Socioeconomic Factors May Influence Childhood Asthma, UM Study Reveals

Asthma in children may be influenced by socioeconomic factors related to the family environment where the children are in higher-stress situations, according to research conducted at the University of Missouri-Columbia. About six percent of children under five years old are diagnosed with the chronic disease, as reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and until now it was thought that the diagnoses were related to attention and behavioral issues in children. However, this new study suggests that socioeconomic status may also need to be taken into consideration.....

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Half of GP surgeries to get new asthma care plan software

Practice nurses will be able to produce plans to help asthma sufferers manage their condition at the click of a mouse thanks to the launch of a new software tool by a leading charity.....

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Why do Texas Health Care Workers Suffer from High Rates of Asthma?

Researchers at the University of Texas School of Public Health are going to try to get to the bottom of one of the mysteries of the health care profession...why do health care workers, from nurses to doctors to therapists, suffer from asthma at twice or more the normal rate of the population.....

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