Asthma

Momonomics 103: The Price Tag of Health Care

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 11.21.2008 | Living

Read More: Epa, Politics, Fda, Health Care Costs, Economy, Health, Asthma, Adhd, Food, Diabetes, Health Care, Allergies, Living News
Robyn O'Brien

Today it is estimated that 50 per cent of Hispanic and African-American children will develop diabetes, that 1 in 90 boys has autism, and that 1 in 4 children has asthma.

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Study: Autumn babies At Greater Risk Of Asthma

Yahoo! News | Julie Steenhuysen | Posted 11.21.2008 | Living

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Day One: There Is a New Green in Town

Sloan Barnett | Posted 10.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Disease, Books, Green, Environment, Asthma, Green Living, Enviromentalism, Green News
Sloan Barnett

The cause of my son's asthma may have been me. I may have been poisoning my own son by using certain cleaning products.

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Environmental Racism Takes Hold In California

Olivia Zaleski | Posted 07.08.2008 | Green

Read More: Environmental Justice, Environmentalism, Los Angeles, Oil Refining, Racial Politics, Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental, Environmental Racism, Los Angeles Pollution, Environment, Asthma, Racism, Air Pollution, Green News
Olivia Zaleski

Don't we all deserve clean air? The answer seems obvious, but in the predominantly Latino, Black and poverty-stricken neighborhoods of Southern Los An...

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How Close Is Too Close? Allergy And Asthma Rates 50% Higher Near Highways

TheDailyGreen.com | Dan Shapley | Posted 06.15.2008 | Green

Read More: Pollution and Asthma, Severe Allergies, Bronx Pollution, Asthma, Pollution, Air Pollution, Green News

A study of nearly 6,000 children in Munich has found that children are much more likely to develop asthma, allergies and skin rashes if they live near...

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It's Not Easy Breathing Green

Gregg Mitman | Posted 05.25.2008 | Living

Read More: Asthma, Asthma Inhalers, Glaxosmithkline, HFA Inhalers, Green Technology, Living News
Gregg Mitman

The unfolding tragedy is that those who can least afford the new inhaler technology for asthmatics are the ones most affected by the shift to the new green economy.

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Where Do They Come Up With All Those Goofy Names for Prescription Drugs Anyway?

Doug Bremner | Posted 04.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Asthma, Antipsychotics, Drugs, Medications, Eric Rudolph, Living News
Doug Bremner

I was spreading pine straw around the bushes in my yard in Atlanta, Georgia, when I started thinking about... you guessed it! The goofy names that drug companies come up with for their prescription drugs.

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Growing Up Green! - Fulfilling a Mission and Empowering Parents for a Healthier Next Generation

Deirdre Imus | Posted 04.22.2008 | Living

Read More: Healthy Toys, Pesticides, Depression, Deirdre Imus Environmental Center for Pediatric Oncology, Adhd, Learning Disorders, Toxic, Baby, Imus Cattle Ranch for Kids With Cancer, Healthy Kids, Heart Condition, Bipolar, Growing Up Green, Imus Ranch, Obesity, Vaccines, Toxins, Green This, Hackensack University Medical Center, Child, Severe Allergies, Asthma, Ocd, Pdd, Living News
Deirdre Imus

If most childhood diseases are preventable...why are so many on the rise? Because toxic chemicals are everywhere and not enough attention is being given to prevention.

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Blythe Danner Plus Natural Gas Garbage Trucks = Real Greening, Not "Green Washing"

Linda Cronin-Gross | Posted 04.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Greening, Environmental Justice, Sustainable South Bronx, Smithtown, Green Garbage Trucks, Green, Environmentalism, Union Square, Gwyneth Paltrow, New York City, Natural Gas Garbage Trucks, Blythe Danner, Haulers, Environment, Asthma, Natural Gas, Garbage Trucks, Business News
Linda Cronin-Gross

Today, as she has done countless times over the last 35 years, actor Blythe Danner stood up for the environment. Not the newly-sexy environment, but ...

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If Prescription Meds Don't Kill You They Might Drive You Crazy

Doug Bremner | Posted 04.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Depression, Zyflo, Montelukast, Accolate, Side Effects, Singulair, Asthma, Suicide, Zafirlukast, Anxiety, Living News
Doug Bremner

It's bad enough that it can drive you crazy trying to get your prescription medications filled, but now it looks like sometimes your prescription meds themselves can make you, well... nuts.

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Green For All (For Martin Luther King): The New Color Of The New Civil Rights Movement

Katie Halper | Posted 04.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Environmental Racism, Martin Luther King, Green for All, Dream Reborn Martin Luther KIng, Martin Luther King Jr., Asthma, Katrina, 40th Anniversary, Martin Luther King Assassination, The Dream Reborn: A Gathering to Honor Dr. King, Poverty, Environment, Environmentalism, Politics News
Katie Halper

Although often presented as "single issues" poverty, racism, and environmental degradation are interlinked, as low-income people suffer disproportionately from cancer, asthma and other respiratory ailments.

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Pediatricians, ABC and Censorship: Facts Are Scarier Than Fiction

David Kirby | Posted 01.27.2008 | Living

Read More: Abc, Eli Stone, Asthma, Mercury, Autism, Censorship, Vaccines, Aap, Living News
David Kirby

Even if America's pediatricians manage to successfully censor fiction and crush artistic freedom, they will never be able to stifle the facts about autism.

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