Article: Our asthma epidemic; 434,000 people in the capital are being treated for condition.

Article: Causes, Victims of Asthma Epidemic Continue to ...
U.S. Newswire;  March 20, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... understanding the roots of the asthma epidemic than they were when it first began ... Board (PHPAB). The report, "Asthma: Epidemic Increase, Cause Unknown," finds that, while the asthma epidemic is evident in both mortality and ...

Article: Asthma Cases Projected to Double By 2020; Will Hit 29 Million ...
PR Newswire;  May 16, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... a rapidly growing asthma epidemic whose victims will ... Americans -- more people than the projected ... acknowledges that there is an asthma epidemic, it has so far failed ... real tragedy of this asthma epidemic is that the federal ...

Article: Australian Doctor Tackles Asthma Epidemic at ...
Sun Reporter, The;  February 17, 2000 ;     465 words ... ... Reporter, The 02-17-2000 Australian Doctor Tackles Asthma Epidemic At Bayview Hunter's Point In early March, Australian ... historically an asthma hotspot, to offer a natural solution to the asthma epidemic among the school children at Dr. George Washington Carver ...

Article: Asthma epidemic suddenly recedes
The Independent - London;  November 2, 1998 ;     700+ words ...THE ASTHMA epidemic which has swept Britain for the last 20 years, condemning millions to a life of wheezing, appears to be in decline. After two ...

Article: Asthma epidemic
Herald News, The (Joliet, IL);  August 15, 2003 ;     660 words ... ... than 60 percent since the early 1980s, and asthma- related deaths have doubled to 5,000 a year. What is causing the asthma epidemic and what can we do to stem the tide? A recent series of articles in the Journal of the American Chiropractic Association ...

Article: Asthma epidemic: No cause, no cure yet found
Niles Herald-Spectator (IL);  August 16, 2001 ;     630 words ... ... Melrose Park, said researchers don't know the cause of the asthma epidemic, but educating patients and the public are key to improving ... increasing worldwide, he said, adding, "A big factor is that people don't comply with treatment." He described asthma conditions ...

Article: The asthma epidemic. (Letters To The Editor).
Ebony;  March 1, 2003 ;     473 words ... ... How Black Parents Are Dealing With The Asthma Epidemic" (Dec. 2002), which alerted parents ... many causes of childhood asthma. Few people realize the alarming rate at which our ... health problems caused by pests. But people should take comfort in knowing that pests ...