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.. , of 9 words . Hobart Mercury Australia – May 19, 2003 Asthma burden
growing ATTEMPTS to help patients manage their own asthma are failing,
says an Australian report which shows the burden of asthma is increasing
in the community. And doctors may be too overworked, undertrained or
unenthusiastic to get the self-management message across.The South
Australian study published in today’s Medical Journal of Australia has
found a marked decline in the percentage of patients with written asthma
action plans since 1995.Asthma action plans, introduced as… , of 0
words . Fresno Bee, The CA – May 9, 2003 Asthma awareness focus of May
events Children and adults can learn about managing asthma and receive
free screenings for the disease at a Valley Asthma Day fair from noon to
4 p.m. Saturday at Fulton Mall in downtown Fresno.Screenings also will be
available at the Longs Drugs store at Cedar and Herndon avenues from 9
a.m. to noon Saturday. And a Blow the Whistle on Asthma Walk is planned
for 8: a.m. May 17 along the Old Town Trail in Clovis. The 5-kilometer
event will raise money for asthma… , of 4 words . Bristol Evening Post
England – May 7, 2003 Bristol Evening Post: Fierce Criticism Of Nhs As
Asthma Blights 24,000 In Bristol The lives of nearly 24,000 people in
Bristol are being needlessly blighted by the effects of asthma because of
a Government failure to tackle the condition, influential campaigners
have claimed.Yesterday was World Asthma Day, and experts are mounting a
fierce criticism of the NHS and its lack of progress in providing proper
care. The National Asthma Campaign says there are an estimated ,000
people living in the city who suffer from the respiratory condition.And
of them, 74 per cent… , of 660 words : 2851 – 2860 of 295486
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| . Express, The London, England – May 6, 2003 The Express: WHEN ASTHMA
ATTACKS Despite huge advances in the treatment of asthma, almost half
Britain’s five million asthmatics still find their condition disrupts
their life. On World Asthma Day, LUCY ELKINS looks at what can be done to
make it easier for them CASES OF asthma have increased three-fold in
adults and six-fold in children in the past 25 years. Many factors are
thought to be to blame for this rise, including modern cleanliness
reducing children’s immunity to disease. Diets low in… , of 1048 words
. *- May 6, 2003 Institute observes Asthma Day Each year in May, the
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute designates a day for raising
awareness of asthma, a significant chronic disease. The first World 
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Asthma Day in 1998 was celebrated in more than countries in conjunction
with the first world asthma meeting. In the United States about 17
million people suffer from asthma, with health care costs estimated at
more that $11 billion per year.Texas studies indicate up to 900,000
Texans suffer from asthma, about 6.2 percent of the… , of 591 words .
Daily Home, The Talladega, AL – April 10, 2003 School system takes steps
to protect children with asthma TALLADEGA – The child gasped for air. It
was almost like she was suffocating. She was. She was having an asthma
attack. And asthma attacks can happen anywhere, anytime. When they have
an asthma attack, they are scared, said David Howard, director of
respiratory therapy for Citizens Baptist Medical Center.He should know.
Howard has two children with the chronic illness, which inflicts more and
more children each year.Howard said there are preventive… , of 506
words . Newcastle Herald Australia – April 8, 2003 CLEARING THE AIRWAYS
seems the odd speck of pollen or a wayward dust mite can no longer be
blamed for every asthma attack. In fact, it is likely that our own
cleanliness is a reason why the incidence of asthma is
doubling.Respiratory medicine specialist at the John Hunter Hospital and
director of the Hunter Medical Research Institute’s Airways, Infection
Immunology Research Group AIIR, Associate Professor Peter Gibson, said
Australia has one of the highest asthma rates in the world.He said… ,
of 1074 words . Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The GA – October 13, 2002
Health: FOUR QUESTIONS WITH: Wynonna Judd, country singer, ’spreading
gospel about asthma’ Sad stories abound in country tunes.
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