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Greens say climate change will worsen allergies, asthma
2015-05-13 22:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: A new report from an environmental group says that certain respiratory allergies and asthma will be exacerbated if climate change is allowed to continue unabated. The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) said Wednesday that its report is one of the first to tie the prevalence of ragweed pollen symptoms to climate change. It also repeats the NRDCs earlier findings that the warmer temperatures from climate change will exacerbate asthma attacks. The NRDC used the report to call for the...
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Why Obama linked climate change to his daughters asthma
2015-04-10 21:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: YOU HEAR THAT? Its President Obama dropping another climate gauntlet. The core of the presidents announcements late Tuesday was a set of initiatives meant to track, mitigate, and inform the public about the dangers of diseases exacerbated by human-caused global warming. But the vehicle for these policies was in its own way even more interesting: an anecdote about his daughter Malias childhood struggles with asthma. Malia had asthma when she was 4, and because we had good health insurance,...
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Obama: Daughter's asthma attack made climate change personal
2015-04-08 22:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: President Obama said in an interview broadcast Wednesday that his push to address climate change has been partly influenced by a frightening moment when his daughter Malia had an asthma attack as a 4-year-old. What I can relate to is the fear a parent has, when your 4-year-old daughter comes up to you and says, Daddy, Im having trouble breathing. The fright you feel is terrible, the president said on ABCs Good Morning America Wednesday. And if we can make sure that our responses to...
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New study finds asthma morbidity in children is enhanced in areas with high traffic-related air pollution near the home
2015-04-07 13:55:34| Green Car Congress
AstraZeneca's patent on asthma drug invalidated by US court
2015-02-16 06:34:56| Biotech - Topix.net
A U.S. federal judge ruled late on Friday that AstraZeneca PLC's patent on its Pulmicort Repsules treatment for asthma was invalid, opening up the market to a second, cheaper generic version. NEW YORK: A U.S. federal judge ruled late on Friday that AstraZeneca PLC's patent on its Pulmicort Repsules treatment for asthma was invalid, opening up the market to a second, cheaper generic version.