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(photo: WN / Janice Sabnal) | Asthma rates high among abused children
Scientific American
| NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The risk of developing asthma is doubled in children who have suffered physical or sexual abuse, new research in Puerto Rico shows. | "Our findings highlight the importance of screening for asthma among victims of childhood abuse, and to be aware of the possibility of p... | | Disease Health Kids Photos Science | 
(photo: WN/Patricia) | Farm kids suffer less from asthma
The Times of India
| 2 Sep 2008, 1107 hrs IST,IANS SYDNEY: Pre-natal exposure to farm animals and plants helps protect children from asthma, allergies and eczema, according to a study. | Researchers from Australia's Centre for Public Health Research discovered that farmers' ch... | | Disease Health Kids Photos Science | Obesity Worsens Asthma
Healthfinder
Sufferers more likely to be hospitalized, have lower quality of life, study finds. | By Kathleen Doheny | HealthDay Reporter this article to news version | (SOURCES: Michael Schatz, M.D., chief, department of allergy, Kaiser Permanente, San Diego, an...
| Stop asthma - go to a farm
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Pregnant women who are exposed to farm animals and plants could be protecting their children from asthma. | The discovery has been made by scientists at Massey University in New Zealand, and they hope it will lead to an asthma vaccine. | Professor Je...
| Health Tip: Controlling Asthma
Healthfinder
Suggestions to prevent attacks | this article to news version | (HealthDay News) -- While some people are more likely to have asthma, the things that actually "trigger" attacks vary from person to person. | In general, there are things asthmatics can...
| Woman suffers asthma attack linked to Toledo blaze
Toledo Blade
A woman was treated yesterday at Toledo Hospital after suffering an asthma attack apparently related to a fire in her apartment in the 3300 block of Arlington Avenue near Byrne Road that caused about $15,000 damage, authorities said. | Dawn Shelton, ...
| Asthma drug Advair can result in skin wounds and bruising for some
The Charlotte Observer
| Q. I was prescribed Advair for asthma. It worked well for my breathing problem, but my skin became thin, and I started bruising badly. Then I experienced horrible damage to my skin, with deep gashes from a slight bump. My lung specialist insisted A...
| Study ties child abuse to asthma
The Boston Globe
| As an epidemic of asthma left more and more children wheezing during the past two decades, scientists blamed everything from obesity to cockroach droppings to the way we build our houses. | Now, researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital have id...
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(photo: Public Domain) | Travel: Hooters loses something in translation in China
The State
By KEVIN PANG - Chicago Tribune | BEIJING - The American Owl Restaurant, as it is known here, is indeed America encapsulated, in all its hot-sauced, cleavage-sprung glory. | Chicken wings arrive deep fried, beverages in cold, frothy suds. American top 40 pop music blares on an endless loop - as if someone brought KISS-FM all the way to China. And t... | | Beijing Chicago China Photos Travel | | |
