Parents of children with asthma and other respiratory issues are on special alert this flu season with H1N1 on everyone’s radar. AANMA spoke with David Callahan, MD, a flu and asthma specialist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about how to keep your children healthy and how to treat them most effectively if they get sick. Listen to Dr. Callahan’s answers and more guidance in the new podcast for AANMA’s PRECIOUS Breathers program, developed in partnership with AstraZeneca especially for parents of young children.

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Every breath we take contains millions of particles of dust, allergens, chemicals, pollutants and other tiny molecules. And while pollen and outdoor air pollution get most of the attention, Environmental Protection Agency – or EPA – studies show that pollutant levels inside homes and buildings are two to five times higher than outside! Read the rest of this entry »

El aire que respiramos contiene millones de partículas de polvo, alérgenos, químicos, contaminantes y otras pequeñas moléculas microscópicas. Y mientras el polen y la contaminación exterior se llevan toda la atención, estudios realizados por la Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EPA, por sus siglas en inglés), indican que el nivel de contaminación al interior de hogares y edificios es dos a tres veces más alto que el de espacios abiertos. Read the rest of this entry »

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