Virtual pet game targets kids asthma management
Boston-based LifeGuard Games is gearing up to launch a mobile game to teach children to manage their asthma. Wellapets, which is due to launch at the end of February, follows the mold of recently popular virtual pet games like Club Penguin or Moshi Monsters, but with an extra element of chronic disease management.....
Read more here: mobihealthnews.com
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Mercury swing swells asthma cases
CHANDIGARH: Extreme fluctuation in the temperature is causing in a spurt in asthma cases amongst children in the city, with the numbers almost doubling since December/January.....
Read more here: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Blacks twice as likely as whites to be readmitted for asthma
Black children are twice as likely to be readmitted to the hospital for asthma compared with white children, largely due to a greater burden of financial and social hardships, according to recent study results published in Pediatrics.....
Read more here: healio.com
Saturday, February 8, 2014
Friday, February 7, 2014
Yourwellness Magazine Explores Why Asthmatics Fear Exercise
An asthma sufferer who has defied the odds and competed in triathlons wants to raise awareness about asthma and exercise with his new company, the Ashbourne News Telegraph reported January 9th. According to the article, “How an asthma sufferer has become a triathlete,” Gavin Dolman, 32, believes his asthma was mismanaged until he sought specialist help at age 19.....
Read more here: digitaljournal.com
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Clough Head walkers rescued after pair suffer asthma attack
Two students were rescued from a Lake District fellside after suffering asthma attacks.
The pair were with a group from an outdoor centre coming down from Clough Head on Wednesday when one of the students began suffering from what appeared to be a serious attack.....
Read more here: grough.co.uk
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Does Anxiety can Cause Asthma?
Some people worry that anxiety causes asthma. There is currently no evidence that anxiety can create asthma in those that did not originally have the condition. But there is a great deal of evidence that anxiety can worsen asthma symptoms.....
Read more here: healthinsider.com
An asthma sufferer who has defied the odds and competed in triathlons wants to raise awareness about asthma and exercise with his new company, the Ashbourne News Telegraph reported January 9th. According to the article, “How an asthma sufferer has become a triathlete,” Gavin Dolman, 32, believes his asthma was mismanaged until he sought specialist help at age 19.....
Read more here: digitaljournal.com
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Clough Head walkers rescued after pair suffer asthma attack
Two students were rescued from a Lake District fellside after suffering asthma attacks.
The pair were with a group from an outdoor centre coming down from Clough Head on Wednesday when one of the students began suffering from what appeared to be a serious attack.....
Read more here: grough.co.uk
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Does Anxiety can Cause Asthma?
Some people worry that anxiety causes asthma. There is currently no evidence that anxiety can create asthma in those that did not originally have the condition. But there is a great deal of evidence that anxiety can worsen asthma symptoms.....
Read more here: healthinsider.com
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Economic Hardship Drives Hospital Readmissions For Asthma Treatment In Black Youth
African-American youth are twice as likely as Whites to be readmitted to the hospital for treatment of asthma, according to a new study by Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, reports WCPO Cincinnati.
An estimated 23 percent of Black children were rehospitalized for asthma within a year, compared to 11 percent of other children – most of whom were White, WCPO reports, citing the study published online in the eFirst pages of the journal Pediatrics.....
Read more here: newsone.com
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Black youth twice as likely to suffer from asthma-related complications
African American children are twice as likely to be readmitted to the hospital for asthma-related complications.
The findings are the conclusion of a study released by the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. The disparity is largely due to a greater burden of financial and social hardships faced by African American families......
Read more here: blackyouthproject.com
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Memoir describes youth’s treatment for asthma in the 1950s
Sammy’s “journey” began when he was a 10-year-old Israeli boy with debilitating asthma and his mother informed him that to get well, he had to travel thousands of miles away by himself for treatment.....
Read more here: jewishaz.com
African-American youth are twice as likely as Whites to be readmitted to the hospital for treatment of asthma, according to a new study by Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, reports WCPO Cincinnati.
An estimated 23 percent of Black children were rehospitalized for asthma within a year, compared to 11 percent of other children – most of whom were White, WCPO reports, citing the study published online in the eFirst pages of the journal Pediatrics.....
Read more here: newsone.com
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Black youth twice as likely to suffer from asthma-related complications
African American children are twice as likely to be readmitted to the hospital for asthma-related complications.
The findings are the conclusion of a study released by the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. The disparity is largely due to a greater burden of financial and social hardships faced by African American families......
Read more here: blackyouthproject.com
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Memoir describes youth’s treatment for asthma in the 1950s
Sammy’s “journey” began when he was a 10-year-old Israeli boy with debilitating asthma and his mother informed him that to get well, he had to travel thousands of miles away by himself for treatment.....
Read more here: jewishaz.com
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
New Asthma Treatment Used on SoCal Patients Could Prevent Attacks
As with any procedure, patients should speak with their doctor as there are risks and individual results can vary.
A breakthrough in the asthma treatment process being used to treat patients in Southern California may prevent attacks and cut down hospitalizations.....
Read more here: nbclosangeles.com
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Pregnancy Cold Responsible for Child Asthma
New studies reveal that a common cold during pregnancy cold be responsible for child asthma. The reason why some children have breathing difficulties even after the cold has passed lies in genes and Hans Bisgaard, head of the Danish Pediatric Asthma Centre at Copenhagen University Hospital in Gentofte, found out exactly what triggers this chronic inflammatory disease of the airways.....
Read more here: guardianlv.com
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Facts about Asthma
Most, if not all, of the developed countries in the world have experienced a dramatic increase in the incidence of asthma. Asthma verifies that developed countries are in the midst of an asthma-allergy epidemic. As a child and young adult, I was the only kid on the block who suffered from asthma. I don't recall any other friends, class¬mates, or teammates in grade school, high school, or college who were rushed to the local emergency room or the school health center for acute asthma treatment or needed to puff on an asthma inhaler before or after athletic events......
Read more here: my.opera.com
As with any procedure, patients should speak with their doctor as there are risks and individual results can vary.
A breakthrough in the asthma treatment process being used to treat patients in Southern California may prevent attacks and cut down hospitalizations.....
Read more here: nbclosangeles.com
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Pregnancy Cold Responsible for Child Asthma
New studies reveal that a common cold during pregnancy cold be responsible for child asthma. The reason why some children have breathing difficulties even after the cold has passed lies in genes and Hans Bisgaard, head of the Danish Pediatric Asthma Centre at Copenhagen University Hospital in Gentofte, found out exactly what triggers this chronic inflammatory disease of the airways.....
Read more here: guardianlv.com
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Facts about Asthma
Most, if not all, of the developed countries in the world have experienced a dramatic increase in the incidence of asthma. Asthma verifies that developed countries are in the midst of an asthma-allergy epidemic. As a child and young adult, I was the only kid on the block who suffered from asthma. I don't recall any other friends, class¬mates, or teammates in grade school, high school, or college who were rushed to the local emergency room or the school health center for acute asthma treatment or needed to puff on an asthma inhaler before or after athletic events......
Read more here: my.opera.com
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Joseph Cramer, M.D.: Asthma is a bummer; our air doesn't have to be
Asthma is a bummer. More precisely, people who suffer from asthma sometimes have to work really hard to get in one tiny breath of air. Known to the ancient physicians, the word "asthma" is the Greek word for “panting.” It is properly named.....
Read more here: deseretnews.com
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New Asthma Treatment Used on SoCal Patients Could Prevent Attacks
As with any procedure, patients should speak with their doctor as there are risks and individual results can vary.
A breakthrough in the asthma treatment process being used to treat patients in Southern California may prevent attacks and cut down hospitalizations......
Read more here: nbclosangeles.com
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Animal study: Vitamin D alleviates allergic asthma
Allergic asthma is a disease of chronic inflammation due to a hypersensitive immune reaction to an allergen such as pet dander, pollen, or dust mite excretions. It is characterized by airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR), an increased tendency for airways to constrict, and airway remodeling. The disease is more common in developed countries than developing countries.....
Read more here: vitamindcouncil.org
Asthma is a bummer. More precisely, people who suffer from asthma sometimes have to work really hard to get in one tiny breath of air. Known to the ancient physicians, the word "asthma" is the Greek word for “panting.” It is properly named.....
Read more here: deseretnews.com
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New Asthma Treatment Used on SoCal Patients Could Prevent Attacks
As with any procedure, patients should speak with their doctor as there are risks and individual results can vary.
A breakthrough in the asthma treatment process being used to treat patients in Southern California may prevent attacks and cut down hospitalizations......
Read more here: nbclosangeles.com
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Animal study: Vitamin D alleviates allergic asthma
Allergic asthma is a disease of chronic inflammation due to a hypersensitive immune reaction to an allergen such as pet dander, pollen, or dust mite excretions. It is characterized by airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR), an increased tendency for airways to constrict, and airway remodeling. The disease is more common in developed countries than developing countries.....
Read more here: vitamindcouncil.org
Monday, February 3, 2014
New tool helps monitor asthma symptoms
The new Asthma Symptom Tracker (AST), which rests on weekly (instead of traditional monthly) use of the Asthma Control Test (ACT), facilitates monitoring of patients’ symptoms and rapid recognition and response to warning signs of deterioration in asthma control, a new study found. The investigation looked at 210 children aged from 2 to 18 years who were hospitalized for asthma, then followed for more than 6 months after discharge, while using the AST tool.....
Read more here: contemporarypediatrics.modernmedicine.com
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Evaluation and Treatment of Critical Asthma Syndrome in Children
Abstract
The heterogeneity of asthma is illustrated by the significantly different features of pediatric asthma compared to adult asthma. One phenotype of severe asthma in pediatrics includes atopy, lack of reduction in lung function, and absence of gender bias as the main characteristics.....
Read more here: link.springer.com
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Teen asthma outcomes better with quality improvement initiative
A quality improvement initiative, conducted in a primary care setting, dramatically improved asthma control and outcomes for high-risk adolescents, according to a study published online in Pediatrics.....
Read more here: drugtopics.modernmedicine.com
Sunday, February 2, 2014
Vitamin D Insufficiency and Severe Asthma Exacerbations in Puerto Rican Children
Abstract
Rationale: Vitamin D insufficiency (a serum 25(OH)D <30 ng/ml) has been associated with severe asthma exacerbations, but this could be explained by underlying racial ancestry or disease severity. Little is known about vitamin D and asthma in Puerto Ricans.....
Read more here: atsjournals.org
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Is your child asthma-prone?
Premature babies at higher asthma risk
Anew study has found that babies born earlier than completion of full term at the time of their birth are more likely to develop childhood asthma.....
Read more here: thehindu.com
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Asthma
Gabrielle - posted
My son has asthma and he does the nebulizer twice a day (budosenide) and I have albuterol as well.. I did the bud. Twice today but he is still coughing.. Last night he sounded croupy.. Should I give him an albuterol treatment??......
Read more here: circleofmoms.com
Abstract
Rationale: Vitamin D insufficiency (a serum 25(OH)D <30 ng/ml) has been associated with severe asthma exacerbations, but this could be explained by underlying racial ancestry or disease severity. Little is known about vitamin D and asthma in Puerto Ricans.....
Read more here: atsjournals.org
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Is your child asthma-prone?
Premature babies at higher asthma risk
Anew study has found that babies born earlier than completion of full term at the time of their birth are more likely to develop childhood asthma.....
Read more here: thehindu.com
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Asthma
Gabrielle - posted
My son has asthma and he does the nebulizer twice a day (budosenide) and I have albuterol as well.. I did the bud. Twice today but he is still coughing.. Last night he sounded croupy.. Should I give him an albuterol treatment??......
Read more here: circleofmoms.com
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