Childhood Asthma

World Asthma Day: For Some, Everyday Is World Asthma Day

Floyd J. Malveaux, M.D., Ph.D. | Posted 05.01.2012

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Floyd J. Malveaux, M.D., Ph.D.

World Asthma Day provides an opportunity to stop to consider the challenges of combating a disease that affects almost seven million children in the United States. But for some children and their families, every day is asthma day.

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Black With Asthma

Dominique Browning | Posted 04.06.2012

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Dominique Browning

Reducing air pollution -- and the outpouring of mercury, a potent neurotoxin that disproportionately harms the developing brains, hearts and lungs of fetuses, babies, and toddlers -- is a social justice issue of profound significance.

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Lynne Peeples

Fighting For Air: Childhood Asthma On The Rise As Political Battles Threaten Clean Air Rules

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 03.14.2012

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Asthma was once just an academic concern for Sylvia Brandt, who has spent years studying the chronic lung condition and calculating its tragic toll. N...

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Higher Rates Of Childhood Asthma In Latino Populations: What To Do As A Parent

Roxana Soto | Posted 11.04.2011

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Roxana Soto

I'm more committed than ever to do all that's in my power to fight for clean air and to encourage other parents to stay informed on their child's condition.

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Asthma and the African-American Community

Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins | Posted 10.04.2011

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Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins

While asthma impacts people young and old, from all races and backgrounds, the hard truth is that it's hitting the African-American community the hardest.

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25 Million and Counting

Floyd J. Malveaux, M.D., Ph.D. | Posted 08.30.2011

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Floyd J. Malveaux, M.D., Ph.D.

Approximately 25 million Americans have asthma -- and the numbers are increasing every year without clear explanation.

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Love, Loss, and Mystery in Caroline Leavitt's New Novel, Pictures of You

Holly Cara Price | Posted 05.25.2011

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Holly Cara Price

Caroline Leavitt's ninth novel, Pictures of You (Algonquin Books), drew me into the fractured and lonely lives of two strong women who are about to co...

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Chemicals Are Stealing Our Children's Future

Nancy Chuda | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nancy Chuda

Childhood rates of asthma, ADHD, autism, and cancer are all on the rise in the U.S. How are these diseases related to children's increased environmental exposure to chemicals?

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Childhood Asthma and Environmental Health

Floyd J. Malveaux, M.D., Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

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Floyd J. Malveaux, M.D., Ph.D.

Asthma's growing incidence in the United States, which some experts speculate is indirectly related to climate change, has left one in seven US children struggling with the condition.

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New on Green: Sloan Barnett and Green Goes With Everything

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.25.2011

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Arianna Huffington

America is in the midst of an asthma epidemic caused by the explosion of toxins in our environment, an epidemic that has rendered million of children afraid to go out and play without bringing along their inhalers. For many people, the signature image signifying threats to our environment is the disappearing snowcap atop Mt. Kilimanjaro. Sloan Barnett epitomizes the new image. She is a former consumer reporter who became an environmental activist when her son developed asthma. Starting this week, we are delighted to welcome Sloan -- whose book, Green Goes With Everything, has become a best-seller -- as a featured regular on our Green section, blogging about the many ways we can protect ourselves and our families by detoxifying our lives. Check out her first post below.

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