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Some 17.3 million Americans have asthma, a respiratory disease that
leaves sufferers coughing, wheezing and gasping for air. Cases of asthma
have risen about 75 percent since 1980, particularly… , of 563 words .
*- January 16, 2000 Kids’ asthma rates here lower than in rest of city
But the medical condition is a persistent problem on the North Shore, and
the city is negotiating with the Sisters of Charity Medical Center to
administer a program on the Island Fewer children on Staten Island need
to be hospitalized for asthma than in any other part of City.But even
here, in sections of the North Shore, some children are sick enough to be
admitted to the hospital for their asthma, at rates higher than those for
the entire borough.According to the Sisters… , of 1011 words . Wichita
Eagle, The KS – December 23, 1999 NEW DRUG FOR ASTHMA PROMISING, STUDY
SHOWS Medical scientists have completed the first large-scale tests of a
pioneering treatment for asthma, one that allowed some patients to
reduce their dependence on standard medications while still others
improved so dramatically they could throw their old drugs away.While not
a cure, the evolving treatment, which could be made available in six
months if approved by the Food and Drug Administration, is welcome news
to the millions of asthma patients who must rely on medications that
carry… , of 692 words . Economist, The London, England – December 11,
1999 The Economist: Science and Technology: Asthma: Not to be sneezed at
ABOUT 155m people around the world have asthma, according to the Global
Initiative for Asthma, and the number is rising. In Britain, for example,
research carried out at Dundee University suggests that 6% of the
population suffers from the disease, and that the total cost of medical
care, drugs and lost work comes to around Pounds 50 billion Dollars 80m a
year. Although atmospheric pollutants, such as ozone, sulphur dioxide and
nitrogen oxides, do not cause asthma, they certainly… , of 766 words .
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The Daily Oklahoman – November 23, 1999 Asthma group to hear dietitian
Tips for surviving the holidays with asthma and food allergies will be
the program topic for this month’s free meeting of the Family Asthma
Education and Support Group. The group will meet at 7 p.m. today at the
Junior League’s Blinn House, 6 0 N Western.Guest speaker will be Sherry
K. Hubbard, a dietitian with the Oklahoma Allergy and Asthma Clinic in
Oklahoma City.A separate asthma education program will be available for
asthmatic children ages 6 to …. , of 6 words . *- October 10, 1999
Asthma-causing genes found BERKELEY, Calif. – A familial link to asthma
was suspected by the Greeks more than two millennia ago. Now, two
researchers at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory have found two genes they say
are responsible.Working with mice that have had human genes spliced into
their chromosomes, a team headed by Edward Rubin and Derek Symula found
that reducing the activity of the two genes can diminish susceptibility
to asthma attacks.The findings of the team, which also included
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. Ledger Dispatch CA – June 11, 1999 CALIFORNIANS CONCERNED ABOUT ASTHMA
IT’S ALLERGY SEASON again. For most of us, the effects of allergies are
merely a nuisance, lasting only for a few weeks. But think about people
who deal with those symptoms, or worse, on a daily basis. Their condition
is called asthma, and it affects over 2 million Californians of whom half
a million are children. Asthma is at epidemic proportions, and there is
no known cure.Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease characterized by
inflammation of a person’s airways,… , of 1 6 words . Ledger Dispatch
CA – June 11, 1999 CALIFORNIANS CONCERNED ABOUT ASTHMA IT’S ALLERGY
SEASON again. For most of us, the effects of allergies are merely a
nuisance, lasting only for a few weeks. But think about people who deal
with those symptoms, or worse, on a daily basis. Their condition is
called asthma, and it affects over 2 million Californians of whom half a
million are children. Asthma is at epidemic proportions, and there is no
known cure.
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