HEALTH ALERT: A Breath of Fresh Air for Kids Suffering From Asthma
We're going to talk about a breath of fresh air for kids who face one of the most common health conditions in the state, and that's asthma. We have UHC pharmacist Sonny Hoskinson on our Health Alert Segment to tell us all about a special camp that's unique to our regional area. It's geared specifically for kids who have asthma...
Information at wdtv.com
Asthma Prevalence at Its Highest Level Ever
WASHINGTON, June 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Asthma is a serious disorder affecting millions of Americans each year. As the summer heats up, the nation's emergency physicians want those affected by it to know how to prevent a visit to the emergency department...
Information at prnewswire.com
Asthma – all you need to know
What Is Asthma?
Asthma is a chronic disease of the airways. It makes breathing difficult. There is inflammation of the air passages that result in a temporary narrowing of the airways leading to wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness and coughing. It is a Reversible Obstructive Airway Disease (ROAD) because the obstruction of the lungs is reversible, either spontaneously or with medication. It is also referred to as bronchial asthma. It is one of the most common chronic diseases in the world. The word asthma is derived from a Greek word which means breathlessness or panting...
Information at health.india.com
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Friday, June 15, 2012
New non-drug treatment for asthma
PHILADELPHIA - June 13, 2012 (WPVI) -- The first FDA-approved, non-drug treatment offered at Temple Univ. Hospital
Asthma has always been part of Cris Pulliam's life, making some activities impossible...
Keep reading at abclocal.go.com
Glenn’s Strategies for Well-Being: Asthma and Urban Children
*Asthma is a chronic lung disease that makes breathing hard at times; in fact, it can make life downright miserable, if not addressed properly. It can develop at any age, but most often it begins in children, generally in the first 5 years of life. For some urban children, asthma rates can be as high as 25% to 40%. It is the leading cause of hospitalization for children, and is the number one chronic condition causing elementary school absenteeism...
Keep reading at eurweb.com
Summer weather can cause asthma issues
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - If you're an asthma sufferer the weather we've been having might already be giving you problems...
Keep reading at wwlp.com
PHILADELPHIA - June 13, 2012 (WPVI) -- The first FDA-approved, non-drug treatment offered at Temple Univ. Hospital
Asthma has always been part of Cris Pulliam's life, making some activities impossible...
Keep reading at abclocal.go.com
Glenn’s Strategies for Well-Being: Asthma and Urban Children
*Asthma is a chronic lung disease that makes breathing hard at times; in fact, it can make life downright miserable, if not addressed properly. It can develop at any age, but most often it begins in children, generally in the first 5 years of life. For some urban children, asthma rates can be as high as 25% to 40%. It is the leading cause of hospitalization for children, and is the number one chronic condition causing elementary school absenteeism...
Keep reading at eurweb.com
Summer weather can cause asthma issues
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - If you're an asthma sufferer the weather we've been having might already be giving you problems...
Keep reading at wwlp.com
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Asthma Prevalence at Its Highest Level Ever
WASHINGTON, June 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Asthma is a serious disorder affecting millions of Americans each year. As the summer heats up, the nation's emergency physicians want those affected by it to know how to prevent a visit to the emergency department...
Read more here: sacbee.com
Vanderbilt Now Offering Bronchial Thermoplasty to Asthma Patients
Vanderbilt University Medical Center now offers the Alair Bronchial Thermoplasty System, which was recently approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Vanderbilt is the first medical center in Nashville to offer the system to asthma patients...
Read more here: rtmagazine.com
Web-based tool helps parents improve on kids' asthma treatment
Asthma is the most common chronic illness in adolescents and children, affecting an estimated seven million children up to the age of 17 in the United States. The burden of asthma on children is substantial: kids with asthma have a three-fold greater risk of school absence than children without asthma, and asthma is the third leading cause of hospitalization among children under the age of 15...
Read more here: medicalxpress.com
WASHINGTON, June 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Asthma is a serious disorder affecting millions of Americans each year. As the summer heats up, the nation's emergency physicians want those affected by it to know how to prevent a visit to the emergency department...
Read more here: sacbee.com
Vanderbilt Now Offering Bronchial Thermoplasty to Asthma Patients
Vanderbilt University Medical Center now offers the Alair Bronchial Thermoplasty System, which was recently approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Vanderbilt is the first medical center in Nashville to offer the system to asthma patients...
Read more here: rtmagazine.com
Web-based tool helps parents improve on kids' asthma treatment
Asthma is the most common chronic illness in adolescents and children, affecting an estimated seven million children up to the age of 17 in the United States. The burden of asthma on children is substantial: kids with asthma have a three-fold greater risk of school absence than children without asthma, and asthma is the third leading cause of hospitalization among children under the age of 15...
Read more here: medicalxpress.com
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Children with asthma marginalized in movies, researcher says
A Rutgers–Camden professor says that children with asthma are the real-life superheroes, facing down breathlessness and operating life-saving devices whenever and wherever asthma attacks strike...
Read full story at medicalxpress.com
Rutgers-Camden Researcher Says the Real Summer Superheroes are Kids with Asthma
CAMDEN – This summer, superheroes like Spider-Man, Batman, and even Snow White will showcase their staggering strengths on the big screen...
Read full story at news.rutgers.edu
Doctors Turn Up the Heat to Treat Severe Asthma, Help Patients Breathe Easier
Newswise — ORLANDO, Fla. (June 12, 2012) — Doctors at Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC) are delivering heat directly to the source to treat patients with severe asthma - a respiratory disease that causes the airways in the lungs to narrow, making it difficult to breathe. Bronchial thermoplasty, an innovative technique that uses radiofrequency, helps patients breathe easier by lessening the severity of asthma attacks and preventing future attacks. ORMC is the first hospital in Central Florida, and currently the only, offering the option for the more than one million across the country struggling with the chronic condition characterized by persistent shortness of breath, emergency room visits, hospitalizations and asthma-related deaths...
Read full story at newswise.com
A Rutgers–Camden professor says that children with asthma are the real-life superheroes, facing down breathlessness and operating life-saving devices whenever and wherever asthma attacks strike...
Read full story at medicalxpress.com
Rutgers-Camden Researcher Says the Real Summer Superheroes are Kids with Asthma
CAMDEN – This summer, superheroes like Spider-Man, Batman, and even Snow White will showcase their staggering strengths on the big screen...
Read full story at news.rutgers.edu
Doctors Turn Up the Heat to Treat Severe Asthma, Help Patients Breathe Easier
Newswise — ORLANDO, Fla. (June 12, 2012) — Doctors at Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC) are delivering heat directly to the source to treat patients with severe asthma - a respiratory disease that causes the airways in the lungs to narrow, making it difficult to breathe. Bronchial thermoplasty, an innovative technique that uses radiofrequency, helps patients breathe easier by lessening the severity of asthma attacks and preventing future attacks. ORMC is the first hospital in Central Florida, and currently the only, offering the option for the more than one million across the country struggling with the chronic condition characterized by persistent shortness of breath, emergency room visits, hospitalizations and asthma-related deaths...
Read full story at newswise.com
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Vanderbilt Offers New Therapy to Help Asthma Patients Breathe Easier
Newswise — Hannah Andrews, 23, who has suffered from severe asthma since she was a child, is breathing easier now thanks to a new procedure offered at Vanderbilt known as bronchial thermoplasty...
Full story here: newswise.com
Asthma camp in full swing this week at Camp Tyler
SMITH COUNTY, TX (KLTV) - A special summer camp in East Texas is teaching children with asthma how to manage their disease while still having fun...
Full story here: kltv.com
Canada Drugs Online Provides Low Cost Asthma Drugs to Support Parents with Kids Living with Asthma
Leading online pharmacy Canada Drugs Online is offering more affordable asthma medications this spring. Prescription asthma drugs, as daily maintenance medications, are often a costly family burden. Canada Drugs Online is helping to ease the burden by offering more affordable options for asthmatics and children living with asthma. Canada Drugs Online’s customers can buy Singulair cheap or other inhaled or oral asthma treatments for significantly less than they would be charged at their local pharmacy...
Full story here: prweb.com
Newswise — Hannah Andrews, 23, who has suffered from severe asthma since she was a child, is breathing easier now thanks to a new procedure offered at Vanderbilt known as bronchial thermoplasty...
Full story here: newswise.com
Asthma camp in full swing this week at Camp Tyler
SMITH COUNTY, TX (KLTV) - A special summer camp in East Texas is teaching children with asthma how to manage their disease while still having fun...
Full story here: kltv.com
Canada Drugs Online Provides Low Cost Asthma Drugs to Support Parents with Kids Living with Asthma
Leading online pharmacy Canada Drugs Online is offering more affordable asthma medications this spring. Prescription asthma drugs, as daily maintenance medications, are often a costly family burden. Canada Drugs Online is helping to ease the burden by offering more affordable options for asthmatics and children living with asthma. Canada Drugs Online’s customers can buy Singulair cheap or other inhaled or oral asthma treatments for significantly less than they would be charged at their local pharmacy...
Full story here: prweb.com
Monday, June 11, 2012
Pre-competition assessment, asthma in sportspersons
THE sports world, especially soccer, is moving in a direction where the pre-competition medical assessment of players is of great importance.
The pre-competition medical assessment is important because it identifies players who suffer from medical conditions whose drug options are limited because of the issues regarding doping control....
Read more: daily-mail.co.zm
Asthma management unsatisfactory in India: Study
New Delhi: Around 15 million people in India are suffering from asthma but management of the disease continues to remain unsatisfactory, according to a study...
Read more: zeenews.india.com
THE sports world, especially soccer, is moving in a direction where the pre-competition medical assessment of players is of great importance.
The pre-competition medical assessment is important because it identifies players who suffer from medical conditions whose drug options are limited because of the issues regarding doping control....
Read more: daily-mail.co.zm
Asthma management unsatisfactory in India: Study
New Delhi: Around 15 million people in India are suffering from asthma but management of the disease continues to remain unsatisfactory, according to a study...
Read more: zeenews.india.com
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Breastfeeding tied to stronger lungs, lower risk of asthma
Kids who were breastfed as babies may have better lung function, and a lower risk of asthma than those who were formula-fed, two new reports suggest, said Dr Mustafa Kamil Al Kaisi, Specialist Paediatric Endocrinologist, Zulekha Hospital, Dubai...
Keep reading: khaleejtimes.com
70,000 show up for live-fish asthma cure
HYDERABAD, India – Tens of thousands of asthma-sufferers mobbed a southern Indian stadium Friday to swallow live sardines smeared with a yellow herbal paste they believe will cure their breathing problems...
Keep reading: journalgazette.net
Study helps explain why hot, humid air triggers asthma symptoms
The American Lung Association states that asthma is a lung disease that makes breathing difficult for millions of Americans, both young and old. Although there is no cure for asthma, the good news is it can be managed and treated so you can live a normal, healthy life. Doctors have been interested in understanding why patients with mild asthma have such difficulty breathing during hot, humid weather. Nationwise Children's Hospital has published a news release: "Study: Why Hot, Humid Air Triggers Symptoms in Patients with Mild Asthma."...
Keep reading: examiner.com
Kids who were breastfed as babies may have better lung function, and a lower risk of asthma than those who were formula-fed, two new reports suggest, said Dr Mustafa Kamil Al Kaisi, Specialist Paediatric Endocrinologist, Zulekha Hospital, Dubai...
Keep reading: khaleejtimes.com
70,000 show up for live-fish asthma cure
HYDERABAD, India – Tens of thousands of asthma-sufferers mobbed a southern Indian stadium Friday to swallow live sardines smeared with a yellow herbal paste they believe will cure their breathing problems...
Keep reading: journalgazette.net
Study helps explain why hot, humid air triggers asthma symptoms
The American Lung Association states that asthma is a lung disease that makes breathing difficult for millions of Americans, both young and old. Although there is no cure for asthma, the good news is it can be managed and treated so you can live a normal, healthy life. Doctors have been interested in understanding why patients with mild asthma have such difficulty breathing during hot, humid weather. Nationwise Children's Hospital has published a news release: "Study: Why Hot, Humid Air Triggers Symptoms in Patients with Mild Asthma."...
Keep reading: examiner.com
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