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Clearing the air about asthma
The Record, Stockton, Calif.Dr. Greg Bensch would like to see people change their thinking about asthma. Asthma is a chronic disease, but most people don't look at it that way. A chronic disease is a long-lasting health condition that can be controlled but not cured, such as...Tags: Albuterol (drug), Chemical Industry, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Arthritis
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How a 'million-dollar patient' got off a medical merry-go-round
For more than two decades, Wanda Remo has battled one illness after another. Asthma, chronic lung disease, heart disease, high blood pressure, arthritis, depression, chronic pain, strokes. Specialists treat her lungs, her heart and her joints. Her...
Tags: Chemical Industry, Health and Medical Professionals, Stroke, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Arthritis
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Genetic marker indicates if child is likely to develop asthma after a cold
University of Chicago researchers said they have identified a genetic marker that will help identify children most likely to develop asthma after they catch a cold. The researchers found that 90 percent of children under age 3 who wheezed after catching...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Medical Research, Science and Technology, University of Arizona, Physical Conditions
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Air Quality: Health issues rise with bad air
The Sentinel, Carlisle, Pa.Newcomers to Southcentral Pennsylvania sometimes visit Dr. Donald Harper at Medical Arts Allergy's offices in Carlisle or Mechanicsburg looking for answers. They arrive at the office with classic allergy symptoms, but tests for animal, mold or pollen...Tags: Science and Technology, Shortness of Breath, Chemical Industry, American Lung Association, Asthma
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EDITORIAL: Time to get to the bottom of York County's air pollution mystery
The York Dispatch, Pa.York County's air quality is so bad it just missed making the American Lung Association's list of the 25 most polluted areas in the country. The association gave the York-Hanover-Gettysburg area an "F" for short-term soot pollution on its annual...Tags: Science and Technology, York (York, Pennsylvania), American Lung Association, Environmental Pollution, Asthma
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Take a deep breath, our air is clean
Duluth News TribuneThe Duluth metro area ranks among the top metropolitan areas in the nation for cleanest air, according to the annual State of the Air Report released Wednesday by the American Lung Association. The city ranks with six others atop the list of cleanest...Tags: Alternative Energy, American Lung Association, Hybrid Vehicles, Asthma, Environmental Pollution
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Charleston receives failing air grade in report
Charleston Daily Mail, W.Va.CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The American Lung Association, in its "State of the Air 2013" report, gives Charleston a failing grade even though the city received passing marks in 2012. "It received a failing grade after its passing mark in 2012 because the...Tags: Environmental Issues, Air Pollution, American Lung Association, Asthma, Environmental Pollution
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Lung Assn.: York's air still a long way from healthy
The York Dispatch, Pa.York County's air is still more polluted than most other metro areas' around the country. That's the conclusion of an annual "State of the Air" report released Tuesday from the American Lung Association and promoted as an air-quality "report card" for...Tags: York (York, Pennsylvania), Science and Technology, Environmental Issues, American Lung Association, Air Pollution
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Asthma test helps doctor tailor treatment
Inhaled corticosteroids are often used to treat asthma, but trying to figure out if the therapy is necessary — and at what dose — can be tricky. Now, a new, noninvasive breath test called fractional exhaled nitric oxide, or FeNO, has taken...
Tags: Physical Conditions, Asthma, Inflammation, Allergies, General Practitioners
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Achoo: Spring allergy season is on the way
PETOSKEY — The snow may not be gone yet, but you better grab a tissue — spring allergy season is on the way. Each year, about 50 million Americans are impacted by nasal allergies, which is the sixth leading cause of chronic disease in the...
Tags: Claritin (drug), Physical Conditions, Drugs and Medicines, Ear Infection, Viral Diseases and Infections
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High winds cause damage, effects expected to linger for days
Staff WritersLourdes Bustamante said she has never experienced winds as strong as those that tore through Imperial County on Monday. Bustamante, who has worked as a gas station attendant for 16 years at the USA gas station near the intersection of Imperial and...Tags: Physical Conditions, Environmental Issues, Chemical Industry, Tangerine, National Weather Service
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Prebiotics in baby formula and eczema: mixed picture
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - There's some evidence to suggest that putting prebiotics in baby formula protects children against the skin condition eczema, according to a fresh look at past research. The theory is that babies who can't breastfeed can drink...Tags: American Academy of Pediatrics, Physical Conditions, Dietary Supplements, Eczema, Asthma
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