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| . Columbian, The Vancouver, WA – September 1, 2000 NEW DRUG MAY HALVE
ASTHMA ATTACKS FLORENCE, Italy — A study suggests that an experimental
drug could halve the number of asthma attacks suffered by people whose
condition isn’t well controlled with current treatment about 15 percent
of all asthma patients, a researcher said Thursday. The first major study
of the injectable drug, presented at the World Congress on Lung Health,
also found that it allowed half of patients to stop using steroid
inhalers and the rest to reduce their dependence on them, said Dr.
Stephen… , of 5 words . Straits Times, The Singapore – August 12, 2000
Asthma strikes one child in five Researchers are looking into reasons why
Singapore has the fourth-highest rate of childhood asthma in the world
MORE children in Singapore suffer from asthma than anywhere else in Asia,
a worldwide survey has revealed. With about one in five children here
suffering from asthma, a respiratory disorder characterised by breathing
difficulties, Singapore has the fourth-highest rate of childhood asthma
in the world – behind Australia, New Zealand and Peru According to the
1998… , of 5 words . Houston Chronicle – August 3, 2000 Steroid inhaler
use reduces risk of death from asthma, study says Asthma sufferers who
regularly use steroid inhalers to ease their breathing problems also
lower their risk of dying from the disease, a large new study concludes.
Doctors have been uncertain until now whether treating asthma with
inhaled steroids actually saves lives.Inhaled steroids are widely used to
treat asthma. They reduce inflammation that causes airways to contract
and clog and makes breathing difficult.Over time, they make the airways
less sensitive to the pollen, smoke or… , of 4 words . The Dallas
Morning News – August 3, 2000 Steroid inhalers cut asthma deaths Asthma
sufferers who regularly use steroid inhalers to ease their breathing
problems also lower their risk of dying from the disease, a large new
study concludes. Doctors have been uncertain until now whether treating
asthma with inhaled steroids actually saves lives. Inhaled steroids are
widely used to treat asthma. They reduce the inflammation that causes
airways to contract and clog and make breathing difficult. Over time,
they make the airways less sensitive to the… , of 470 words .

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The Hartford Courant – June 7, 2000 RESIDENTS CALL FOR CITY ACTION ON ASTHMA
Calling the city’s high asthma rate a crisis, residents urged the city
council Tuesday to throw its full moral and financial support into
fighting the disease.More than residents and activists turned out for a
community forum organized by the Hartford Environmental Justice Network
to persuade the council to declare the problem a health emergency and to
adopt immediate, comprehensive measures to raise public awareness and
reduce air pollution. Those measures are contained in… , of 494 words .
Capital Times, The Madison, WI – May 18, 2000 HOSPITAL PROGRAM TARGETS
ASTHMA Sauk Prairie Memorial Hospital has developed a program that
officials say helps asthma patients reduce emergency room visits and
improves quality of life.The Asthma Education Program recently released
data that indicates a 75 percent reduction in asthma emergency room
visits. “Southwestern Wisconsin has experienced a rise in asthma that is
consistent with a national trend,” explained Jane Cooper, chief
executive officer of Community Physicians Network, which… , of 468
words . *- May 18, 2000 Asthma crunch smothering state; Hartford’s rate
is 5 times that of national figure Hartford should declare an asthma
emergency after a study found a high rate of the disease among city
children, environmental advocates said Wednesday. The Hartford
Environmental Justice Network cited a recent study by the Connecticut
Children’s Medical Center showing an asthma rate in Hartford more than
five times the national average. More than 7,500 Hartford children were
screened, with percent suffering from doctor-diagnosed asthma, the
coalition said. They… , of 488 words . Daily Mail, The London, England
- January 10, 2000 Daily Mail: NEW JAB TO ‘SWITCH OFF’ ASTHMA IN CHILDREN
A NEW vaccine to treat asthma in children is being developed in Britain.
Doctors are starting a two-year trial to tackle asthma caused by hay
fever, but it is hoped to expand the range of targets to include other
triggers such as house dust mite. The children taking part range in age
from two to 16.
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The Naperville 9-year-old’s doctor had told her she had asthma, and
nobody else in her class at school had it. It made her feel different. It
was very upsetting to her, said her mother, Mary Thomas. I was scared
too. The school nurse recommended a program at Wheaton’s Central DuPage
Health Systems called Open Airways, and that helped a lot, Mary Thomas
said. They gave me a ton of… , of 1056 words 92. Seattle
Post-Intelligencer – February 13, 1998 CHILD ASTHMA IN KING COUNTY STILL
ON RISE, INNER-CITY KIDS ARE HOSPITALIZED THE MOST Childhood asthma
continues to increase in King County, especially among inner-city youths,
according to data released yesterday by the Seattle-King County
Department of Public Health.Increased attacks have made asthma the
second-leading cause of hospitalization in children, a trend local health
officials are trying to reverse with public outreach and education.
“Asthma is one of the biggest public health issues we’ve dealt with,”
said Alonzo Plough,… , of 584 words 92. *- September 17, 1997 NO DRUGS
ALLOWED NORTON MIDDLE SCHOOL POLICY WON’T LET BOY CARRY HIS ASTHMA
MEDICINE EXPERTS SAY NEW RULES NEEDED Teresa Yates knows how difficult it
can be for her son Danny Reese to manage asthma.But he had to deal
with a particularly tough complication yesterday: bureaucratitis. Danny,
12, stayed home from Norton Middle School yesterday, even though doctors
have controlled the asthma attacks that had caused him to miss school
earlier. Bureaucratic reasons kept him home yesterday.Health officials
say Danny’s case illustrates why school districts need to change their
policy for… , of 11 words 92. Times, The NY – July 3, 1997 Inhaled
Steroids for Asthma May Cause Cataracts, Study Hints Over the last
decade, inhaled steroids have become a mainstay of medical treatment for
asthma. Each day, thousands of asthmatics, many of them children, breathe
in these synthetic hormones; doctors favor them over oral steroids, which
are known to cause cataracts.Now, a study by a group of Australian
researchers, appearing in Thursday’s New England Journal of Medicine,
casts doubt on the safety of inhaled steroids, suggesting for the first
time that they, too, might cause… , of 1086 words 92. *- April 21, 1997
BREATHING EASIER ADVANCEMENTS HAVE MADE ASTHMA MORE MANAGEABLE W ithout
all this medicine, we would have to spend a lot more time in the
emergency room. June Hyett, asthma sufferer whose daughters also have
asthma The childhoods of Chris and June Hyett of Birmingham were
punctuated by frequent asthma attacks, steamy at-home treatments and
frequent emergency room visits. Both outgrew their childhood illness, but
neither was surprised when two of their three daughters were diagnosed
with asthma, one when she was 4 months old and one when she was 6… , of
1706 words 92. The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution – March ,
1997 Health Watch KIDS AND FAMILY Breath of spring hard for kids with
asthma Parents battle Atlanta’s air, heavy pollen Spring is in the air.
So is pollen. For children who suffer from asthma, warm weather can be as
treacherous for the lungs as the winter cold.Doctors estimate that
between 6 percent and 10 percent of America’s children have asthma. And
for youngsters who live in the Atlanta area, symptoms of the respiratory
illness can be particularly severe, aggravated by the air they breathe.
High pollen counts —from trees, grass and ragweed —persist from
February through December. And in… , of 772 words 92. THE SAN FRANCISCO
CHRONICLE – November 11, 1996 Bayview Students’ Asthma Lessons Pilot
program hopes to keep kids out of hospital, in class Just about every
student at Dr. George Washington Carver Elementary School knows someone
with asthma. But even though one out of every six students at the Bayview
school has it, that doesn’t mean everyone knows what asthma is. Jordan
Green, a 10-year-old fifth-grader, has had asthma since he was three.
Sometimes when he has an attack, his nose runs and the other kids tease
him.“They think it’s contagious,” he said, pulling an inhaler out of…
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92. Boston Globe – May 13, 1996 OUT OF BREATH DRIVEN BY POLLUTION, POOR
ACCESS TO CARE, ASTHMA’S TOLL SOARS IN THE INNER CITY The turkey was
still in the oven that Thanksgiving Day in 1993 when Robert Stuckey Jr.
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