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More than 20 million people in the U.S. have been diagnosed with asthma. Death rates have decreased over the last 5 years but the numbers of hospitalizations and emergency department visits for asthma attacks have remained the same. African-Americans and Puerto Ricans continue to top the charts as th...

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Orvin Kennedy
Thursday, May 08, 2008 at 11:17 AM

I find Dr. Thompson's posts very informative and I look forwrd to reading them in the future.

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