characteristics indicating “exacerbation of asthma.”
No drugs or alcohol were detected in Coley’s body. The autopsy is dated July 28.....
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How Louisville Used GPS to Improve Residents' Asthma
Louisville, Kentucky has some of the worst air pollution in the U.S., which is particularly bad news for the 85,000 people in surrounding Jefferson County (about 11 percent of the population [PDF]) who have been diagnosed with asthma.
The air quality situation in Louisville won’t be changing anytime soon, but a new study with sensor-equipped inhalers shows that technology can help people with asthma cope, as CityLab reports. The two-year AIR Louisville project involved the Louisville government, the Institute for Healthy Air Water and Soil, and a respiratory health startup called Propeller, which makes sensors for inhalers that can track location and measure air pollutants, humidity levels, and temperature.....
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