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...perhaps checking on a patient at home who's dealing with a chronic condition like diabetes, heart disease or respiratory illness. Minnesota has trained a few community paramedics already and another six-month class of 24 began last week...
...influenza, Springer said anti-virals may be prescribed for some, but most will have to nurse themselves through the respiratory illness. With the peak flu season still ahead - between January and April - the county notes there is still time to be...
...Riverwood HealthCare Center in Aitkin operates a pulmonary rehabilitation program that helps patients struggling with respiratory illnesses, such as asthma, emphysema and chronic bronchitis, breathe more efficiently. But the hospital also runs a...
...HealthCare Center in Aitkin is recognizing Respiratory Therapy Week in an effort to make people more aware of respiratory illnesses. Photos There are three types of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: emphysema, chronic bronchitis and asthma...
...died of asbestos-related illnesses. Lawyers, doctors and family members say asbestos fibers caused cancer or respiratory illnesses that contributed to the deaths of at least 24 men who worked at that Western Mineral Products Co. plant and another...
...today but also for tomorrow -- a reduction in tobacco use means reductions in the heart disease, cancer and respiratory illnesses that develop as a result of smoking. -- The Daily Journal of International Falls Reports of students shooting...
...allergens and reducing the amount of carpets in classrooms is one practical intervention to reducing the number of respiratory illnesses and asthmatic episodes in children and space. She said a teacher in one classroom took off numerous sick days...
...Richard Blumenthal, arguing that air pollution is responsible for thousands of premature deaths and many more respiratory illnesses. Thousands of facilities will be affected by the rule changes, from old, relatively dirty coal-burning power...
...the information is so incomplete it does not show how half of the city's patients caught the highly contagious respiratory illness, the World Health Organization said Saturday. WHO also warned that SARS has become more serious in the Taiwanese...