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Report: Baltimore's air cleaner, but still among most polluted
Baltimore's air is healthier to breathe than it used to be, but the region still has some of the nation's worst smog and soot pollution, according to the American Lung Association. In its annual report on the state of the nation's air, the advocacy group...
Tags: Metal and Mineral, Environmental Pollution, Lungs and Airways, Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Researchers look to genetics to understand African American-asthma link
Researchers working to discover why African Americans disproportionately suffer from asthma are planning to map the genetic code of 1,000 people of African descent in four years. The Johns Hopkins-led team of experts in genetics, immunology, epidemiology...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Drugs and Medicines, Health and Safety at School, Chest, Genes and Chromosomes
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Hopkins to study genetics of asthma in African-Americans
Johns Hopkins researchers, in the largest study to date, will map the genetic code for asthma in people of African descent in hopes of better understanding why the disease and other allergy-related ailments disproportionately afflict that population....Tags: Symptoms, Hospitals and Clinics, Research, Genes and Chromosomes, University of Chicago
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University of Maryland launches beehive project in city cemetery
An overgrown graveyard downtown, where some of Baltimore's early historical figures rest in walled isolation, buzzes now with new life.
Just inside the locked gate of Old St. Paul's Cemetery on Martin Luther King Boulevard, honeybees zip in and out of...Tags: Carroll County (Maryland), Martin Luther King Jr., Physical Conditions, Allergies, Colleges and Universities
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Grand Prix aims to be green, but challenges remain
When race fans roll into town for the Baltimore Grand Prix this weekend, they can expect to find the Inner Harbor course lined with more than 1,200 recycling bins, and their drinks will be served in cups made of biodegradable corn instead of plastic.
The...Tags: Indianapolis 500, Biofuels, American Lung Association, Summer Olympics, Renewable Energy
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Dealing with childhood asthma
Of the nation's 22 million people with asthma, six million are children, according to the National Institutes of Health. In Baltimore, as many as one in five children suffers from the condition and many go untreated. Dr. Keyvan Rafei, head of pediatric...Tags: Symptoms, Hospitals and Clinics, Inflammation, Flu, Allergies
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Swine flu claims the life of a child
Baltimore Sun reportersDestinee Alicia Parker was an aspiring artist who loved animals, Lil Wayne and scary movies. She and her two sisters were known as the "Parker Posse" at Montebello Elementary/Middle School. And although she was healthy, she died of swine flu Tuesday...Tags: Symptoms, Hospitals and Clinics, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, University of Maryland, College Park, Preventative Medicine
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Food allergies: Local children adjust to life without some foods
PETOSKEY — When Julie Poquette packs her son, Jason’s, lunch, it’s not about what he will eat, but about what he can’t. Jason, 9, a third-grader at Ottawa Elementary in Petoskey, doesn’t know what peanut butter tastes like....
Tags: Symptoms, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Students, Teaching and Learning, Lungs and Airways
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What's causing my persistent cough?
The Medicine CabinetQ: I've had a persistent cough for more than two months. The cough is worse after eating and at night when I lie down. I had a chest X-ray, which was normal. What might cause a persistent cough? I've never been a smoker. A: The most common causes of a...Tags: Lisinopril (drug), Symptoms, Drugs and Medicines, Health and Medical Professionals, Enalapril (drug)
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U.S. asthma rates at all-time high, CDC says
The proportion of Americans with asthma increased from 7.3% in 2001 to 8.4% in 2010, marking the highest level ever, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday. In 2010, an estimated 18.7 million adults and 7 million children had the...
Tags: Symptoms, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Asthma, Allergies, Physical Conditions
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Emergency Rooms Strained As Dozens Report Difficulties Breathing
FOX40 NewsBrandon Jagger has mild Asthma. But Monday morning, it was anything but mild. "My airways were constricted, so I was wheezing," Jagger said. His wheeze was so pronounced, that at 1 a.m. his partner Lilliana loaded him up in the car and took him the...Tags: Lungs and Airways, Hospitals and Clinics, Asthma
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Fat cat's fate: Meow, the 39-pound feline, dies of lung failure
Meow, the fat cat whose 39-pound girth helped raise awareness about obesity in pets, has died of lung failure. The orange-and-white tabby was turned in to the Santa Fe, N.M., animal shelter last month and quickly made international headlines. At first,...
Tags: Shrek (fictional character), Supermoon, Allergies, Los Angeles Times, Pets
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