The University of Mighigan Health System is making it easier for nerds to run around. All right, that's a joke. But, what they are doing is improving asthma patient health through innovative and effective strategies. So much so that the Environmental Protection Agency has awarded them the National Environmental Leadership Award in Asthma Management.
UMHS was only one of three recipients this year.
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Its asthma programs include instruction for patients about environmental factors that trigger asthma and an evaluation of patients' homes for things like tobacco smoke, dust mites, mold and mildew that cause asthma attacks.
More than 350,000 people in Washtenaw, Livingston, Oakland and Wayne counties suffer from asthma, which is one of the leading causes of emergency room visits, hospitalizations and school absenteeism for children, the release said.
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