Babies born a few weeks early 'suffer health risks'

Babies born just a few weeks early have a higher risk of poor health, including asthma, than those born later, research suggests...
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NIH asthma outcome measures aim to maximize research investments, reduce disparities
New measures may hold key to reducing disparities in children with asthma

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 2, 2012 – Newly proposed asthma outcome measures will help standardize and improve results from the hundreds of millions of dollars the National Institutes of Health (NIH) spends annually to study asthma, according to the Merck Childhood Asthma Network, Inc. (MCAN), the nation's only organization focused solely on childhood asthma. Even though years of research have led to groundbreaking improvements in better understanding and managing asthma, MCAN noted that the inability to compare results across many studies has hindered the nation's efforts to find long-term solutions and reduce childhood asthma disparities...
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Study: Asthma Sufferers Not Using Meds

ST. LOUIS (KMOX) — Many asthma sufferers are apparently not getting the proper medications.

A new study looking at asthma sufferers finds nearly half of children and adults with persistent asthma are not using controller medications. One of the study’s authors, Dr. Michael Blaiss, says taking controller medications is key to treatment....
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Medication Adherence Pilot For Asthma and COPD Reveals Nearly 76 Percent Average Daily Engagement Rate, 92 Percent Satisfaction

HealthPrize Technologies, LLC, a leading innovator in medication adherence solutions, announced today the results of a six-month asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) pilot that tested engagement with its online and mobile platform. HealthPrize leverages rewards, behavioral economics and gaming dynamics to motivate people to stick with their prescription medications...
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Endurance sports helps with heavy asthma

Studies reveal the positive benefits of regular endurance sports like running, walking or swimming on heavy asthma. Many persons concerned avoid physical activity, because they fear a possible asthma attack. The physical performance decreases and even the least effort leads to a major breathlessness. So especially for asthmatics it is useful and important to get exercise. The basic requirement is a learnt handling of the disease...
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Asthma and Allergy Foundation Opposes KY Legislation to Restrict Access to Pseudoephedrine

FRANKFORT, KY (3/1/12) – According to a national nonprofit health advocacy group, Kentucky residents may be negatively affected by a bill moving through the Kentucky General Assembly. Henderson residents could potentially need a prescription for a limited amount of a common over-the-counter medication...
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Seasonal allergies troublesome for those with asthma
(NBC) - Deadly asthma attacks are something to be aware of, even if you think you're only an allergy sufferer, especially this year...
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Obesity Linked to Asthma in Children

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Children and teens who are overweight or obese are more likely to have asthma than their healthy-weight peers, a new study finds...
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Race and Obesity Linked to Increased Asthma
Body mass index was linked to increased asthma risk

Obesity is a risk factor for several diseases, including asthma. In a new study, obesity increased the risk of asthma in children but the risk varied between ethnic and racial groups...
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Asthma Patients Not Using Controller Medicines Properly

A survey of 1,000 asthma sufferers found that controller medications are not used by 49% of children and adults with persistent asthma...
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Strong asthma attacks linked to allergies

DALLAS, Texas (KXAS) - Deadly asthma attacks are something to be aware of, even if you think you're only an allergy sufferer, especially this year...
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LETTER: Hispanics vulnerable to asthma

The latest in the American Lung Association’s Disparities in Lung Health series, which takes an in-depth look at a specific problem in a community, is “Luchando por el Aire: The Burden of Asthma on Hispanics.” The Spanish title translates to “Fighting for Air,” something Hispanics suffering from asthma are all too familiar with...
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Kaiser Permanente Study Finds Obesity-Asthma Link in Children Varies by Race/Ethnicity

PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Children and adolescents who are overweight or obese are more likely to have asthma than their healthy weight counterparts, according to a new Kaiser Permanente Southern California study published in the online edition of Obesity. The study, which included more than 681,000 children between ages 6 and 19, found that the association between asthma and body mass index varied by race and ethnicity...
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Scientists collaborate in discovery of new targets for the treatment of asthma

A collaboration between scientists in Trinity College Dublin and the United Kingdom has identified new processes that lead to the development of a novel cell implicated in allergies. The discovery has the potential for new strategies to treat asthma and other allergic diseases. The research findings have just been published in the leading international journal Nature Immunology...
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Galen Rupp: The Athlete and Allergy Sufferer
Olympian galen rupp suffers from asthma and allergies

“Asthma and allergies don't have to stop you from doing great things,” says United States Olympian Galen Rupp. Rupp should know as he's been battling asthma and allergies his whole life...
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$7.2M In Asthma Grants Awarded

ALBANY- Eight regional coalitions have been awarded State grants totaling up to $7.2 million over five years to provide asthma services to high-risk populations and reduce the burden of asthma in New York communities...
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Shock results of probe into child asthma deaths

A SHOCK report has discovered that nearly half of child asthma deaths in a North-East town occurred in youngsters with mild or moderate forms of the illness...
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Home visits to kids with asthma improve outcomes

A program called the Community Asthma Initiative has demonstrated the potential to dramatically reduce hospitalization and ED visits by children with asthma...
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