Articles tagged with 'asthma and sports' | Checkup Newsroom

Michael Ramirez’s asthma has landed him in urgent care multiple times after asthma attacks that scared him and his mother. Recently, he visited Cook Children’s new clinic focused on helping kids with asthma: the Nelson Ku High Risk Asthma Clinic.The …

An assessment with Cook Children’s Healthy Homes Asthma Program begins standard enough. Community health workers (CHW), like Clerbela Valcourt, talk to families over the phone or visit them in person about their child’s asthma: what are their …

“I just can’t let him play sports because his asthma is SOOOO bad.” Asthma is a big problem across the country with about 25 percent of children age 9 diagnosed. Children ages 6-9 are three times more likely to have asthma than …