How Louisville Is Using GPS to Control Asthma

The Kentucky metro has some of the worst air quality in the country. And it’s crowdsourcing a cure to help its large population of sufferers.
After an extreme respiratory infection in 2015 nearly destroyed her lungs, Dawn Sirek’s asthma was out of control.
Merely getting dressed and brushing her teeth strained her lungs; walking up stairs felt like suffocating. Exercise was out of the question. With her pulmonary function levels at just 35 percent, the Louisville nurse and mother of four was hitting her emergency inhaler dozens of times per day.....

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City launches program to cut down on number of emergency room visits for asthma

Pillow cases, cleaning supplies and pest control services will be handed out to families suffering from asthma as part of a new city program announced Wednesday.
The initiative is designed to reduce the number of emergency room visits and hospitalizations made by people suffering from the breathing condition.
Under the program, a community health worker will visit homes to identify asthma triggers such as an old pillow case or an irritable cleaning product.....

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Asthma at 60? Yes, it's possible

Dear Dr. Roach • I am a fit and healthy 60-year-old male. Recently I was troubled by a series of escalating symptoms: I occasionally got a bit of hoarseness, then I seemed to lose some capacity in my lungs. When breathing hard, it seemed I could bring air into only the top of my lungs, not take a deep breath. I then began wheezing when exerting myself, and my throat and chest began to feel mild pressure, like someone was gently pushing on them. My energy was low.....

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