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• The Friday List: Four Surprising Asthma Statistics

  Published: April 4, 2008, 10:03 am

  Tags: Asthma Causes Risk Factors, Asthma Facts, Asthma Girl, Asthma News Amp Amp Research, Children S Asthma, Children S Health, The Friday List, Asthma Death Rates, Asthma Hospitalizations, Asthma Numbers, Asthma Prevalence U S, Asthma Puerto Ricans, Asthma Rates States

  and Texas have the most asthma sufferers. 2. Puerto Ricans have the highest lifetime asthma rates of all ethnic groups. - 80% higher than non-Hispanic whites, in fact - Combine that number with Mr. Asthma Mom’s family history of allergies and my daughter’s premature birth. Even if you tried to conceive a child with spazzy lungs,

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• Asthma Worldwide

  Published: May 5, 2008, 10:47 am

  Tags: Asthma Facts, Asthma News Amp Amp Research, Children S Asthma, Children S Health, Healthcare Issues, Burden Of Asthma, Gina Asthma, Gina Asthma Report, Wad 2008, World Asthma Day

  With World Asthma Day tomorrow, I’ll be blogging about awareness all week. Today, the theme is Asthma Worldwide and based on GINA’s Burden of Asthma report. You can access the entire pdf through the link here, but I’m throwing out my usual quick and easy summary. First, my favorite passage: The burden of asthma in many countries

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• Debunking the Childhood Asthma Myths

  Published: May 22, 2008, 10:38 am

  Tags: Asthma Causes Risk Factors, Asthma Facts, Asthma Girl, Asthma Meds, Asthma Parents, Children S Asthma, Children S Health, Asthma Assumptions, Asthma Cure, Asthma Exercise Myths, Asthma Symptom Myths, Coughing Symptom, False Asthma Facts, Outgrow Asthma, Steroid Myths

  people, though, child-onset asthma is much worse during the younger years than any other time. Some temporary conditions, like respiratory syntactical virus (RSV), carry long-term effects that mimic asthma for a few years before disappearing forever. True asthma never disappears. MYTH: Yoga/The Buteyko Method/Swimming/Herbs/Etc. will cure

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• Asthma and Allergy Trivia, Since I Overslept

  Published: June 9, 2008, 10:37 am

  Tags: Allergens, Asthma Triggers, Children S Asthma, Children S Health, Allergies Cats, Allergy Facts, Asthma Facts, Dust Mites Asthma, Paper Mulberry Trees, Ragweed Allergies

  kind of morning. Who says asthma and allergies can’t be fun? Or mildly entertaining, at least. 1. Dark-colored cats are way more likely to cause allergies than light-colored ones. 2. Ragweed grows everywhere except Antarctica. 3. There are no dust mites there, either. 4. It is impossible to be allergic to sugars or fats, since the

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