50 Percent of Asthmatic Children Have Uncontrolled Symptoms

Newswise — Asthma is a serious disease that when left undertreated, can be deadly. In fact, asthma accounts for 4,000 deaths annually in the United States alone. And according to a new International Consensus (ICON) on Pediatric Asthma, an alarming 50 percent of children worldwide have uncontrolled symptoms, despite today’s available treatments...

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Obese asthma patients have reduced treatment response

Compared with lean patients, obese patients with asthma have higher neutrophil counts and a reduced response to corticosteroid treatment, according to a study published online June 12 in Allergy...

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Health Nuts Media Releases Animated Asthma Series in Spanish

LOS ANGELES, June 25, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Health Nuts Media (healthnutsmedia.com) has launched a Spanish-language version of its animated asthma education series Huff & Puff: An Asthma Tale. The seven-episode series, already valued by healthcare providers as a teaching tool for kids with asthma, is now available to millions of Spanish speakers who suffer from the chronic pulmonary condition...

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