Asthma Phenotypes in the Inner City
Inner-City Asthma Consortium: Asthma Phenotypes in the Inner City (APIC) is an epidemiologic, multicenter, cross-sectional study. It aims to define phenotypic characteristics of difficult to treat vs. easy to treat asthma in a population of inner city children from nine major urban areas in the United States.....
Source: luriechildrens.org
International Allergy & Asthma Organization Honors Casale
The World Allergy Organization (WAO) honored Thomas Casale, M.D., professor of medicine and microbiology and immunology and chief of the Division of Allergy and Immunology at Creighton University School of Medicine, with a WAO Special Recognition Award at its annual World Allergy and Asthma Congress in June. The WAO, an international federation of allergy, asthma and clinical immunology societies, recognized Casale for his, "outstanding contributions in the field of allergy and immunology toward wider recognition of allergy and related diseases as global health issues.".....
Source: creighton.edu
Allergies and Asthma Research Fact Sheet
Autoimmune and Immune - Mediated Diseases
BRI is one of the leading research institutes in the world devoted to eliminating autoimmune diseases and immune - mediated diseases.....
Source: benaroyaresearch.org
Saturday, July 13, 2013
Friday, July 12, 2013
The Link Between Asthma and Rhinitis, Other Respiratory Allergies in Children
PURE Solutions indicates that children suffering from asthma are significantly more susceptible to rhinitis, another allergic respiratory condition. Early detection and management of rhinitis could help children to better cope with their asthma symptoms......
Continue reading at: prweb.com
Childhood Asthma And Autism Linked To Air Pollution: Children And Fetuses Among The Most Vulnerable
Children and fetuses are among the most vulnerable to increasing levels of air pollution, which may be linked to asthma, decreased lung function, and even autism.
A new study has found that over two million deaths occur each year as a direct result of air pollution. Just last year, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) issued a report that estimated the number of premature deaths from exposure to particulate matter (PM) is likely to more than double to 3.6 million in 2050, mostly in China and India......
Continue reading at: medicaldaily.com
Kids with asthma should be heard
Children, not their parents, should do most of the talking about their asthma symptoms when seeing an allergist, according to a new study.
Researchers looked at about 80 children with asthma and their parents. Although parents can provide useful information, it's important for allergists to ask both parents and children about symptoms, activity limitations and use of medications to better understand and treat the child's asthma, the researchers found.....
Continue reading at: health24.com
PURE Solutions indicates that children suffering from asthma are significantly more susceptible to rhinitis, another allergic respiratory condition. Early detection and management of rhinitis could help children to better cope with their asthma symptoms......
Continue reading at: prweb.com
Childhood Asthma And Autism Linked To Air Pollution: Children And Fetuses Among The Most Vulnerable
Children and fetuses are among the most vulnerable to increasing levels of air pollution, which may be linked to asthma, decreased lung function, and even autism.
A new study has found that over two million deaths occur each year as a direct result of air pollution. Just last year, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) issued a report that estimated the number of premature deaths from exposure to particulate matter (PM) is likely to more than double to 3.6 million in 2050, mostly in China and India......
Continue reading at: medicaldaily.com
Kids with asthma should be heard
Children, not their parents, should do most of the talking about their asthma symptoms when seeing an allergist, according to a new study.
Researchers looked at about 80 children with asthma and their parents. Although parents can provide useful information, it's important for allergists to ask both parents and children about symptoms, activity limitations and use of medications to better understand and treat the child's asthma, the researchers found.....
Continue reading at: health24.com
Thursday, July 11, 2013
NSF did not report last asthma attack
A full-time national serviceman who died after having breathing difficulties during training gave inaccurate information about his asthma attacks during a pre-enlistment check-up.....
Continue reading at: straitstimes.com
Treating Asthma: 5 Phrases Your Child Could Say To An Allergist To Aid Treatment, And Why He Should Speak Up
Chronic diseases and disorders tend to devastate the quality of life for many people. Asthma specifically is a lung disease in which airways narrow, resulting in difficulty breathing and participating in physical activities that are as rigorous as sports or as simple as climbing the stairs at work. According to The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, more than 25 million people in the United States have asthma and close to seven million of these people are children......
Continue reading at: medicaldaily.com
Allergy & Asthma Clinic of West Texas Holding Camp for Kids With Asthma
The Zone is a one day camp for children ages seven to eleven who have asthma. Allergy & Asthma Clinic of West Texas Nurse Practitioner Georgeanna Welch said the camp will help the children in many ways......
See more at: everythinglubbock.com
A full-time national serviceman who died after having breathing difficulties during training gave inaccurate information about his asthma attacks during a pre-enlistment check-up.....
Continue reading at: straitstimes.com
Treating Asthma: 5 Phrases Your Child Could Say To An Allergist To Aid Treatment, And Why He Should Speak Up
Chronic diseases and disorders tend to devastate the quality of life for many people. Asthma specifically is a lung disease in which airways narrow, resulting in difficulty breathing and participating in physical activities that are as rigorous as sports or as simple as climbing the stairs at work. According to The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, more than 25 million people in the United States have asthma and close to seven million of these people are children......
Continue reading at: medicaldaily.com
Allergy & Asthma Clinic of West Texas Holding Camp for Kids With Asthma
The Zone is a one day camp for children ages seven to eleven who have asthma. Allergy & Asthma Clinic of West Texas Nurse Practitioner Georgeanna Welch said the camp will help the children in many ways......
See more at: everythinglubbock.com
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Rains set in, docs warn of allergies, asthma
With a change in season, the number of patients with asthmatic problems and allergies has increased considerably at city-based hospitals. According to doctors, the number of patients affected by allergies increases by around 30 per cent during this season. A significant allergen that causes the most trouble to residents is Congress Grass (Parthenium hysterophorus), which grows across the city.....
Source: indianexpress.com
Asthma: Facts, causes, treatment and prevention
Asthma is defined as a chronic inflammatory condition of the lungs that may affect people of all age groups. There is no complete cure for the condition and treatment is mainly aimed at correcting the symptoms and avoiding the triggering agents.....
Source: bellevision.com
Asthma & Allergy Clinic Of West Texas To Host Asthma Health Camp For Kids
On Tuesday’s edition of Lubbock’s First News, Georgeanna Welch from the Asthma and Allergy Clinic of West Texas talked with Tom Collins and Laura Mac about an upcoming camp designed for kids with asthma.....
Source: kfyo.com
With a change in season, the number of patients with asthmatic problems and allergies has increased considerably at city-based hospitals. According to doctors, the number of patients affected by allergies increases by around 30 per cent during this season. A significant allergen that causes the most trouble to residents is Congress Grass (Parthenium hysterophorus), which grows across the city.....
Source: indianexpress.com
Asthma: Facts, causes, treatment and prevention
Asthma is defined as a chronic inflammatory condition of the lungs that may affect people of all age groups. There is no complete cure for the condition and treatment is mainly aimed at correcting the symptoms and avoiding the triggering agents.....
Source: bellevision.com
Asthma & Allergy Clinic Of West Texas To Host Asthma Health Camp For Kids
On Tuesday’s edition of Lubbock’s First News, Georgeanna Welch from the Asthma and Allergy Clinic of West Texas talked with Tom Collins and Laura Mac about an upcoming camp designed for kids with asthma.....
Source: kfyo.com
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Depression during pregnancy up asthma risk
Researchers at Columbia University''s Mailman School of Public Health have indicated that anxiety, stress and depression during pregnancy may lead to a greater risk of asthma for the offspring.
"Approximately 70 pc of mothers who said they experienced high levels of anxiety or depression while they were pregnant reported their child had wheezed before age 5," said Marilyn Reyes, senior research worker at the Mailman School of Public Health''s Columbia Center for Children''s Environmental Health (CCCEH), and lead author of the study......
Information at onlinenews.com.pk
Increased Asthma Risk with HRT
Research in France and Denmark has shown HRT could significantly increase women’s chances of having asthma attacks severe enough to put them in hospital.
You may think that asthma has nothing to do with your hormones, but you would be wrong. The severity of asthma attacks does vary throughout the menstrual cycle and during pregnancy, but the incidence tends, in general, to fall after menopause. However Danish scientists beg to differ.....
Information at bio-hormone-health.com
Controlling Your Asthma
Susan Ficken, APRN, of the Vanderbilt Asthma, Sinus and Allergy Relief Program, provides tips on controlling your asthma.....
Information at youtube.com
Researchers at Columbia University''s Mailman School of Public Health have indicated that anxiety, stress and depression during pregnancy may lead to a greater risk of asthma for the offspring.
"Approximately 70 pc of mothers who said they experienced high levels of anxiety or depression while they were pregnant reported their child had wheezed before age 5," said Marilyn Reyes, senior research worker at the Mailman School of Public Health''s Columbia Center for Children''s Environmental Health (CCCEH), and lead author of the study......
Information at onlinenews.com.pk
Increased Asthma Risk with HRT
Research in France and Denmark has shown HRT could significantly increase women’s chances of having asthma attacks severe enough to put them in hospital.
You may think that asthma has nothing to do with your hormones, but you would be wrong. The severity of asthma attacks does vary throughout the menstrual cycle and during pregnancy, but the incidence tends, in general, to fall after menopause. However Danish scientists beg to differ.....
Information at bio-hormone-health.com
Controlling Your Asthma
Susan Ficken, APRN, of the Vanderbilt Asthma, Sinus and Allergy Relief Program, provides tips on controlling your asthma.....
Information at youtube.com
Monday, July 8, 2013
WWE sued over fatal asthma attack at SummerSlam 2008 caused by their pyrotechnics
WWE are being sued over the death of Susan Prim, who died after she attended SummerSlam 2008 from a fatal asthma attack, which her family claim was caused by the show closing pyrotechnic display to celebrate The Undertaker's victory over Edge in their feud ending Hell In A Cell match......
See more at: cagesideseats.com
Evaluating the risk of severe asthma
A study looks at the risk factors influencing severe asthma attacks.
In many cases, people manage their asthma well. But a small number are subject to severe attacks requiring hospitalization. In a few cases, such attacks may prove fatal. Researchers at Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands, now present data on the factors that may result in a severe asthma attack.....
See more at: thealmagest.com
Low dose aspirin protects against asthma
People taking low dose aspirin are less likely to develop asthma, according to a large study.
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory lung disease, which affects more than 20 million Americans. Aspirin is sometimes seen as a contraindication for people with asthma. But a report from the long-running Physicians’ Health Study seems to suggest that aspirin could exert a protective effect against asthma......
See more at: thealmagest.com
See more at: cagesideseats.com
Evaluating the risk of severe asthma
A study looks at the risk factors influencing severe asthma attacks.
In many cases, people manage their asthma well. But a small number are subject to severe attacks requiring hospitalization. In a few cases, such attacks may prove fatal. Researchers at Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands, now present data on the factors that may result in a severe asthma attack.....
See more at: thealmagest.com
Low dose aspirin protects against asthma
People taking low dose aspirin are less likely to develop asthma, according to a large study.
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory lung disease, which affects more than 20 million Americans. Aspirin is sometimes seen as a contraindication for people with asthma. But a report from the long-running Physicians’ Health Study seems to suggest that aspirin could exert a protective effect against asthma......
See more at: thealmagest.com
Sunday, July 7, 2013
Asthma attack in wilderness sends teen to hospital by chopper
A rescue helicopter made a challenging landing in tough Manitoba terrain Friday following an emergency medical call from a group of Minnesota teens on a wilderness adventure.
The STARS (Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society) chopper received the call regarding a teenage girl undergoing an asthma attack about 3:20 p.m. Friday from Atikaki Provincial Park. The park is about 230 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg near the Ontario border......
Read more: winnipegfreepress.com
Yourwellness Magazine explores the effect of pollen on asthma sufferers
With the summer season in full swing, pollen counts are at a yearly high. Yourwellness Magazine examines the effect of pollen as an asthma trigger and ways to avoid it during allergy season......
Read more: prweb.com
Asthma Camp Teaches Kids How to "Wrangle" Symptoms
The Freestone County Wheeze Wranglers are at it again.
For the second year, team members from ETMC Fairfield spent a week teaching kids with asthma how to "lasso" their symptoms through games, crafts and other fun activities at the Freestone County Wheeze Wranglers Camp.....
Read more: freestonecountytimesonline.com
The STARS (Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society) chopper received the call regarding a teenage girl undergoing an asthma attack about 3:20 p.m. Friday from Atikaki Provincial Park. The park is about 230 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg near the Ontario border......
Read more: winnipegfreepress.com
Yourwellness Magazine explores the effect of pollen on asthma sufferers
With the summer season in full swing, pollen counts are at a yearly high. Yourwellness Magazine examines the effect of pollen as an asthma trigger and ways to avoid it during allergy season......
Read more: prweb.com
Asthma Camp Teaches Kids How to "Wrangle" Symptoms
The Freestone County Wheeze Wranglers are at it again.
For the second year, team members from ETMC Fairfield spent a week teaching kids with asthma how to "lasso" their symptoms through games, crafts and other fun activities at the Freestone County Wheeze Wranglers Camp.....
Read more: freestonecountytimesonline.com
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