State pairs with feds to supply air quality data to asthmatics
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DETROIT Tennessee is one of five states pairing up with the federal government to provide asthmatics with air quality data that will help them plan their day and protect their health.
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The government gave hospitals around the country a public report card Thursday that measures their performance in the treatment of patients suffering from heart attacks or heart failure.
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Physician participation in an interactive asthma seminar leads to enhanced asthma care and improved outcomes for children with asthma from low-income families, a group at high-risk for poor asthma-related outcomes, according to a study in the journal Chest.
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Ohio is among five states teaming up with the federal government to provide asthmatics with air quality data - via cell phone, pager or e-mail- that they may need to plan their day and protect their health.
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The U.S. government posted mortality data on Thursday for the nation's thousands of hospitals for heart attacks and heart failure, in an effort to shed light on which hospitals provide the best care.
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The federal government is now telling patients whether their local hospitals are doing what they should to treat heart attacks, heart failure and pneumonia.
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The federal government is now pushing health providers to use proven remedies for common ailments.
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The government posted mortality data on Thursday for the nation's thousands of hospitals for heart attacks and heart failure, in an effort to shed light on which hospitals provide the best care.
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Riding popular Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger&#39;s endorsement, state air quality regulators are expected to step up a campaign against global warming that could spark sticker-shock in auto showrooms over the next 10 years.
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ROCKVILLE, Md.  - A U.S. panel of medical experts  said on Wednesday the labels for certain allergy and asthma  drugs provided sufficient warnings about side effects in youth.
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By Kristopher Hanson, Press-Telegram, Long Beach, Calif.  Dec. 19--LONG BEACH -- USC and a state air quality agency are teaming up  to capture and test the origin of tiny pollution particles floating around  harbor communities.
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By Todd Ackerman, Houston Chronicle Jun. 22--Less than a week after Texas officially asked for an extra nine years to meet federal health standards for ground-level ozone, the Environmental Protection Agency is proposing even tighter standards.
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States from Alabama to Wyoming collected such low fees from major polluters that they may have shortchanged efforts to fight air pollution by up to $50 million, an environmental group reported on Wednesday.
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New guidelines unveiled by U.S. federal health experts on Wednesday for tackling asthma carve out a new age group, children 5 to 11, for unique treatment.
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A new laser analyzer might be able to help doctors detect cancer, asthma or other diseases by sampling a patient's breath, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
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Living near a hazardous waste  site containing persistent pollutants such as dioxins,  polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and chlorinated pesticides,  seems to increase the risk of hospitalization for respiratory  infections and asthma in children, a study suggests.
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BAD AIR: The government says 223 counties in 20 states and the District of Columbia flunk new air quality health standards because of airborne soot.