Asthma cases increase in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria

Submitted on 25 June 2018 - 11:40pm

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Doctors in Puerto Rico have seeing an increase in the number and severity of ashtma cases following Hurricane Maria.

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Asthma: A Multifactorial Disease

Submitted by Nathalie Fuentes Ortiz on 16 January 2018 - 12:05am

Last semester, I did an internship at the Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Clinic of the Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, where we specialize in treating patients with chronic respiratory disease. Soon after starting my clinical rotation, I noticed the large number of visits from Puerto Ricans, especially women. Alarmed, I decided to investigate the reasons for this trend, and I went to the library to find more information about the subject.

RCM advices students and parents on pediatric asthma

Submitted on 3 May 2017 - 5:23pm

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The University of Puerto Rico - Medical Sciences Campus will hold a series of educational activities in the Brasil Republic School at the La Riviera Community of Rio Piedras with the purpose of contributing to the management and control of pediatric asthma in the scholar population.

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RCM, the healdh and education department unite to train mentors for asma

Submitted on 7 March 2016 - 12:26am

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With the purpose of transforming the 600 teachers that are participating in the AIRE project into Mentors for Asma; the School of Health Professionals from the Medical Science Campus, the Program for Asma from the Health Department and the Program of Scholar Health from the Department of Education joined forces to develop a seven day training initiative that will impact all educational regions in the Country.

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