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Article: New Resource Empowers Children and Families to Take Control of Asthma; `The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Guide to Asthma' Provides Step-by- Step Plan to Help Children with Asthma Live a Healthier, More Active Life.
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- May 3, 2004
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PHILADELPHIA, May 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Asthma is the most common chronic pediatric illness, affecting more than six million infants, children and adolescents nationwide. Though there is no cure, asthma can be controlled enabling children with asthma to live a healthy, active life. "The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Guide to Asthma" provides up-to-date medical information and personalized tools to help families take a proactive role in managing asthma care.
Asthma rates have skyrocketed over the last two decades increasing by more than 75 percent since 1980. Nearly nine percent of children nationwide have asthma, with the highest incidence among children and ...