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Breathe Easy |
| Section: NATURAL SCIENCE / SCIENCE AND MEDICINE |
| Author: Jamie DePolo |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/2007 |
| Size: 3,295 Words, 21,078 Characters |
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Breathing seems to be the most reflexive and simplest thing to do. How many of us actually notice when we take a breath? But for people with asthma, cystic fibrosis and other respiratory diseases, breathing can become a challenging, complicated task.
According to statistics in “Epidemiology of Asthma in Michigan: 2004 Surveillance Report,” published by the Asthma Initiative of Michigan and the Michigan Department of Community Health, almost 214,000 children and more than 654,000 adults in Michigan currently have asthma. The percentage of adults with asthma in Michigan (9.3 percent) is slightly higher than that of the country (7.7 percent).
Seventeen percent of public middle and high school students in Michigan say that they have asthma now.
The prevalence of asthma is higher among...
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...psy floor to the lab--there is a lot to be learned from the Diagnostic Center, and it’s a tremendous resource for MSU and the state to have.”
This article was originally published in the Summer 2005 issue (Vol. 23, No. 2), of Futures magazine. Futures is a quarterly publication produced by the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station. Copyright © 2006 Michigan State University
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