Adult asthma

While Cumberland-Perry residents enjoy a high general standard of living, its children are facing a wide range of health threats.

The Children's Hospital at Montefiore Receives $12 Million Gift From Jerome L. Greene Foundation (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
A $12 million gift from the Jerome L. Greene Foundation will support the expansion of the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at The Children's Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM), the first and only hospital in the New York City area to offer under one roof everything needed for the care and treatment of pediatric cancer a...

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While Cumberland-Perry residents enjoy a high general standard of living, its children are facing a wide range of health threats.

Chronic Ailments Affect More Kids (Washington Post)
The number of American children with chronic health problems such as obesity, asthma and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder has soared in the past four decades, foreshadowing increases in adult disability and public health-care spending, researchers said yesterday. ...

The number of U.S. children with chronic health problems such as obesity has soared in the past four decades, foreshadowing increases in adult disability and public health-care spending, researchers said on Tuesday.

Rise in Child Chronic Illness Could Swamp Health Care (Health Scout)
Diabetes, asthma will follow American kids as they age, experts warn....

LEWISTOWN — The Keystone State is one step closer to a statewide smoking ban, thanks to the House Health and Human Services Committee, which recently ...

Study Finds MA Docs Improving (WBUR Boston)
A second review of how well doctors statewide treat patients suggests that making the figures public is improving care....

The Environmental Protection Agency announced yesterday that it would recommend tougher standards for ozone, a common air pollutant that can contribute to chronic lung diseases such as bronchitis and emphysema, exacerbate asthma attacks, increase susceptibility to respiratory infections, and even trigger asthma in children.

Calendar of IDS Agency Events (Alamogordo Daily News)
Integrated Delivery System (IDS) is designed to improve the delivery of human service programs by establishing a seamless system of services through collaborative partnerships and coordinated activities....

A gene defect linked to eczema also appears to worsen the condition of asthma sufferers, new research shows. Patients with the mutation are three to six times more likely to reach for their inhaler every day, said scientists at the University of Dundee.

GENE DEFECT AFFECTS MILLIONS OF ASTHMA SUFFERERS (BioDundee)
Researchers at the University of Dundee, who last year identified the gene that causes eczema and associated forms of asthma, have now discovered that defects on the same gene can drastically affect the day-to-day management of asthma in millions of children and young...