Week of July 12, 2017 Vol 36 • No 35 •
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DESPITE PROGRESS, CHICAGO’S SUBURBS ARE FALLING BEHIND ON BIKING Chicago, Ill: - While dozens of Chicago suburbs have made strides to improve biking, the vast majority of suburban residents aren’t getting the biking options they deserve. A new report from the Active Transportation Alliance called ‘Suburban Bikeways for All,’ documents how the current state of biking in Chicago’s suburbs is lagging and spells out the policies, planning and infrastructure necessary to get the region back on track. According to the report, Chicagoland risks falling behind other metropolitan areas that have seized on biking as a key component of sustainable, equitable and healthy communities. With very limited bicycling options, suburban Chicago residents are missing out on the many health, environmental and economic benefits that go along with regular biking. “People in Chicago’s suburbs want to bike more, but they can’t because they are typically cut off from destinations they want to access by bike — even shorter trips to school, a Metra station or a nearby restaurant,” said Ron Burke, executive director of the Active Transportation Alliance. “We need to see more suburbs reverse these trends by building livable, vibrant and healthy communities with a strong bike network at the center.” Why are Chicago suburbs struggling to make headway on better biking? Here are a few reasons: Most suburbs are not designed to be
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According to Dr. Edward Lisberg, Director of research at the Asthma and Allergy Center of Chicago, respiratory experts estimate that 1 out of every 3 people who have been told they have asthma have actually been misdiagnosed.
DO YOU REALLY HAVE ASTHMA?
By Christopher Shuttlesworth
“At first, I was like, doc you’re kidding?” It is the response you’d expect from anyone who has been told their entire life that they had asthma, only to find out that they had been misdiagnosed. According to Dr. Edward Lisberg, Director of research at the Asthma and Allergy Center of Chicago, respiratory experts estimate that 1 out of every 3 people who have been told they have asthma have actually been misdiagnosed. “It’s incredible of the amount of misdiagnosis out there,” Lisberg said. “We see kids exercising with asthma, but they
don’t have asthma at all.” A series of published studies conducted by Canadian researchers over the past decade demonstrate that at least 30% of patients diagnosed with asthma, some who had been taking medication for decades, were misdiagnosed. In the U.S., that equates to millions of people who are misdiagnosed with asthma, representing tens of millions of dollars spent on unnecessary medications and medical care. “Before you put someone on a medication, make sure you’re treating the right symptom,” Dr. Lisberg said.
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