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*- May , 1998 BREATH OF FRESH AIR IN BX. ASTHMA ED MAY SAVE SOME LIVES BREATH OF FRESH AIR IN BX. ASTHMA ED MAY SAVE SOME LIVES MILAGROS ACOSTA BELIEVES she might have been able to save her beloved grandmother’s life, if only she had been taught how to care for her grandmother’s asthma. If I knew then what I know now, I would have been able to help her, said Acosta, 21, whose younger brother also suffers from the chronic and sometimes deadly respiratory disease.

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She didn’t know how to take care of herself; there was never anyone in the Bronx that… , of 898 words 88. Bradenton Herald, The FL – May 2, 1998 STUDY: ASTHMA RATE DOUBLES Despite cleaner air, the incidence of asthma has doubled since 1980, according to new figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.And blacks are more than twice as likely to die from the disease. The new data was released as public health officials met in Boston last month to discuss ways to control the epidemic among the minorities hit hardest. The numbers were not unexpected, but they are disappointing, said Dr. Christopher Fanta, an asthma… , of 487 words 88. Contra Costa Times Walnut Creek, CA – May 27, 1997 ASTHMA’S RISE PUZZLES EXPERTS It’s one of medicine’s greatest paradoxes. In an era of advanced medical treatments and cleaner air, more and more people around the globe are developing asthma and dying from it.The pandemic is affecting both sexes, all age groups, all races and socioeconomic groups. It has permeated every developed area of the world. And researchers still don’t understand why. It’s a big mystery, says Dr. Homer Boushey,… , of 1 1 words 88. Contra Costa Times Walnut Creek, CA – May 27, 1997 ASTHMA’S RISE PUZZLES EXPERTS It’s one of medicine’s greatest paradoxes. In an era of advanced medical treatments and cleaner air, more and more people around the globe are developing asthma and dying from it.The pandemic is affecting both sexes, all age groups, all races and socioeconomic groups. It has permeated every developed area of the world. And researchers still don’t understand why. It’s a big mystery, says Dr. Homer Boushey,… , of words 88. Newsday Melville, NY – April 15, 1997 Asthma Island / The isolated population of Tristan da Cunha could hold the genetic key to this disease THE TINY VOLCANIC island of Tristan da Cunha doesn’t have much, other than lots of ocean, enormous solitude and now maybe the key to why there’s so much asthma in the world. Even though the island in the South Atlantic is 2,000 miles from anywhere, what it has that scientists need is a very small, isolated and inbred population, about a third of which has asthma.And because the environment – meaning the food, the air and the water – is essentially the same for all… , of 1729 words 88. Chicago Sun-Times – June 26, 1994 TRYING TO BREATHE MORE EASILY Hormones May Trigger Asthma BOSTON A link between the start of a woman’s menstrual cycle and the worsening of asthma symptoms may show that hormones can trigger a person’s asthma, a Canadian researcher reported Wednesday.Changes in key hormones that occur during the monthly cycle may somehow affect the inflammation that is associated with asthma, Sara Rose, Ph.D., of the University of Calgary, said here at a meeting of the American Lung Association and the American Thoracic Society. Rose… , of 511 words 88. Fresno Bee, The CA – March 2, 1994 FRESNO COUNTY RECEIVES FEDERAL GRANT FOR ASTHMA EDUCATION Fresno County, consistently identified as one of four counties in the United States with the highest asthma mortality rates, will receive a $600,000 federal grant to educate poor and minority populations about the disease.Dr. Peter Scamagas of Kaiser-Permanente in Fresno, the principal investigator of the project, said increasing people’s understanding of asthma and teaching them to manage it will help reduce the number of deaths. Our hope is that every individual… , of 546 words 88. *- November 16, 1993 ASTHMA DEATHS INCH UP AFTER BRIEF DECLINE Although asthma deaths had begun to decline for the first time in more than a decade, they have once again inched upward, according to new figures released here at the American College of Allergy and Immunology annual meeting last weekend.

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The have caused Schools Chancellor Rudy Crew to rethink his rejection of requiring a count of asthmatics in every city school.The findings come just as the city completes its first round of… , of 5 words 93. *Madison, WI – July 12, 1998 UW STUDY ZEROS IN ON ALLEVIATING ASTHMA< OTHER CITIES USE THE RESEARCH AS A MODEL An innovative study designed to help young children in Dane County with asthma is getting national attention.Published this month in the influential journal Pediatrics, the five-year, $ 0,000 study found surprisingly high levels of asthma among children enrolled in local Head Start programs: 15.8 percent compared to between 3 and 7 percent of children nationally. But the authors also outlined what they say are effective ways to reduce the chance that children might suffer permanent lung… , of 802 words 93. Chicago Tribune – April 24, 1998 CHICAGO ERS TARGET RISING TIDE OF ASTHMA For the first time, Illinois has the highest rate of blacks who die of asthma in the U.S., according to new federal statistics released Thursday that also showed more Americans than ever before say they suffer from asthma.The continued rise in asthma nationwide coincides in Chicago with an unprecedented collaboration among 28 emergency departments to solve a frustrating unevenness in quality of care. The report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the local initiative… , of 1 8 words 93. Journal Star Peoria, IL – October 10, 1997 ASTHMA ON THE RISE>DOCTORS AND SCIENTISTS ARE MYSTIFIED AS TO WHY THERE’S BEEN A BIG INCREASE IN REPORTED CASES OF ASTHMA SINCE THE EARLY 1980S PEORIA — Once a year in the city of Hyderabad in southern India, hundreds of thousands of asthma sufferers line up to swallow sardines.Apparently, a 19th-century legend has it that a live sardine — swallowed whole, with a bit of an herbal solution embedded in its mouth — is a miracle cure for asthma, when followed by a strict 45-day eating regimen and abstinence from tobacco, caffeine, booze and deep-fried food. You have to repeat the process the following year. Half a million… , of 947 words 93. Press of Atlantic City, The NJ – February 22, 1997 CONDITIONS IN WINTER RIPE FOR INDUCING ASTHMA ATTACKS The windows stay closed, the temperature fluctuates madly. The lungs begin to spasm: Asthma.Asthma knows no peak season, but it doesn’t disappear in winter. While area doctors report seeing no significant increase in asthma this season, winter does bring its own asthma triggers. The result: People who may not experience asthma at any other time find their lungs constricting now. This time of year you don’t have high pollen counts, said Dr…. , of 8 words : 1 – 0 of 295486 |29 4 24 445464748
| – August 1, 1996 ABC’S OF ASTHMA OFFERS FREE SESSION ON BREATHING DISORDER JOSIE ROSE of Windsor credits an Obici Hospital class for families with asthma with enabling her teenage daughter to better understand and control her asthma.The class, ABC’s of Asthma, will be offered again next Tuesday at Obici Hospital. The free, one-night session will cover accepting asthma, the basics of asthma and controlling it, including the use of medications, inhalers and peak flow meters. A peak flow meter is a simple tool that measures the openness of large airways… , of 6 words 93. Star, The Ontario, Canada – June 13, 1996 Roaches blamed for asthma Five years ago, a team of researchers set out to determine why asthma is such a severe urban health problem. They penetrated the worst neighborhoods in seven cities and spent $17 million U.S. vacuuming up dust, giving allergy tests and poring over the medical records of poor children.In a few months their first formal reports will hit the medical journals. In the end, the piles of data largely boil down to a single nasty word: cockroaches.The surprising result is likely to change… , of 491 words 93. The Arizona Daily Star – June 10, 1996 Roaches blamed for rise in urban asthma cases Five years ago, a team of researchers set out to determine why asthma is such a severe urban health problem. They penetrated the worst neighborhoods in seven big cities and spent $17 million vacuuming up dust, administering allergy tests and poring over the medical records of poor children.

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