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NATIONAL NEWS AND EVENTS

May is asthma and allergy awareness month and Community Health Charities joins members American Lung Association and the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America in raising awareness of the seriousness of asthma and allergies.

Allergic disease, including allergic asthma, is the country's most common and costly illness. Approximately 38 percent of all Americans suffer from some sort of allergic condition. Allergies are the most frequently reported chronic condition in children, limiting activities in more than 40 percent of these children. An estimated two million school days are lost each year due to allergies, with an indirect cost reaching $4 billion.

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National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
Largest, national, advocate for dying patients and their families. Dedicated to increasing awareness of, and access to, quality hospice care and palliative care.

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Important Stroke Research

TAMPA, Fla. Alison Willing searches for hope for stroke patients. Her research uses umbilical cord blood to lessen stroke effects in rats. “Umbilical cord blood is considered by many to be medical waste after birth,” says Dr. Willing. Her research has shown that using cells from cord blood to treat strokes in rats lessens brain damage.

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