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• n  respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing; usually of allergic origin

• George Doyle Stockbyte Silver Getty In a study initially designed to assess misdiagnosis rates of asthma among obese people a population that prior studies suggest suffers .
• Even elite athletes find it tough to work out; a new study shows that a surprising number of them suffer from exercise-induced asthma.
• PAUL O'BYRNE: Fighting asthma by inducing episodes in himself.

• asthma attack
• bronchial asthma

News & Articles

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• Linkage: Asthma Afflicts Brownstone Brooklyn; Astoria's Gentrification
  · Guess what? Citi Bikes can also serve as a free alternative to spin class! · Asthma afflicts much of oh-so-trendy Brownstone Brooklyn · This penthouse has an outdoor shower, but it's in the LES's Hell Square · That...
  June 12, 2013 - Curbed New York
• Research and Markets: EpiCast Report: Asthma - Epidemiology Forecast to 2022
  Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "EpiCast Report: Asthma - Epidemiology Forecast to 2022" r
  June 12, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
• The First Real Cure in the $25 billion Asthma Market?
  The First Real Cure in the $25 billion Asthma Market?        
  June 12, 2013 - The Motley Fool

Quotes

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• Justine Henin in ESPN
  I've had asthma for a few months now and I felt very bad in New York at the end of the [US Open], so Beijing, I was really concerned about that,Henin said Monday at the Sony Ericsson Championships. "I was pretty disappointed because I...
• Shannon Briggs in BoxingScene.com
  I was hurting,Briggs said. "And he was running. He kept running. I proved that someone with asthma can become heavyweight champion twice. For two weeks I couldn't train. I was taking all kinds of antibiotics. I didn't want to fight but...
• Elaine Alquist in Santa Rosa Press Democrat
  We have the opportunity to insure those who have been uninsured with pre-existing conditions such as asthma, diabetes, cancer and heart disease,said state Sen. Elaine Alquist, D-Santa Clara, who carried one of two bills to set up the new pool.