Transcript: Profile: Research shows cleaning up home environment of children with asthma helps cut down on asthma symptoms

RENEE MONTAGNE
Morning Edition (NPR)
09-09-2004
Profile: Research shows cleaning up home environment of children with asthma helps cut down on asthma symptoms

Host: RENEE MONTAGNE
Time: 10:00-11:00 AM

RENEE MONTAGNE, host:

Scientists aren't sure why, but cases of asthma have been increasing in recent years. Scientists do know that the rates are highest in inner-city neighborhoods where it's common to find asthma in 20 to 25 percent of children. Drugs can help keep their symptoms under control, but now doctors think they've found another way to keep those children healthy: by changing the places where they live. NPR's Joseph Shapiro reports.

JOSEPH SHAPIRO reporting:

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