Air Pollution’s Impacts on Allergies and Asthma In partnership with: Program directed and moderated by: ♦Praveen Buddiga, MD, FAAAAI FAMILY ALLERGY ASTHMA CLINIC ♦ Kari Nadeau, MD, PhD, FAAAAI Dr. Nadeau is one of the nation’s foremost experts in adult and pediatric allergy and asthma. She is the Director of the Sean N. Parker Center […]
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The Hanford Elementary School District is taking preventative measures to help students who are sensitive to poor air quality. To continue reading this story please follow the below link to the Hanford Sentinel: Hanford Sentinel
This winter’s El Nino weather pattern has brought rain and healthier air to the Valley, but the air quality continues to be a serious issue. Click below to continue to read this story: ABC30
Walter Brown Elementary School using grants to develop healthy air campaign Turlock Unified School District began hourly checks on air quality in 2007 Real-time information lets kids exercise with lowest asthma risk Read more here: Modesto Bee
Meeting tougher ozone standard requires cars, trucks, buses, tractors and trains that run on electricity valley air district offers incentives on top of state and federal assistance for electric cars, plug-in hybrids local businesses can get up to $50,000 annually for providing electric charging stations. To continue reading this article from the Fresno […]
Respiratory viruses are common in children under 5, particularly those who attend daycare or are exposed to tobacco smoke. Most cases are mild, but for some children, an ordinary cold or flu can quickly turn into asthma, RSV or pneumonia that requires ER treatment or hospitalization. -Purvi Parikh, M.D. Please Click Below to continue reading […]
According to a recent study, patients with asthma were more physically active than non-asthmatics, and women with higher levels of activity displayed poorer asthma control than equally active men. The study is titled “High levels of physical activity are associated with poorer asthma control in young females but not in males” and appears in the […]