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Asthma cases and deaths from the disease have soared at least percent
since 1982, and air pollution, airtight and windowless offices may play a
role, government health officials said.Nearly 5 percent of the nation’s
population – more than 10 million people – suffer from asthma, an
inflammation of the airways that in wheezing and shortness of breath,
according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. From 1982 to
1992, the rate of asthma rose … , of 4 words . Capital Times, The
Madison, WI – January 6, 1995 ASTHMA CASES, DEATHS SKYROCKET SINCE ‘82.
Asthma cases and deaths from the disease have soared at least percent
since 1982, and air pollution, airtight and windowless offices may play a
role, government health officials said Thursday.About 5 percent of the
nation’s population — or roughly 13 million people — suffer from
asthma, an inflammation of the airways that in wheezing and shortness of
breath, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. From 1982
through 1992, the rate of asthma rose… , of 489 words . *- December 8,
1994 ASTHMA DEATH RATE ON RISE, STUDY SAYS, BUT MAINLY IN POOR URBAN
NEIGHBORHOODS Asthma victims in poor urban neighborhoods are more likely
to die from the disease than others, and that risk is growing, according
to a study released today.For most of the nation’s 12 million asthma
victims, however, today’s New England Journal of Medicine has reassuring
news: Even though asthma-related deaths have been increasing since the
late 1970s, the risk of death for individual asthmatics is slight. At the
Mayo Clinic, where nearly all patients are white… , of 8 words . *-
November 17, 1994 MISUSE OF ASTHMA PREVENTER DEADLY MAKER SAYS SEREVENT’S
DELAYED ACTION CANNOT RELIEVE ATTACKS Asthma sufferers have been dying
since a new drug hit the market in April, some apparently because they
mistakenly believed the long-lasting drug would immediately relieve their
breathing problems.There have been 20 deaths reported to the Food and
Drug Administration among users of Serevent. It is not yet clear how many
are linked to misuse of the drug, but manufacturer Glaxo Inc. is warning
patients and doctors to use it properly. Serevent is very effective at
preventing asthma attacks… , of 556 words .

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drug for asthma deadly if misused Asthma sufferers have been dying since
a new drug hit the market in April, some apparently because they
mistakenly believed the long-lasting drug would immediately relieve their
breathing problems. There have been 20 deaths reported to the Food and
Drug Administration among users of Serevent. It is not yet clear how many
are linked to misuse of the drug, but manufacturer Glaxo Inc. is warning
patients and doctors to use it properly.Serevent is very effective at
preventing asthma attacks,… , of 1206 words . Chicago Tribune -
November 17, 1994 ASTHMA DRUG’S MISUSE MAY BE LINKED TO DEATHS Asthma
sufferers have been dying since a new drug hit the market in April, some
apparently because they mistakenly believed the long-lasting drug would
immediately relieve their breathing problems.There have been 20 deaths
reported to the Food and Drug Administration among users of Serevent. It
is not yet clear how many are linked to misuse of the drug, but
manufacturer Glaxo Inc. is warning patients and doctors to use it
properly Serevent is effective in preventing asthma attacks, experts… ,
of 512 words . The Buffalo News – September 20, 1994 LEARNING ASTHMA’S
THREE R’S If your child has asthma, the new school year will be a time of
special adjustments. But the transition may be eased if you do some
homework on the three R’s — recognize, record and reassure.Help your
child recognize his or her asthma symptoms and what triggers them. Then
discuss what to do if an asthma attack occurs at school — taking
medication, alerting the teacher or even having the school call home or
the child’s doctor. Then encourage your child to keep an… , of 2 words
. *CA – September , 1994 CHILDREN WITH ASTHMA NEED SOME EXTRA HELP If
your child has asthma, the new school year will be a time of special
adjustments. But the transition may be eased if you do some homework on
the three Rs — recognize, record and reassure.Help your child recognize
asthma symptoms and what triggers them.
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Then discuss what to do if an asthma attack occurs at school — taking
medication, alerting the teacher or even having the school call home or
the child’s doctor. Then, encourage your child to keep an asthma diary.
According… , of 285 words . Times Union, The Albany, NY – January 4,
1994 OUTGROWING ASTHMA APPEARS RARE A new study on asthma adds to the
evidence debunking a myth that children usually outgrow the common and
sometimes fatal lung disease, which is an increasing public health
problem in the United States and many other countries.The incidence of
asthma and deaths from it have risen sharply in recent years, but the
reasons are not known. For decades, doctors have told anxious parents
that their children’s symptoms of wheezing, coughing, chest tightness and
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. Union-News Springfield, MA – June 28, 1993 Oxbow team helps youths with
asthma Benefit shows sufferers can live athletic lives Yesterday’s
benefit performance of the Oxbow Water Ski Show Team did more than just
help raise money for children suffering from asthma. It showed that
people who have the breathing condition can lead active lives.Three of
the members of the team, which performed in a fund-raiser for the
American Lung Association’s Asthma Camp, have asthma. Ten years ago, kids
with asthma were expected to stay at home and do nothing, said Beth
Denning… , of 805 words . Times Union, The Albany, NY – May 4, 1993
ASTHMA DEATH RATE ON THE RISE The death rate from asthma has more than
doubled since 1978 in the United States. And worried officials of the
National Institutes of Health attribute the trend in part to the lack of
education and training of the primary-care doctors who treat the
overwhelming majority of asthmatics.Dr. Michael A. Kaliner, chief of the
allergy section at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases, did not mince words in criticizing the medical care that most
asthmatics receive and the lack… , of 6 words . Rocky Mountain News CO
- May 2, 1993 ASTHMA DEATHS UNDERESTIMATED, RESEARCHERS SAY The death
rate from asthma in the United States may be twice as high as federal
health officials have estimated, Mayo Clinic researchers report.Based on
a comparison of the medical records of Mayo patients with asthma and the
causes of death listed on their death certificates, the researchers said
fewer than half the asthma-related deaths were recorded as such. Death
certificates are used to estimate death rates. For every asthma death we
found on a death certificate, we… , of 2 words .

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Deseret News, The Salt
Lake City, UT – October 10, 1992 ENERGY-EFFICIENT MAY PLAY ROLE IN
DRAMATIC RISE IN CHILDHOOD ASTHMA Asthma rates in children ages 1 to
doubled and even tripled over 20 years in a new study, and scientists
speculated that the trend toward tightly sealed, energy-efficient may
have played a role.Making more efficient by reducing air leakage may trap
more airborne particles like cat dander inside, possibly promoting
asthma, researchers said. The study calculated asthma rates from 1964 to
1983 for residents of Rochester, Minn. The annual rate of new asthma
cases roughly tripled… , of 460 words . Chicago Sun-Times – May 4, 1992
Taking medicine allows asthmatics to exercise Asthma sufferers trying to
stay in shape often fall prey to a vicious cycle: They may have bouts of
wheezing when they exert themselves because they work out less than
people without the disease. And they may not work out as much because
they have trouble breathing.The cycle of breathlessness and lack of
exercise can be broken by taking asthma medication before working out,
according to researchers at Hospital in Canada. In their study of 27
asthma patients, the researchers found… , of 9 words . Greensboro News
& Record – March 22, 1992 MORE PEOPLE DYING OF ASTHMA IS CURE PART OF THE
PROBLEM? Asthma is getting worse. Over the past 20 years this common
breathing ailment has become more severe and more people are dying than
ever before. Death rates are up over percent since the early 1980s.No one
knows precisely why asthma is turning into such a killer.
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Many deaths could have been avoided, said Dr. William Busse, head of the
section of allergy and immunology at the… , of 607 words 50. Modesto
Bee, The CA – March 13, 1992 ASTHMA’S DOUBLE TOLL: PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL
DISTRESS CHILDREN HAVE FEELING OF BEING DIFFERENT, TRY TO COVER UP
SYMPTOMS Asthma was Modestan Wilson Bader’s miserable sidekick in
childhood. He’s 77 now, but he remembers the smelly camphorated oil he
had to inhale and the sporting benches he kept warm. I was always last to
be picked for teams, he says. I couldn’t run 25 yards without choking up.
Experts say that having a chronic illness like asthma takes more than a
physical toll on those who suffer from… , of 8 words : 1801 – 1810 of
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| 50. *- February 20, 1992 Inhalers may raise asthma death risk Asthma
sufferers who puff more than two canisters of airway-widening drugs a
month to help them breathe easier are at greatly increased risk of dying
from asthma attacks, according to an international study. When a doctor
finds a patient using more than one or two canisters a month, that ought
to be a red alert, said Dr. Ralph I. Horwitz, a professor at the Yale
School of Medicine and one of the study’s authors. More than two
canisters a month… , of 8 words 50. St. Louis Post-Dispatch – January
13, 1992 End The Crisis Approach To Asthma Asthma is the most common
chronic disease of children. An expert on asthma among children, Dr.
Robert Strunk of St. Louis Children’s Hospital, estimates that nearly one
of every six inner-city children have asthma. Hospitalizations for
children with the disorder have been increasing. From 1979 to 1987, the
hospital discharge rate with asthma as the first-listed diagnosis rose
percent among children under 15. Studies have found poverty to be the
reason for increased asthma… , of 8 words 50. Capital Times, The
Madison, WI – November 16, 1991 ASTHMA DEATH TRIGGERS SHOCK, FEAR,
CONFUSION Asthma is a common disease among young people, but few realize
the disease can be deadly. The realization struck the friends of Justin
Beecher hard last week.Shock, confusion and fear were La Follette High
School assistant football coach Bernard Wiggins’ reactions to the
asthmatic-attack death of his former player. “It came as a shock to
learn that a person can die from asthma,” said Wiggins. “My daugher has
asthma.” The… , of 679 words 50. Oregonian, The Portland, OR – October
12, 1990 DEATH TOLL FROM ASTHMA MOUNTS Asthma is killing more and more
people each year especially blacks — in the United States, according to
Oregon researchers who published an editorial this month in the Journal
of the American Medical Association.“The death rate from asthma has been
consistently higher for blacks than for whites,” wrote Dr. Sonia Buist
of the Oregon Health Sciences University and William Vollmer, a
statistician with Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research in
Portland. Asthma… , of 5 words 50. Newsday Melville, NY – August 23,
1990 Dusty Asthma Culprit Exposure to house-dust mites during infancy
appears to be an important cause of childhood asthma in places where the
climate is humid year-round, a study concludes. The study, conducted in
England’s soggy south and published in today’s New England Journal of
Medicine, found that babies who lived with high levels of dust mites had
an especially high risk of suffering asthma as they grew older.The work
supports the growing belief that a variety of proteins… , of 92 words
50. Miami Herald, The FL – June 12, 1989 MORE ASTHMA DEATHS National
Center for Health Statistics records show that 1,975 people in the United
States, including 87 in Florida, died from asthma in 1976. By 1981, the
number of deaths had soared to 3,054. The figure for 1987 was 4,0 ,
including 184 in Florida — a stunning increase in the number of deaths
over 11 years. But those figures are deceiving because, in the
intervening years, the way causes of death are counted was changed.
Following the leadership of the World Health Organization, the… , of 9
words 50. *- May 15, 1989 MANAGE ASTHMA TO BREATHE EASIER Yes, asthma
kills. That fact tragically hit home last week when Richard Green, 52,
chancellor of schools in City and former superintendent of schools in
Minneapolis, died after a severe asthma attack.
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The study was released Tuesday by the medical… , of 565 words 49.
Chilliwack Progress, The British Columbia, Canada – March 19, 2006 Family
therapy as part of asthma treatment Bronchial asthma is the most frequent
chronic illness in children 5-10% in economically developed countries
such as Canada, USA, and Great Britain. Practitioners have seen a marked
increase in the incidence of fatally severe forms of asthma, with 1-2%
cases of reported death. With such serious implications, additional
environmental factors have come under scrutiny, to see how asthmatic
children can have an improved prognosis. Asthma is usually treated
medically with inhalers… , of 890 words 49. *- February 13, 2006 Asthma
here not so grim, study claims: Death rate high, but other factors
better, foundation says Local asthma experts have long considered Chicago
the asthma capital of America. The asthma death rate among African
Americans here is four times the national average and perhaps the highest
in the country, one study found. Another study found that percent of the
children in a sampling of Puerto Rican neighborhoods have asthma. And
each year, there are more than 70,000 emergency room visits for asthma
attacks.But Chicago fares surprisingly well in new rankings from the
Asthma and… , of 4 words 49. *- February 9, 2006 Suburban Asthma
Consortium SAC, in Collaboration with the American Lung Association of
Illinois, Completes the Multi-center Emergency Department Asthma Study;
Asthma Ignores Geographic Boundaries, Study Proves It’s a Growing
Suburban Problem Suburban Asthma Consortium, Wheaton Theresa Juday, RPH,
AE-C, 6 -260-9600 Rita Brennan, RNC, MS, 6 -260-9600 fax: 6 -260-1111
info@suburbanasthma.org www.suburbanasthma.org or Calyx Consulting,
Chicago Jill Jackson, 2-2 -9870 fax: 2-264-0 9 info@calyxconsulting.com
www.calyxconsulting.com The Suburban Asthma Consortium SAC, serving the
six collar counties of the greater Chicagoland area, announces the
completion of the retrospective Multi-center Emergency Department Asthma
Study… , of 49. PR Newswire Europe German version Germany – December 6,
2005 Erste globale Umfrage über offene Problematik bei Asthma-Behandlung
enthüllt mögliche Beeinträchtigung der Behandlungsergebnisse PRNewswire
– Nebenwirkungen von Asthma-Medikamenten und mangelnde Kommunikation
zwischen Arzt und Patient beeinträchtigen Einhaltung der
Behandlungsvorschriften Die Ergebnisse der allerersten globalen,
quantitativen Umfrage über die offene Problematik bei der Behandlung von
Asthma, die gestern in London veröffentlicht wurden, offenbaren
erhebliche Widersprüche bei der Einschätzung von aktuellen
Asthma-Behandlungsmethoden aus der jeweiligen Sicht der Ärzte und
Patienten. Es geht um… , of 15 words 49. Hindu, The Madras, India -
November 28, 2005 The Hindu: Breathe easy by reining in asthma Asthma is
chronic disease that affects the bronchial tubes, which carry air in and
out of the lungs. In asthma, these airways become easily inflamed and so
react strongly to allergens present in the environment. Upon exposure to
these triggers, the airways become narrower and this in less airflow to
lung tissues. This causes classic asthma symptoms such as wheezing,
coughing, chest tightness, and difficulty in breathing. Asthma is now the
third leading cause of hospitalisation… , of 4 words 49. Daily Mail,
The London, England – November 7, 2005 Daily Mail: The GBP250 jab that
halves the risk of an asthma attack AN ASTHMA jab has been developed
which halves the risk of an attack.The drug, called Xolair, offers hope
to the thousands at risk of dying from the disease each year. At present,
the 10 per cent of sufferers with severe asthma have to rely on high
doses of powerful steroids which often fail to control their
symptoms.Unlike these drugs, however, Xolair – which is licensed in the
UK from today – does not treat the symptoms but interrupts the chain of
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: – | 49. *- July 24, 2005 Baker put air back in Williams’ sails // Heat
wasn’t helping pitcher’s asthma ST. LOUIS — It wasn’t long into his
start Saturday in steamy St. Louis that Jerome Williams’ asthma had him
gasping for breath. Who came to his rescue? Manager Dusty Baker did — by
kicking him in the pants and clearing his breathing passages. In a game
that was bouncing back-and-forth, Baker didn’t like what he saw when
Williams walked the Cardinals’ Jim Edmonds to open the fifth inning.
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