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Employee Sat Down Mid-Asthma Attack To Catch Her Breath, So The Customer Assumed It Was An Attitude Problem And Reported Her To Corporate

Hot weather tends to bring out the worst in people, and no one bears the brunt of this more than retail employees. One such worker was just trying to survive her shift when a nightmare customer ...
KTBS

Thunderstorm Is Approaching, Brace For An Asthma Attack

Nearly 14% of ER asthma cases occurred on thunderstorm days representing 2% of the entire study period An average 18 asthma ER visits occurred on thunderstorm days, compared to three on non-storm days ...
11Alive

Mother of 7 remains in ICU in coma, severe asthma attack sent her into cardiac arrest

ATLANTA — A mother of seven remains in the ICU in a coma after a severe asthma attack sent her into cardiac arrest. Now, the community is coming together to support her. Diamond Anderson went to bed ...
MM&M

Ickey Woods and Connect Biopharma team up to tackle acute asthma attacks

Fifteen years ago, former Cincinnati Bengals running back Elbert “Ickey” Woods lost his 16 year old son, Jovante, to an acute asthma attack. Now, he has channeled his grief into action through the ...
UPI

Thunderstorms linked to sharp increase in asthma attacks

The flash of lightning and roar of thunder can be quickly followed by the wheezing gasp of an asthma attack, a new study says. Thunderstorms appear to trigger sharp increases in asthma-related ER ...
New Scientist

Two-in-one inhalers slash asthma attacks among young children

Inhalers that combine providing immediate relief with a longer-term preventative effect are already recommended as the standard treatment for mild asthma among people aged 12 and above in the UK, US ...