Most Asthma Patients Do Not Know the Correct Use of Inhalers- Study
Only 7% of inhaler users and 16% of patients with epinephrine auto injectors were able to demonstrate correct use of their device according to a new study.....
Read more here: americanlivewire.com
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How to Keep Holiday Scents From Causing Asthma Attacks
For many people, the smells of a cinnamon- or pine-scented candle or a freshly cut tree evokes good memories. But for some people, those well-known aromas present a serious health risk.....
Read more here: health.clevelandclinic.org
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Green Bay boy who died of asthma attack leaves imprint on 49ers
SANTA CLARA The assignment: Write a letter to a hero or someone you admire and see if that person writes you back.
Ty Vankilsdonk, 12, addressed his letter to 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, which may be a common choice for sixth-grade boys in places like Turlock or Sacramento or Santa Cruz but was a unique one in his hometown.....
Read more here: sacbee.com
Saturday, December 20, 2014
Friday, December 19, 2014
Many patients with allergies or asthma do not use medical devices correctly
Most inhaler and epinephrine auto-injector users do not know how to use these medical devices properly to manage asthma or to treat severe allergic reactions, says the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (ACAAI). The study was announced on Dec. 18, 2014, and was published in the “Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology,” the journal of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI).....
Read more here: examiner.com
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Asthma In Babies: Knowing About Causes and Treatment Methods
Asthma is becoming one of the most common things among the children. And most importantly, when children suffer with the asthma disease, it becomes really very vulnerable for children and hard to handle for parents and guardians.....
Read more here: newtoasthma.com
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Tips to Make Winter Easier on Your Asthma
For people with asthma, the winter can worsen their symptoms. “There are two issues with winter for people with asthma,” notes Marilyn Li, MD, an allergist and immunologist with the LAC+USC Healthcare Network in Los Angeles. “One is that the air is cold and dry, and the other is people have more sinus and upper respiratory infections, either of which can trigger or worsen asthma attacks.....
Read more here: horizonprimarycare.com
Most inhaler and epinephrine auto-injector users do not know how to use these medical devices properly to manage asthma or to treat severe allergic reactions, says the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (ACAAI). The study was announced on Dec. 18, 2014, and was published in the “Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology,” the journal of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI).....
Read more here: examiner.com
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Asthma In Babies: Knowing About Causes and Treatment Methods
Asthma is becoming one of the most common things among the children. And most importantly, when children suffer with the asthma disease, it becomes really very vulnerable for children and hard to handle for parents and guardians.....
Read more here: newtoasthma.com
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Tips to Make Winter Easier on Your Asthma
For people with asthma, the winter can worsen their symptoms. “There are two issues with winter for people with asthma,” notes Marilyn Li, MD, an allergist and immunologist with the LAC+USC Healthcare Network in Los Angeles. “One is that the air is cold and dry, and the other is people have more sinus and upper respiratory infections, either of which can trigger or worsen asthma attacks.....
Read more here: horizonprimarycare.com
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Asthma Friendly Candy Cane Chocolate Chip Cookies
If you are looking for a fun, tasty and asthma friendly cookie recipe to leave on Santa’s plate this year, then boy do we have one for you. This recipe uses candy canes! Yup you ready correctly. We have you taking those tasty babies right off the tree, crush them up coarsely and add them to them to our cookie batter.....
Read more here: livingwithasthma.net
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Are Your Asthma Symptoms Worse around EMFs?
Suffering from asthma symptoms is challenging enough, without elements in your environment making them worse. Unfortunately, it’s now known that asthma symptoms are exacerbated by electromagnetic radiation—also known as EMFs.....
Read more here: earthcalm.com
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Well Insulated Homes Heighten Asthma Risk
With winter upon us, it's hard to argue that a well insulated home is a bad thing. However, new research has found that the more insulated a home is, the more likely its residents could suffer from an asthmatic attack or even devolve the respiratory conditions in the first place. So what's going on here?.....
Read more here: natureworldnews.com
If you are looking for a fun, tasty and asthma friendly cookie recipe to leave on Santa’s plate this year, then boy do we have one for you. This recipe uses candy canes! Yup you ready correctly. We have you taking those tasty babies right off the tree, crush them up coarsely and add them to them to our cookie batter.....
Read more here: livingwithasthma.net
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Are Your Asthma Symptoms Worse around EMFs?
Suffering from asthma symptoms is challenging enough, without elements in your environment making them worse. Unfortunately, it’s now known that asthma symptoms are exacerbated by electromagnetic radiation—also known as EMFs.....
Read more here: earthcalm.com
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Well Insulated Homes Heighten Asthma Risk
With winter upon us, it's hard to argue that a well insulated home is a bad thing. However, new research has found that the more insulated a home is, the more likely its residents could suffer from an asthmatic attack or even devolve the respiratory conditions in the first place. So what's going on here?.....
Read more here: natureworldnews.com
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Induced Sputum Method Could Be A Better Biomonitor For Children With Asthma
Professor Elizabeth Fireman from the Sackler Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University (TAU) and the Institute for Pulmonary and Allergic Diseases at TAU-affiliated Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, recently tested a new technique called Induced Sputum (IS) to obtain lung samples for screening that might be useful for testing children suffering with asthma.....
Read more here: lungdiseasenews.com
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Southampton Uni Use Fruit Flies In Asthma Study
Researchers at the University of Southampton are to conduct a new study involving fruit flies, to find out more about asthma.
Over the past two decades a number of asthma genes have been identified, but their functions and how small genetic changes lead to asthma remain poorly understood.....
Read more here: heart.co.uk
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Asthma and exercise can coexist
Asthma: It's that first breath that always seems the worst.
The chest tightens and the airways spasm. A cough, a wheeze and an attack.
Especially when it's exacerbated by the cold of winter, asthma is a discomfort for some and a medical issue for many.....
Read more here: northjersey.com
Professor Elizabeth Fireman from the Sackler Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University (TAU) and the Institute for Pulmonary and Allergic Diseases at TAU-affiliated Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, recently tested a new technique called Induced Sputum (IS) to obtain lung samples for screening that might be useful for testing children suffering with asthma.....
Read more here: lungdiseasenews.com
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Southampton Uni Use Fruit Flies In Asthma Study
Researchers at the University of Southampton are to conduct a new study involving fruit flies, to find out more about asthma.
Over the past two decades a number of asthma genes have been identified, but their functions and how small genetic changes lead to asthma remain poorly understood.....
Read more here: heart.co.uk
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Asthma and exercise can coexist
Asthma: It's that first breath that always seems the worst.
The chest tightens and the airways spasm. A cough, a wheeze and an attack.
Especially when it's exacerbated by the cold of winter, asthma is a discomfort for some and a medical issue for many.....
Read more here: northjersey.com
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Learning to Inhale: Asthma Management Tips for Children
Although asthma is a serious disease, there are many ways to control it in children and keep them healthy. Asthma causes swelling and inflammation in the airways that lead to the lungs and make it hard to breathe. Symptoms can include wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness and coughing.....
Read more here: littlerockfamily.com
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Asthma Attacks Caused by Colds May be Reduced with New Blood Tests
Patients suffering from asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who are more susceptible to be infected with the rhinoviruses that cause colds or severe flare-ups due to colds may be now be able to reduce these health risks through a blood test that is able to predict attacks. Discovered by a group of researchers from the Institute of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research at the MedUni Vienna, the blood test may be able to filter the risk and reduce not only incidence but also severity.....
Read more here: lungdiseasenews.com
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Energy-efficient homes may boost asthma risks
A new study has found that certain energy efficiency measures in homes may increase the risk of developing asthma.
Scientists from the University of Exeter Medical School in the U.K. worked with social housing provider Coastline Housing to collect and assess data on residents of 700 properties. They found that those living in energy efficient homes were more at risk of asthma than those not living in energy efficient homes.....
Read more here: healthcentral.com
Although asthma is a serious disease, there are many ways to control it in children and keep them healthy. Asthma causes swelling and inflammation in the airways that lead to the lungs and make it hard to breathe. Symptoms can include wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness and coughing.....
Read more here: littlerockfamily.com
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Asthma Attacks Caused by Colds May be Reduced with New Blood Tests
Patients suffering from asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who are more susceptible to be infected with the rhinoviruses that cause colds or severe flare-ups due to colds may be now be able to reduce these health risks through a blood test that is able to predict attacks. Discovered by a group of researchers from the Institute of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research at the MedUni Vienna, the blood test may be able to filter the risk and reduce not only incidence but also severity.....
Read more here: lungdiseasenews.com
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Energy-efficient homes may boost asthma risks
A new study has found that certain energy efficiency measures in homes may increase the risk of developing asthma.
Scientists from the University of Exeter Medical School in the U.K. worked with social housing provider Coastline Housing to collect and assess data on residents of 700 properties. They found that those living in energy efficient homes were more at risk of asthma than those not living in energy efficient homes.....
Read more here: healthcentral.com
Monday, December 15, 2014
Higher asthma risk in toddlers who share bed with parents
Toddlers who share a bed with their parents could have an increased risk of asthma in later life, suggests new research. Toddlers who sleep in the same bed as their parents may be at increased risk of developing asthma, according to a new study published in the European Respiratory Journal.....
Read more here: full-timewhistle.com
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Andrea Jensen: supermom, asthma education advocate, employee of the year
Andrea Jensen is the type of woman who coworkers talk about.
Sometimes they say to me, "I bet you think about work when you’re at home,’" Jensen said.
She laughs. “I do!” she replies.....
Read more here: heraldextra.com
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Hundreds turn out for football event in memory of asthma attack victim Cameron Good
HUNDREDS of friends, family and fellow pupils have turned out for a football tournament to remember ten-year-old Cameron Good.
Cameron, of Hardane, Orchard Park, died after suffering a massive asthma attack during football practice.
He attended St Anthony’s Catholic Primary School in Danepark.....
Read more here: hulldailymail.co.uk
Toddlers who share a bed with their parents could have an increased risk of asthma in later life, suggests new research. Toddlers who sleep in the same bed as their parents may be at increased risk of developing asthma, according to a new study published in the European Respiratory Journal.....
Read more here: full-timewhistle.com
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Andrea Jensen: supermom, asthma education advocate, employee of the year
Andrea Jensen is the type of woman who coworkers talk about.
Sometimes they say to me, "I bet you think about work when you’re at home,’" Jensen said.
She laughs. “I do!” she replies.....
Read more here: heraldextra.com
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Hundreds turn out for football event in memory of asthma attack victim Cameron Good
HUNDREDS of friends, family and fellow pupils have turned out for a football tournament to remember ten-year-old Cameron Good.
Cameron, of Hardane, Orchard Park, died after suffering a massive asthma attack during football practice.
He attended St Anthony’s Catholic Primary School in Danepark.....
Read more here: hulldailymail.co.uk
Sunday, December 14, 2014
Dash Cam Video Of Man Who Died From Asthma Attack After Police Stop Released (Video)
Dash cam video has been released of a police officer pulling over a couple that was rushing to the hospital.
Casey Kressin, 29, was suffering from an asthma attack and his girlfriend was rushing him to the hospital when her vehicle was pulled over by a Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, police officer.....
Read more here: opposingviews.com
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Asthma and exercise can coexist
Asthma: It’s that first breath that always seems the worst.
The chest tightens and the airways spasm. A cough, a wheeze and an attack.
Especially when it’s exacerbated by the cold of winter, asthma is a discomfort for some and a medical issue for many.....
Read more here: newsleader.com
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Adenotonsillectomy and asthma outcomes in children
A longitudinal database analysis from the USA has suggested that adenotonsillectomy can significantly improve asthma control in children, and suggested that obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is associated with the severity of asthma in these children.....
Read more here: medicinetoday.com.au
Dash cam video has been released of a police officer pulling over a couple that was rushing to the hospital.
Casey Kressin, 29, was suffering from an asthma attack and his girlfriend was rushing him to the hospital when her vehicle was pulled over by a Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, police officer.....
Read more here: opposingviews.com
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Asthma and exercise can coexist
Asthma: It’s that first breath that always seems the worst.
The chest tightens and the airways spasm. A cough, a wheeze and an attack.
Especially when it’s exacerbated by the cold of winter, asthma is a discomfort for some and a medical issue for many.....
Read more here: newsleader.com
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Adenotonsillectomy and asthma outcomes in children
A longitudinal database analysis from the USA has suggested that adenotonsillectomy can significantly improve asthma control in children, and suggested that obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is associated with the severity of asthma in these children.....
Read more here: medicinetoday.com.au
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