Topic: Asthma
Puerto Rico, puzzled about high asthma rate, finds few solutionsSix-year-old Jaycco Paris has only tossed the ball toward the basket for a few minutes when he plunks himself down on a bench to rest before he starts wheezing.Jaycco is one of tens ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Young children who start school with asthma may lag behind their peers in developing reading skills, a new study suggests.The findings, according to researchers, do not prove that asthma per se is the reason for the gap. ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children from homes with regular incense burning have a higher risk of developing asthma, according to a Taiwanese study that hints a particular gene variant could be involved.Among nearly 3,800 middle-school children, researchers found three percent had ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Swiss researchers have tied asthma risk to several common painkillers, adding to ongoing controversy about the role of such drugs in the worldwide upswing in the disease.But they say their work hints that painkillers aren't at the ...
Asthma attacks can be triggered by either respiratory illness or external factors like cigarette smoke. Stay calm and sit down, bending slightly forward.. Use pursed-lip breathing: If you are not able to speak, signal someone to help by waving your arms or ...
Newly diagnosed asthma patients often feel overwhelmed once the reality of their new lifestyle hits them. Newly diagnosed asthma patients wonder where to find the information that will lead them to better health and quality of life. There are numerous books, magazines, ...
A nebulizer is a machine used to get medicine directly to the lungs. Take the cord stored at the back of the machine and plug it in.. Turn on the machine and put the mouthpiece between your teeth. Clean your machine daily ...
Dumped boy has asthma attacks after peeking into ex's Facebook page, Italian doctors sayBeware unhappy asthmatics: Italian doctors warn that Facebook could trigger an attack in some susceptible users.Gennaro D'Amato and colleagues treated an 18-year-old man whose asthma attacks were apparently sparked ...
Can virtual friends give you asthma? The question is put in an unusual case study reported on Friday by the medical journal The Lancet.Italian doctors describe how a 18-year-old man with a history of asthma suddenly experienced bouts of breathlessness during the ...
Can virtual friends give you asthma? The question is put in an unusual case study reported on Friday by the medical journal The Lancet.Italian doctors describe how a 18-year-old man with a history of asthma suddenly experienced bouts of breathlessness during the ...
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Puerto Rico Asthma Enigma
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Child Receives Breathing Treatment
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Salt Cave That ÔTreats AsthmaÕ
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