Eco-Cleaning for Allergies and Asthma
Allergy or asthma symptoms got you down? You’re not alone.
Spring has sprung, and for the tens of millions of Americans who suffer from asthma or allergy symptoms, it is often a season where symptoms are at their worst...
Source earth911.com
Rapid Asthma Treatment in ER May Prevent Admission
FRIDAY, April 6 (HealthDay News) -- Rapid treatment with asthma medications seems to help reduce hospitalizations among children with asthma, a new study finds...
Source health.usnews.com
Allergy & Asthma Associates Offers One-Stop-Shop Treatment for Sinus Diseases
Medical & Surgical Experts in fields of Allergy, Otolaryngology (ENT), and Facial Plastic Surgery practice under one roof with one medical chart to provide for better treatment...
Source chron.com
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Friday, April 6, 2012
Family Prepares Lawsuit Against Policeman Who Allegedly Let Girl Die In Asthma Attack
A Brooklyn family of an 11-year-old girl who died in a 2010 asthma attack rallied by the borough's State Supreme Court on Thursday to demand that the police officer who allegedly refused to help the dying girl be fired. NY1's Criminal Justice reporter Dean Meminger filed the following report...
Read more ny1.com
Death rate for children with asthma is rising
Health experts have warned parents of children with asthma to take the condition more seriously as new data reveals that in recent years asthma-related deaths among people under 15 have increased for the first time...
Read more medicalxpress.com
Higher insurance copays linked to reduced use of asthma medications in children
Increasing out-of-pocket prescription costs may be responsible for reductions in asthma medication use among children and more frequent asthma-related hospitalizations...
Read more modernmedicine.com
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Asthma: A vaccination that works using intramuscular injection
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory and respiratory disease caused by an abnormal reactivity to allergens in the environment. Of the several avenues of exploration that are currently being developed, vaccination appears to be the most promising approach. In a publication soon to appear in the review Human Gene Therapy, the research scientists at Inserm and CNRS ( Institut du thorax, CNRS, France) reveal an innovatory vaccine against one of the allergens most frequently encountered in asthma patients. After vaccine was directly injected into the muscle of an asthmatic mouse, a nanovector significantly reduced both the hypersensitivity to the allergen and the associated inflammatory response...
Information at medicalxpress.com
Don't let asthma affect quality of life
THE STATISTICS for asthma levels in Ireland are startling with more than one person a week dying from the condition that affects the small tubes that carry air in and out of the lungs...
Information at wicklowpeople.ie
Early triage treatment reduces asthma admissions
Children with moderate or severe asthma attacks who were treated with systemic corticosteroids during the first 75 minutes of triage in the ED were 16% less likely to be admitted to the hospital, according to a Canada-based study...
Information at news.nurse.com
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory and respiratory disease caused by an abnormal reactivity to allergens in the environment. Of the several avenues of exploration that are currently being developed, vaccination appears to be the most promising approach. In a publication soon to appear in the review Human Gene Therapy, the research scientists at Inserm and CNRS ( Institut du thorax, CNRS, France) reveal an innovatory vaccine against one of the allergens most frequently encountered in asthma patients. After vaccine was directly injected into the muscle of an asthmatic mouse, a nanovector significantly reduced both the hypersensitivity to the allergen and the associated inflammatory response...
Information at medicalxpress.com
Don't let asthma affect quality of life
THE STATISTICS for asthma levels in Ireland are startling with more than one person a week dying from the condition that affects the small tubes that carry air in and out of the lungs...
Information at wicklowpeople.ie
Early triage treatment reduces asthma admissions
Children with moderate or severe asthma attacks who were treated with systemic corticosteroids during the first 75 minutes of triage in the ED were 16% less likely to be admitted to the hospital, according to a Canada-based study...
Information at news.nurse.com
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
What is Asthma?
Millions of Children Affected by Asthma
Nine year old Evan Smith was diagnosed as having Asthma at a young age. He is able to manage his Asthma and participate in sports without any trouble. "He can do pretty much anything, he skates, he plays hockey, he hikes, he's very active," says Evan's father Curtis Smith...
Source fox43.com
Changes in asthma treatment improve wait time and patient care in Emergency
OTTAWA, Canada -- Dr. Roger Zemek, Director of Emergency Research at the CHEO Research Institute and ED physician, and assistant professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa, has overseen the creation and implementation of a Medical Directive that now empowers nurses to administer an oral steroid treatment, which has reduced wait time and improved patient care. This research is published today in Pediatrics...
Source sciencecodex.com
Warning for asthma sufferers after inquest into mum's death
Asthma sufferers are being urged to take their illness seriously after an inquest heard how a Bradford mother-of-four died of the condition...
Source thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
Millions of Children Affected by Asthma
Nine year old Evan Smith was diagnosed as having Asthma at a young age. He is able to manage his Asthma and participate in sports without any trouble. "He can do pretty much anything, he skates, he plays hockey, he hikes, he's very active," says Evan's father Curtis Smith...
Source fox43.com
Changes in asthma treatment improve wait time and patient care in Emergency
OTTAWA, Canada -- Dr. Roger Zemek, Director of Emergency Research at the CHEO Research Institute and ED physician, and assistant professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa, has overseen the creation and implementation of a Medical Directive that now empowers nurses to administer an oral steroid treatment, which has reduced wait time and improved patient care. This research is published today in Pediatrics...
Source sciencecodex.com
Warning for asthma sufferers after inquest into mum's death
Asthma sufferers are being urged to take their illness seriously after an inquest heard how a Bradford mother-of-four died of the condition...
Source thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Asthma Drugs in Pregnancy Might Pose Risk for Kids
GENEVA: Infants born to mothers who use inhaled glucocorticoids, a class of steroids to treat asthma during pregnancy may be at risk for endocrine and metabolic disorders, a new study indicates...
Read full article at onlinenews.com.pk
Asthmatic Children Had Lung Function Deficits As Newborns
According to a new study from researchers in Denmark published online ahead of print publication in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, children who develop asthma by the time they are seven years old have deficits in lung function and increased bronchial responsiveness as neonates...
Read full article at medicalnewstoday.com
Indoor air pollution and childhood asthma
One out of every seven children I see in my pediatrics practice has asthma. An even bigger number - one out of three - have wheezed at least once in his/her lifetime, a potential warning signal for asthma...
Read full article at philly.com
GENEVA: Infants born to mothers who use inhaled glucocorticoids, a class of steroids to treat asthma during pregnancy may be at risk for endocrine and metabolic disorders, a new study indicates...
Read full article at onlinenews.com.pk
Asthmatic Children Had Lung Function Deficits As Newborns
According to a new study from researchers in Denmark published online ahead of print publication in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, children who develop asthma by the time they are seven years old have deficits in lung function and increased bronchial responsiveness as neonates...
Read full article at medicalnewstoday.com
Indoor air pollution and childhood asthma
One out of every seven children I see in my pediatrics practice has asthma. An even bigger number - one out of three - have wheezed at least once in his/her lifetime, a potential warning signal for asthma...
Read full article at philly.com
Monday, April 2, 2012
Asthma and allergies aren’t always disabilities
Some employees claim they have asthma and allergies that are exacerbated by common workplace smells. That doesn’t mean, however, that employers have to create an allergen-free environment...
Information at businessmanagementdaily.com
Coping with asthma leaves schools gasping
Castle Rock mom Heather Clark was so concerned that her 13-year-old daughter, Sami, would have an asthma attack at school and that no one would know what to do, she took to sneaking an inhaler into her daughter’s backpack, just in case. She calls it her “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy...
Information at ednewscolorado.org
Asthma link to pollution
A study has found that pollutants from truck traffic and buildings that burn residential heating oil creeps indoors, and is present in high concentrations in homes with asthmatic kids...
Information at nypost.com
Some employees claim they have asthma and allergies that are exacerbated by common workplace smells. That doesn’t mean, however, that employers have to create an allergen-free environment...
Information at businessmanagementdaily.com
Coping with asthma leaves schools gasping
Castle Rock mom Heather Clark was so concerned that her 13-year-old daughter, Sami, would have an asthma attack at school and that no one would know what to do, she took to sneaking an inhaler into her daughter’s backpack, just in case. She calls it her “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy...
Information at ednewscolorado.org
Asthma link to pollution
A study has found that pollutants from truck traffic and buildings that burn residential heating oil creeps indoors, and is present in high concentrations in homes with asthmatic kids...
Information at nypost.com
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Chandra’s Story: Losing A Son To Asthma
An asthma attack turned my world upside just less than two years ago, and it has never been the same since. After returning home from football practice on a typical hot, muggy August day, my 16-year-old son Jovante suffered an asthma attack that rendered him unconscious from anoxic brain injury. Jovante’s father and I spent the next four days by his side in the hospital praying for his recovery, which was not to be...
Read more: care2.com
Asthma Gets its Close-up
If you can see it, you can treat it according to a new asthma study. Using a bronchoscope can be effective for hard-to-treat asthma...
Read more: dailyrx.com
Breastfeeding OK for moms with asthma
Feb. 3, 2012 —New moms with asthma can safely breastfeed without worrying that the practice will increase their child’s asthma risk, a new study shows.
Researchers followed children in the United Kingdom from birth until around age 12 to assess the impact of breastfeeding, if any, on lung development...
Read more: foxreno.com
An asthma attack turned my world upside just less than two years ago, and it has never been the same since. After returning home from football practice on a typical hot, muggy August day, my 16-year-old son Jovante suffered an asthma attack that rendered him unconscious from anoxic brain injury. Jovante’s father and I spent the next four days by his side in the hospital praying for his recovery, which was not to be...
Read more: care2.com
Asthma Gets its Close-up
If you can see it, you can treat it according to a new asthma study. Using a bronchoscope can be effective for hard-to-treat asthma...
Read more: dailyrx.com
Breastfeeding OK for moms with asthma
Feb. 3, 2012 —New moms with asthma can safely breastfeed without worrying that the practice will increase their child’s asthma risk, a new study shows.
Researchers followed children in the United Kingdom from birth until around age 12 to assess the impact of breastfeeding, if any, on lung development...
Read more: foxreno.com
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