How Fruits and Vegetables Can Help Treat Asthma
In my video Preventing Asthma With Fruits and Vegetables, I highlighted an international study of asthma and allergies involving more than a million kids. The study found a consistent inverse relationship between prevalence rates of asthma, allergies, and eczema and the intake of plants, starch, grains, and vegetables. Researchers speculated “over a decade ago that if these findings could be generalized, and if the average daily consumption of these foods increased, an important decrease in symptom prevalence could be achieved.” No need to speculate any more, though, because plants were finally put to the test.....
Read more here: care2.com
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Vitamin D deficiency ups odds of asthma exacerbation
Vitamin D deficiency is associated with increased odds of asthma exacerbations, according to a study published in the December issue of Allergy.
Ronit Confino-Cohen, M.D., from the Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba, Israel, and colleagues examined the correlations between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) level and asthma in a cohort of Israeli adults aged 22 to 50 years. Participants with physician-diagnosed asthma and asthma exacerbation were identified.....
Read more here: medicalxpress.com
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Sleep Apnea Surgery: A Remedy for Childhood Asthma?
Surgery to treat obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), which entails tonsil and adenoid removal, also improved asthma in affected children, research suggested.....
Read more here: hcplive.com
Saturday, December 6, 2014
Friday, December 5, 2014
Novel approach to treating asthma: Neutralize the trigger
Current asthma treatments can alleviate wheezing, coughing and other symptoms felt by millions of Americans every year, but they don’t get to the root cause of the condition. Now, for the first time, scientists are reporting a new approach to defeating asthma by targeting the trigger — the allergen — before it can spark an attack. They describe their new compound, which they tested on rats, in ACS’ Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.....
Read more here: acs.org
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Confounding familial factors could influence link between antibiotics, childhood asthma
Researchers found no causal link between antibiotics in early life and childhood asthma, but confounding factors shared within families could influence such an association, according to recent study results.....
Read more here: healio.com
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War against a notorious asthma-triggering weed
A number of people in the City are being affected by parthenium, a kind of weed, whose pollen is a major asthma-trigger.
Though the war against parthenium was launched by the State and Centre 30 years ago and relaunched a decade ago, it has done nothing to tackle the weed menace. With asthma cases continuing to rise, controlling the notoriously mushrooming growth of parthenium is a major challenge for Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and other agencies. “We have not paid any attention so far. But we are thinking of taking up the issue to health concerns,” said Brijesh Kumar, chief conservator of forests, BBMP.....
Read more here: deccanherald.com
Current asthma treatments can alleviate wheezing, coughing and other symptoms felt by millions of Americans every year, but they don’t get to the root cause of the condition. Now, for the first time, scientists are reporting a new approach to defeating asthma by targeting the trigger — the allergen — before it can spark an attack. They describe their new compound, which they tested on rats, in ACS’ Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.....
Read more here: acs.org
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Confounding familial factors could influence link between antibiotics, childhood asthma
Researchers found no causal link between antibiotics in early life and childhood asthma, but confounding factors shared within families could influence such an association, according to recent study results.....
Read more here: healio.com
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War against a notorious asthma-triggering weed
A number of people in the City are being affected by parthenium, a kind of weed, whose pollen is a major asthma-trigger.
Though the war against parthenium was launched by the State and Centre 30 years ago and relaunched a decade ago, it has done nothing to tackle the weed menace. With asthma cases continuing to rise, controlling the notoriously mushrooming growth of parthenium is a major challenge for Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and other agencies. “We have not paid any attention so far. But we are thinking of taking up the issue to health concerns,” said Brijesh Kumar, chief conservator of forests, BBMP.....
Read more here: deccanherald.com
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Football-mad schoolboy, 11, collapsed and died after suffering severe asthma attack on his way to a match with his friends
An 11-year-old schoolboy collapsed and died after suffering a severe asthma attack on his way to play football with friends.
Kyle Hall was struggling for breath in a car driven by a friend's mother, not far from his home in Chadderton, Greater Manchester, on Saturday afternoon.....
Read more here: dailymail.co.uk
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Causal link between antibiotics, childhood asthma dismissed
In a new study, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden are able to dismiss previous claims that there is a link between the increased use of antibiotics in society and a coinciding rise in childhood asthma.....
Read more here: iran-daily.com
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Man having asthma attack dies after officer stops speeding car, calls for help
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. — The police chief of Chippewa Falls says an officer followed standard protocol by stopping a speeding car carrying a passenger who was later pronounced dead at a local hospital.....
Read more here: startribune.com
An 11-year-old schoolboy collapsed and died after suffering a severe asthma attack on his way to play football with friends.
Kyle Hall was struggling for breath in a car driven by a friend's mother, not far from his home in Chadderton, Greater Manchester, on Saturday afternoon.....
Read more here: dailymail.co.uk
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Causal link between antibiotics, childhood asthma dismissed
In a new study, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden are able to dismiss previous claims that there is a link between the increased use of antibiotics in society and a coinciding rise in childhood asthma.....
Read more here: iran-daily.com
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Man having asthma attack dies after officer stops speeding car, calls for help
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. — The police chief of Chippewa Falls says an officer followed standard protocol by stopping a speeding car carrying a passenger who was later pronounced dead at a local hospital.....
Read more here: startribune.com
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Research Reveals that Some Asthma Medications may be Dangerous when Used in Children, Parker Waichman Comments
Serious adverse reactions, including psychiatric, respiratory, thoracic, mediastinal, skin, and subcutaneous disorders, and death were reported in association with use of asthma medications in children.....
Read more here: virtual-strategy.com
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Home-Based Intervention Improves Asthma Control in Adult Asthma Patients
Quality of life also was better, compared with usual care.
Patients in lower socioeconomic groups are affected disproportionately by asthma, and many adult patients do not know how to self-manage their disease. Researchers in Seattle randomized 366 lower-income adults with uncontrolled asthma to home-based asthma management or usual asthma care. The home-based program included five in-home visits during 7 months from trained community health workers who provided asthma education (e.g., asthma action plans, spacers, inhalers, allergen avoidance measures) and social services support.....
Read more here: jwatch.org
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Chiropractic Good for Treating Asthma
Although most of my Middleburg Heights, OH chiropractic patients use my services in an effort to either protect their spinal health or treat pain associated with its misalignment, research has shown that regular spinal manipulations can benefit other health problems as well. Case in point: asthma.....
Read more here: docbaker.net
Serious adverse reactions, including psychiatric, respiratory, thoracic, mediastinal, skin, and subcutaneous disorders, and death were reported in association with use of asthma medications in children.....
Read more here: virtual-strategy.com
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Home-Based Intervention Improves Asthma Control in Adult Asthma Patients
Quality of life also was better, compared with usual care.
Patients in lower socioeconomic groups are affected disproportionately by asthma, and many adult patients do not know how to self-manage their disease. Researchers in Seattle randomized 366 lower-income adults with uncontrolled asthma to home-based asthma management or usual asthma care. The home-based program included five in-home visits during 7 months from trained community health workers who provided asthma education (e.g., asthma action plans, spacers, inhalers, allergen avoidance measures) and social services support.....
Read more here: jwatch.org
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Chiropractic Good for Treating Asthma
Although most of my Middleburg Heights, OH chiropractic patients use my services in an effort to either protect their spinal health or treat pain associated with its misalignment, research has shown that regular spinal manipulations can benefit other health problems as well. Case in point: asthma.....
Read more here: docbaker.net
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Texas Indoor Air Quality Consultants Help Identify Asthma Triggers in Homes, Schools and Offices
In the United States, asthma affects approximately 25 million people, including 7 million children according to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that in 2010, asthma caused 14.2 million visits to physician offices and the following year resulted in 3,345 deaths.....
Read more here: webwire.com
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Asthma plan reduces problems
“Asthma can be very tricky to treat in young children. They have difficulty expressing their symptoms, which can grow severe enough to merit hospitalization,” says Dr. Paola Portela, pediatrician in the Woodridge Clinic.....
Read more here: mysuburbanlife.com
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Researchers dismiss causal link between antibiotics treatment and childhood asthma
In a new register study in the scientific journal BMJ, researchers at Karolinska Institutet are able to dismiss previous claims that there is a link between the increased use of antibiotics in society and a coinciding rise in childhood asthma. The study includes half a million children and shows that exposure to antibiotics during pregnancy or early in life does not appear to increase the risk of asthma.....
Read more here: news-medical.net
In the United States, asthma affects approximately 25 million people, including 7 million children according to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that in 2010, asthma caused 14.2 million visits to physician offices and the following year resulted in 3,345 deaths.....
Read more here: webwire.com
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Asthma plan reduces problems
“Asthma can be very tricky to treat in young children. They have difficulty expressing their symptoms, which can grow severe enough to merit hospitalization,” says Dr. Paola Portela, pediatrician in the Woodridge Clinic.....
Read more here: mysuburbanlife.com
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Researchers dismiss causal link between antibiotics treatment and childhood asthma
In a new register study in the scientific journal BMJ, researchers at Karolinska Institutet are able to dismiss previous claims that there is a link between the increased use of antibiotics in society and a coinciding rise in childhood asthma. The study includes half a million children and shows that exposure to antibiotics during pregnancy or early in life does not appear to increase the risk of asthma.....
Read more here: news-medical.net
Monday, December 1, 2014
Childhood exposure to paracetamol not directly associated with increased asthma risk
1. This meta-analysis could not conclusively attribute increased asthma risk to in utero or early life paracetamol exposure.
2. While initial analysis showed an association between paracetamol exposure and asthma risk, controlling for coincident upper respiratory tract infections negated the association.....
Read more here: 2minutemedicine.com
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Can foods I eat affect my asthma symptoms?
Yuma, Arizona - There's no asthma diet that will eliminate your symptoms. But these steps may help:
- Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables. They're a good source of antioxidants such as beta carotene and vitamins C and E, which may help reduce lung swelling and irritation (inflammation) caused by cell-damaging chemicals known as free radicals.....
Read more here: yumanewsnow.com
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Asthma sufferers not getting basic care
Eight out of ten asthma sufferers are still not receiving the basic care they need, a charity has said, six months after a warning that NHS complacency was costing hundreds of deaths a year.....
Read more here: thetimes.co.uk
1. This meta-analysis could not conclusively attribute increased asthma risk to in utero or early life paracetamol exposure.
2. While initial analysis showed an association between paracetamol exposure and asthma risk, controlling for coincident upper respiratory tract infections negated the association.....
Read more here: 2minutemedicine.com
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Can foods I eat affect my asthma symptoms?
Yuma, Arizona - There's no asthma diet that will eliminate your symptoms. But these steps may help:
- Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables. They're a good source of antioxidants such as beta carotene and vitamins C and E, which may help reduce lung swelling and irritation (inflammation) caused by cell-damaging chemicals known as free radicals.....
Read more here: yumanewsnow.com
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Asthma sufferers not getting basic care
Eight out of ten asthma sufferers are still not receiving the basic care they need, a charity has said, six months after a warning that NHS complacency was costing hundreds of deaths a year.....
Read more here: thetimes.co.uk
Sunday, November 30, 2014
Florida Police Shoot At Unarmed Man Speeding Home To Save His Daughter From Asthma Attack
While rushing home to obtain his daughter’s asthma medication, Brian Dennison, 29, was shot at by a Jacksonville sheriff, J.C Garcia. At the last-minute the officer was able to divert his weapon after and Dennison was unharmed. Dennison’s daughter, who was in the back seat, was suffering from an asthma attack at the time of the pursuit and was also unharmed.....
Read more here: newpittsburghcourieronline.com
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The scary link between asthma and dementia (and how to break it)
As if these two conditions weren’t each terrifying enough on their own, a new study suggests there’s a link between asthma and dementia.
The study looked at 55,000 people over 45. Around 1/5 of them had asthma. Researchers monitored them for up to 13 years. The results were stunning—and not in a good way.....
Read more here: drpescatore.com
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Treatment of silent acid reflux does not improve asthma in children, NIH study finds
Adding the acid reflux drug lansoprazole to a standard inhaled steroid treatment for asthma does not improve asthma control in children who have no symptom of acid reflux, according to a new study funded in part by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health. Lansoprazole therapy slightly increased the risk of sore throats and other respiratory problems in children, however.....
Read more here: nhlbi.nih.gov
While rushing home to obtain his daughter’s asthma medication, Brian Dennison, 29, was shot at by a Jacksonville sheriff, J.C Garcia. At the last-minute the officer was able to divert his weapon after and Dennison was unharmed. Dennison’s daughter, who was in the back seat, was suffering from an asthma attack at the time of the pursuit and was also unharmed.....
Read more here: newpittsburghcourieronline.com
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The scary link between asthma and dementia (and how to break it)
As if these two conditions weren’t each terrifying enough on their own, a new study suggests there’s a link between asthma and dementia.
The study looked at 55,000 people over 45. Around 1/5 of them had asthma. Researchers monitored them for up to 13 years. The results were stunning—and not in a good way.....
Read more here: drpescatore.com
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Treatment of silent acid reflux does not improve asthma in children, NIH study finds
Adding the acid reflux drug lansoprazole to a standard inhaled steroid treatment for asthma does not improve asthma control in children who have no symptom of acid reflux, according to a new study funded in part by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health. Lansoprazole therapy slightly increased the risk of sore throats and other respiratory problems in children, however.....
Read more here: nhlbi.nih.gov
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