Five Surprising Allergy and Asthma Triggers That Can Spoil Summer Fun
Newswise — ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – While summer means barbeques, festivals and other outdoor activities, the millions of Americans that suffer allergic reactions to grass pollens might want to run for cover. But according to the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI), seasonal allergies can also affect those without pollen sensitivities due to unexpected summer staples such as certain fruits and vegetables, campfires or changes in the weather...
Information at newswise.com
Benefit Walk Saturday Remembers MTHS Student Who Died from Asthma
A benefit walk in memory of an accomplished Manchester Township High School cheerleader who died of an asthma attack last September will be held on Saturday...
Information at manchester-nj.patch.com
Brigham and Women's doctors research new treatments for severe asthma
Chronic asthma sufferers may have new hope for relief due to two new research studies that are getting underway at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH). Researchers from BWH's Asthma Research Center are exploring whether two new therapies will relieve asthma symptoms...
Information at phys.org
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Friday, May 11, 2012
May Is Asthma Awareness Month
May is Asthma Awareness Month, encouraging Californians to learn more about the chronic respiratory disease and its triggers...
Source: egpnews.com
Learn360, in Partnership with Health Nuts Media, Recognizes Asthma Awareness Month
WOODBURY, N.Y., May 10, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Learn360Awareness, an initiative from Learn360 designed to build awareness of specific topics and link supporting educational content to those topics, in partnership with Health Nuts Media, today announces the launch of its third initiative focusing on asthma...
Source: marketwatch.com
ICU stays for worst asthma drop 74 percent, review finds
SAN ANTONIO (May 10, 2012) — A review of 30 years of life-threatening asthma cases in a San Antonio intensive care unit found that annual ICU admissions for the condition have dropped 74 percent. The study, by UT Medicine San Antonio physicians who reviewed cases at University Hospital between 1980 and 2010, also showed intubation in the emergency department to help patients breathe did not result in longer hospital stays...
Source: sciencecodex.com
May is Asthma Awareness Month, encouraging Californians to learn more about the chronic respiratory disease and its triggers...
Source: egpnews.com
Learn360, in Partnership with Health Nuts Media, Recognizes Asthma Awareness Month
WOODBURY, N.Y., May 10, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Learn360Awareness, an initiative from Learn360 designed to build awareness of specific topics and link supporting educational content to those topics, in partnership with Health Nuts Media, today announces the launch of its third initiative focusing on asthma...
Source: marketwatch.com
ICU stays for worst asthma drop 74 percent, review finds
SAN ANTONIO (May 10, 2012) — A review of 30 years of life-threatening asthma cases in a San Antonio intensive care unit found that annual ICU admissions for the condition have dropped 74 percent. The study, by UT Medicine San Antonio physicians who reviewed cases at University Hospital between 1980 and 2010, also showed intubation in the emergency department to help patients breathe did not result in longer hospital stays...
Source: sciencecodex.com
Thursday, May 10, 2012
State Officials Raise Asthma Awareness
STATE — May is National Asthma Awareness Month and the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) recommends that residents learn more about the health impacts of asthma, its environmental triggers and how people can learn to better manage the disease...
Full news here: njtoday.net
Events mark National Asthma Awareness Month
There will be a series of events this month to mark National Asthma Awareness Month.
Asthma is one of the most common lifelong chronic diseases, with almost 1 out of 10 Louisiana residents living with it. The disease affects the lungs, causing repeated episodes of wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and coughing, a news release from the Louisiana Department of Health Hospitals stated...
Full news here: thenewsstar.com
Green spaces deter asthma, allergies
A lack of exposure to a "natural environment" could be resulting in more urban dwellers developing allergies and asthma, research has suggested...
Full news here: thedailystar.net
STATE — May is National Asthma Awareness Month and the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) recommends that residents learn more about the health impacts of asthma, its environmental triggers and how people can learn to better manage the disease...
Full news here: njtoday.net
Events mark National Asthma Awareness Month
There will be a series of events this month to mark National Asthma Awareness Month.
Asthma is one of the most common lifelong chronic diseases, with almost 1 out of 10 Louisiana residents living with it. The disease affects the lungs, causing repeated episodes of wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and coughing, a news release from the Louisiana Department of Health Hospitals stated...
Full news here: thenewsstar.com
Green spaces deter asthma, allergies
A lack of exposure to a "natural environment" could be resulting in more urban dwellers developing allergies and asthma, research has suggested...
Full news here: thedailystar.net
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Time for vacation? Send allergy, asthma symptoms packing
(NewsUSA) - Whether your summer vacation plans include the beach, a road trip or camping, one thing's for sure -- suffering from allergy and asthma symptoms can quickly interrupt a good time. If you're among the millions of people with allergies or asthma, a little preparation will help make sure that sneezing and wheezing don't derail your vacation fun...
Keep reading at kxly.com
Cell as target for tough-to-treat asthma
U. MICHIGAN (US) — A type of newly discovered cell in mice appears to be crucial to causing asthma symptoms—even in the presence of inhaler steroid medications...
Keep reading at futurity.org
‘Asthma’ superhero roams Saginaw streets
SAGINAW, MI (WNEM) – Just days after a self-described superhero was arrested and charged with assault in Michigan, another so-called caped crusader is coming forward...
Keep reading at wtvr.com
(NewsUSA) - Whether your summer vacation plans include the beach, a road trip or camping, one thing's for sure -- suffering from allergy and asthma symptoms can quickly interrupt a good time. If you're among the millions of people with allergies or asthma, a little preparation will help make sure that sneezing and wheezing don't derail your vacation fun...
Keep reading at kxly.com
Cell as target for tough-to-treat asthma
U. MICHIGAN (US) — A type of newly discovered cell in mice appears to be crucial to causing asthma symptoms—even in the presence of inhaler steroid medications...
Keep reading at futurity.org
‘Asthma’ superhero roams Saginaw streets
SAGINAW, MI (WNEM) – Just days after a self-described superhero was arrested and charged with assault in Michigan, another so-called caped crusader is coming forward...
Keep reading at wtvr.com
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Biodiversity Loss May Cause Increase in Allergies and Asthma
ScienceDaily (May 7, 2012) — Declining biodiversity may be contributing to the rise of asthma, allergies, and other chronic inflammatory diseases among people living in cities worldwide, a Finnish study suggests. Emerging evidence indicates that commensal microbes inhabiting the skin, airway, and gut protect against inflammatory disorders. However, little is known about the environmental determinants of the microbiome...
Full story at sciencedaily.com
Asthma drugs: What every parent should know
First, some basics. There are two kinds of asthma medicines: Rescue medicines (in the U.S. primarily albuterol and sometimes levalbuterol) and preventive medicines (inhaled corticosteroids such as fluticasone and many others). Stefon, who wheezed with every cold he caught, skipped preventive medicines and relied on his rescue medicine much too frequently. As a result, he ended up in the hospital several times. He would have probably stayed out of the hospital if he had used his medications the smart way: Preventive medicines everyday, rescue medicine only on rare occasions...
Full story at philly.com
Asthma attack in the Arctic Circle: How Rav Wilding found himself fighting for breath in minus 30 degree conditions
As I plunged into a frozen lake in the Arctic Circle I realised I may be in a bit of trouble.
Since my late teens, I have suffered from exercise-induced asthma, an inflammation of the lungs, which narrows the airways and makes it hard to breathe, and one of my triggers is extreme cold...
Full story at mirror.co.uk
ScienceDaily (May 7, 2012) — Declining biodiversity may be contributing to the rise of asthma, allergies, and other chronic inflammatory diseases among people living in cities worldwide, a Finnish study suggests. Emerging evidence indicates that commensal microbes inhabiting the skin, airway, and gut protect against inflammatory disorders. However, little is known about the environmental determinants of the microbiome...
Full story at sciencedaily.com
Asthma drugs: What every parent should know
First, some basics. There are two kinds of asthma medicines: Rescue medicines (in the U.S. primarily albuterol and sometimes levalbuterol) and preventive medicines (inhaled corticosteroids such as fluticasone and many others). Stefon, who wheezed with every cold he caught, skipped preventive medicines and relied on his rescue medicine much too frequently. As a result, he ended up in the hospital several times. He would have probably stayed out of the hospital if he had used his medications the smart way: Preventive medicines everyday, rescue medicine only on rare occasions...
Full story at philly.com
Asthma attack in the Arctic Circle: How Rav Wilding found himself fighting for breath in minus 30 degree conditions
As I plunged into a frozen lake in the Arctic Circle I realised I may be in a bit of trouble.
Since my late teens, I have suffered from exercise-induced asthma, an inflammation of the lungs, which narrows the airways and makes it hard to breathe, and one of my triggers is extreme cold...
Full story at mirror.co.uk
Monday, May 7, 2012
Amish children are nearly immune to asthma and allergies
Study compared children on Amish farms in Indiana to children in Switzerland, where most Amish originate
Amish children have 5 percent allergy rate, compared to 11.2 percent among Swiss kids
Read more: dailymail.co.uk
You can control your asthma
Various awareness programmes marked the World Asthma Day in the UAE, under the theme “You Can Control Your Asthma.”...
Read more: khaleejtimes.com
Plea to asthma sufferers
Health experts from NHS Yorkshire and the Humber are urging asthma sufferers who have trouble sleeping to visit their local pharmacist,...
Read more: retfordtoday.co.uk
Study compared children on Amish farms in Indiana to children in Switzerland, where most Amish originate
Amish children have 5 percent allergy rate, compared to 11.2 percent among Swiss kids
Read more: dailymail.co.uk
You can control your asthma
Various awareness programmes marked the World Asthma Day in the UAE, under the theme “You Can Control Your Asthma.”...
Read more: khaleejtimes.com
Plea to asthma sufferers
Health experts from NHS Yorkshire and the Humber are urging asthma sufferers who have trouble sleeping to visit their local pharmacist,...
Read more: retfordtoday.co.uk
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Was Norwich hospital spike in asthma cases due to wet weather and fungal spores?
Dr Prasanna Sankaran, a clinical lecturer at the University of East Anglia and a specialist registrar in respiratory medicine at the N&N, said: “I have spoken to our asthma specialist nurse and they said admissions have been more than usual, particularly in short stay in A&E...
Continue reading here: edp24.co.uk
Asthma educators trying to inform families on how to cope, prevent deaths
Since 2001, asthma cases have gone up about 8.4 percent. That's why Georgia Health Sciences is partnering with the CDC to develop asthma education programs...
Continue reading here: wrdw.com
Report: Lehigh Valley one of worst places to live with asthma
A new report ranks the Lehigh Valley metro area as one of the asthma capitals of the country...
Continue reading here: wfmz.com
Dr Prasanna Sankaran, a clinical lecturer at the University of East Anglia and a specialist registrar in respiratory medicine at the N&N, said: “I have spoken to our asthma specialist nurse and they said admissions have been more than usual, particularly in short stay in A&E...
Continue reading here: edp24.co.uk
Asthma educators trying to inform families on how to cope, prevent deaths
Since 2001, asthma cases have gone up about 8.4 percent. That's why Georgia Health Sciences is partnering with the CDC to develop asthma education programs...
Continue reading here: wrdw.com
Report: Lehigh Valley one of worst places to live with asthma
A new report ranks the Lehigh Valley metro area as one of the asthma capitals of the country...
Continue reading here: wfmz.com
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