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Article: Special Report - Asthma cure program up; Special Report .(Main News)
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- August 14, 2000
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Asthma cure program up
By SHIANEE MAMANGLU (Second of a series) About 12 million Filipinos suffer from asthma, which is a lifetime disease, according to the National Asthma Movement (NAM).
Environmental, genetic and other factors were pinpointed as the root causes of this major pulmonary disease, said the movement as it warned that uneducated Filipino asthmatics will definitely have a poor quality of life - complex and tedious - and often, insufficient treatment that may lead to death.
To help reduce asthmatics in the country, an asthma management program has been launched. It is a unique treatment program that calls for cooperation from the ...