Photos by John T. Greilick / The Detroit News
Gasping For Air
Sunday, September 18, 2005
The Detroit News
Sharnay Duncan: The 4-year-old uses a mask for her daily nebulizer treatment. Her mother, Shari Duncan, 45, of Detroit and her six children all have asthma. "I usually have to choose between medication for my kids or for me," Shari Duncan says.
Gasping for airKate Safford lives by obsessing about her disease. 09/18/05
Hazards are in the air for Michigan asthmaticsThe Metro Detroit and Ann Arbor region ranks with places such as the Los Angeles basin and the urban corridor between New York City and Washington, D.C, when it comes to the presence of soot -- tiny, airborne particles of pollution. 09/18/05
More asthma patients black, low-incomeDETROIT -- For years, all Shari Duncan knew was that she had "a lung ailment." 09/18/05
Managing asthma in childrenBack-to-school time is ideal for addressing issues of managing the disease with your children. Asthma is the leading cause of preventable school absences, and while 17 percent of all pubic school students have asthma, only about 28 percent of schools educate students about how to cope with the disease. 09/18/05
Common asthma triggers 09/18/05
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