A Comparison of Three Methods to Measure Asthma in Epidemiologic Studies: Results from the Danish National Birth Cohort
Abstract
Asthma is a heterogeneous outcome and how the condition should be measured to best capture clinically relevant disease in epidemiologic studies remains unclear. We compared three methods of measuring asthma in the Danish National Birth Cohort (n>50.000). When the children were 7 years old, the prevalence of asthma was estimated from a self-administered questionnaire using parental report of doctor diagnoses, ICD-10 diagnoses from a population-based hospitalization registry, and data on anti-asthmatic medication from a population-based prescription registry.....
Read more here: journals.plos.org
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New cellular pathway triggering allergic asthma response identified
A novel signaling pathway critical to the immune response of cells associated with the initiation of allergic asthma has been identified by researchers. The discovery, they say, could point the way to new therapies that suppress the inflammatory allergic response, offering potential relief to millions of Americans with the chronic lung condition and potentially other allergic diseases.....
Read more here: sciencedaily.com
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No Benefit of Omega-3 acid Supplements for Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction in Asthma
Medical Research: What is the background for this study?
Response: The use of omega-3 acid supplements as treatments for allergic diseases including asthma is controversial. Studies by investigators from Indiana University in the USA have repeatedly demonstrated a beneficial effect of high dose omega-3 fatty acid supplements over 3 weeks in attenuating exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) similar or possibly better in potency to what may be expected with a regular inhaled corticosteroids.....
Read more here: medicalresearch.com
Saturday, January 24, 2015
Friday, January 23, 2015
Back to school dangerous time for children with asthma
Asthma Foundation NSW is urging parents and carers of children with asthma to be aware of signs and symptoms, and familiarise themselves with asthma first aid in time for the dangerous back to school period.....
Read more here: asthmaaustralia.org.au
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10 Natural Herbs To Treat Asthma
Asthma is a chronic disease in which there is inflammation and narrowing of airways in the lungs. Asthma causes wheezing (a whistling sound when you breathe), chest tightness, shortness of breath, and coughing. These airways allow air to come in and out of the lungs.....
Read more here: boldsky.com
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Jefferson Scientists Find Clues to Safer Asthma Drug
Researchers at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia have identified a promising new drug target that points the way to a second generation of asthma treatments.
Beta-agonists are highly effective for asthmatics: they turn on receptors to relax muscles lining the airways, opening them up, and allowing a user to breathe better. But for some patients, they can stop working — and there can be serious side effects, including death.....
Read more here: nbcphiladelphia.com
Asthma Foundation NSW is urging parents and carers of children with asthma to be aware of signs and symptoms, and familiarise themselves with asthma first aid in time for the dangerous back to school period.....
Read more here: asthmaaustralia.org.au
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10 Natural Herbs To Treat Asthma
Asthma is a chronic disease in which there is inflammation and narrowing of airways in the lungs. Asthma causes wheezing (a whistling sound when you breathe), chest tightness, shortness of breath, and coughing. These airways allow air to come in and out of the lungs.....
Read more here: boldsky.com
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Jefferson Scientists Find Clues to Safer Asthma Drug
Researchers at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia have identified a promising new drug target that points the way to a second generation of asthma treatments.
Beta-agonists are highly effective for asthmatics: they turn on receptors to relax muscles lining the airways, opening them up, and allowing a user to breathe better. But for some patients, they can stop working — and there can be serious side effects, including death.....
Read more here: nbcphiladelphia.com
Thursday, January 22, 2015
Researchers rethink inner-city asthma theory
TUESDAY, Jan. 20, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- A new study challenges the widely held belief that inner-city children have a higher risk of asthma simply because of where they live.
Race, ethnicity and income have much stronger effects on asthma risk than where children live, the Johns Hopkins Children's Center researchers reported.
The investigators looked at more than 23,000 children, aged 6 to 17, across the United States and found that asthma rates were 13 percent among inner-city children and 11 percent among those in suburban or rural areas.....
Read more here: wtoc.com
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Area principal nearly charged with crime for helping student suffering asthma attack
LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — The Woodland police chief says no charges will be filed against a school principal who gave her prescription inhaler to a student having an asthma attack.
Chief Phillip Crochet says Woodland Middle School Principal Cari Thomson may have acted illegally by sharing a prescription medication, but it may have saved the boy’s life.....
Read more here: q13fox.com
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Figs for Asthma?
As my last post indicated that I suffered from asthma. I was sick before Christmas and still not totally recovered up to now. I am doing and feeling much better though. I am grateful that God used those medications to help me. I can still heard my wheezing, I think I still have a lot of phlegm.....
Read more here: cgpgallery.com
TUESDAY, Jan. 20, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- A new study challenges the widely held belief that inner-city children have a higher risk of asthma simply because of where they live.
Race, ethnicity and income have much stronger effects on asthma risk than where children live, the Johns Hopkins Children's Center researchers reported.
The investigators looked at more than 23,000 children, aged 6 to 17, across the United States and found that asthma rates were 13 percent among inner-city children and 11 percent among those in suburban or rural areas.....
Read more here: wtoc.com
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Area principal nearly charged with crime for helping student suffering asthma attack
LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — The Woodland police chief says no charges will be filed against a school principal who gave her prescription inhaler to a student having an asthma attack.
Chief Phillip Crochet says Woodland Middle School Principal Cari Thomson may have acted illegally by sharing a prescription medication, but it may have saved the boy’s life.....
Read more here: q13fox.com
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Figs for Asthma?
As my last post indicated that I suffered from asthma. I was sick before Christmas and still not totally recovered up to now. I am doing and feeling much better though. I am grateful that God used those medications to help me. I can still heard my wheezing, I think I still have a lot of phlegm.....
Read more here: cgpgallery.com
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Smart inhaler's beeps help Kiwi kids beat asthma attacks
A trial with 220 Auckland children has proved that a "smart inhaler" that beeps when its user forgets to puff from it can dramatically reduce asthma symptoms.
The device, developed by a New Zealand company, can be set to play animal sounds or songs at the times each day that children need to take a puff of preventive medication.....
Read more here: odt.co.nz
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More children in UAE suffering from asthma than ever before
DUBAI // More children are suffering from allergies and chronic asthma – and escaping indoors may not be enough to avoid the symptoms.
Emiratis are 4.2 times more likely than expatriates to suffer from asthma, and women 1.8 times more likely than men. In 2011, there were 139,092 reported cases of asthma attacks.....
Read more here: thenational.ae
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Is Race A Bigger Contributor To Asthma Than Habitat?
For a long time, health officials thought the city, alone, caused more child asthma cases, but a new study indicates that race may be a bigger contributor.
“Our results highlight the changing face of pediatric asthma and suggest that living in an urban area is, by itself, not a risk factor for asthma,” comments lead investigator Dr. Corrine Keet. The pediatric allergy and asthma specialist continues, “Instead, we see that poverty and being African American or Puerto Rican are the most potent predictors of asthma risk.”.....
Read more here: diabetesinsider.com
A trial with 220 Auckland children has proved that a "smart inhaler" that beeps when its user forgets to puff from it can dramatically reduce asthma symptoms.
The device, developed by a New Zealand company, can be set to play animal sounds or songs at the times each day that children need to take a puff of preventive medication.....
Read more here: odt.co.nz
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More children in UAE suffering from asthma than ever before
DUBAI // More children are suffering from allergies and chronic asthma – and escaping indoors may not be enough to avoid the symptoms.
Emiratis are 4.2 times more likely than expatriates to suffer from asthma, and women 1.8 times more likely than men. In 2011, there were 139,092 reported cases of asthma attacks.....
Read more here: thenational.ae
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Is Race A Bigger Contributor To Asthma Than Habitat?
For a long time, health officials thought the city, alone, caused more child asthma cases, but a new study indicates that race may be a bigger contributor.
“Our results highlight the changing face of pediatric asthma and suggest that living in an urban area is, by itself, not a risk factor for asthma,” comments lead investigator Dr. Corrine Keet. The pediatric allergy and asthma specialist continues, “Instead, we see that poverty and being African American or Puerto Rican are the most potent predictors of asthma risk.”.....
Read more here: diabetesinsider.com
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Your 4 Step Plan to getting your asthma well controlled
Can you spot the warning signs of an asthma attack? If not, you’re not alone. Almost a third of callers to the Asthma UK Helpline (32%) don’t recognise they are actually experiencing the warning signs of an asthma attack. The good news is that, if you recognise the signs, there’s a lot you can do to stop an asthma attack in its tracks and help reduce your risk of symptoms.....
Read more here: asthma.org.uk
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Asthma UK response to cold weather alert
With reports of ice and cold weather due in Northern Ireland over the next few days it is vital that the one in 10 people with asthma in Northern Ireland are prepared, the Director of Asthma UK NI says.....
Read more here: ballymenatimes.com
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Asthma flares up mental health risk
Teenagers with asthma are more than twice as likely to have mental health problems as their peers, a national study has found.
A survey of 12 to 25-year-olds commissioned by Asthma Australia also revealed that two-thirds had poorly controlled asthma, which often put them in hospital.....
Read more here: au.news.yahoo.com
Can you spot the warning signs of an asthma attack? If not, you’re not alone. Almost a third of callers to the Asthma UK Helpline (32%) don’t recognise they are actually experiencing the warning signs of an asthma attack. The good news is that, if you recognise the signs, there’s a lot you can do to stop an asthma attack in its tracks and help reduce your risk of symptoms.....
Read more here: asthma.org.uk
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Asthma UK response to cold weather alert
With reports of ice and cold weather due in Northern Ireland over the next few days it is vital that the one in 10 people with asthma in Northern Ireland are prepared, the Director of Asthma UK NI says.....
Read more here: ballymenatimes.com
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Asthma flares up mental health risk
Teenagers with asthma are more than twice as likely to have mental health problems as their peers, a national study has found.
A survey of 12 to 25-year-olds commissioned by Asthma Australia also revealed that two-thirds had poorly controlled asthma, which often put them in hospital.....
Read more here: au.news.yahoo.com
Monday, January 19, 2015
Genetic mutations can't explain asthma
Washington: Despite a strong suspected link between genetics and asthma, genetic mutations account for only a small part of the risk for developing the disease, shows a new study.
Rare and low frequency genetic mutations have been thought to explain this missing heritability, but they are unlikely to play a major role.....
Read more here: zeenews.india.com
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Effects of BMI, Fat Mass, and Lean Mass on Asthma in Childhood: A Mendelian Randomization Study
Abstract
Background
Observational studies have reported associations between body mass index (BMI) and asthma, but confounding and reverse causality remain plausible explanations. We aim to investigate evidence for a causal effect of BMI on asthma using a Mendelian randomization approach.....
Read more here: journals.plos.org
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AFC Kingston Panther's first home game since player Cameron Good, 10, died from asthma called off
THE first home game of tragic Cameron Good’s football team since he died has been called off due to a frozen pitch.
The AFC Kingston Panthers were to take on Sproatley Juniors this morning at Cleeve Primary School in Warne Road, Bransholme.....
Read more here: hulldailymail.co.uk
Washington: Despite a strong suspected link between genetics and asthma, genetic mutations account for only a small part of the risk for developing the disease, shows a new study.
Rare and low frequency genetic mutations have been thought to explain this missing heritability, but they are unlikely to play a major role.....
Read more here: zeenews.india.com
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Effects of BMI, Fat Mass, and Lean Mass on Asthma in Childhood: A Mendelian Randomization Study
Abstract
Background
Observational studies have reported associations between body mass index (BMI) and asthma, but confounding and reverse causality remain plausible explanations. We aim to investigate evidence for a causal effect of BMI on asthma using a Mendelian randomization approach.....
Read more here: journals.plos.org
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AFC Kingston Panther's first home game since player Cameron Good, 10, died from asthma called off
THE first home game of tragic Cameron Good’s football team since he died has been called off due to a frozen pitch.
The AFC Kingston Panthers were to take on Sproatley Juniors this morning at Cleeve Primary School in Warne Road, Bransholme.....
Read more here: hulldailymail.co.uk
Sunday, January 18, 2015
Winter sees spurt in asthma symptoms in UAE
Dubai — As the Middle East witnesses one of its worst winter storms in decades this month, asthma sufferers throughout the UAE may find themselves reaching for their inhalers more often than usual.
As if airborne dust from the continued construction works and sandstorms in the country aren’t triggers enough for those suffering from the condition, the recent cold weather spurt is almost guaranteed to worsen symptoms.....
Read more here: khaleejtimes.com
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5 Tried and True Remedies for Children’s Asthma
Nothing is scarier than witnessing your child suffer an asthma attack! There’s not much you can do other than administer their asthma medication and attempt some breathing strategies.
Sometimes trusting medication can be nerve racking because you often have no idea how it works; you simply trust your doctor or pharmacist.....
Read more here: healthy-holistic-living.com
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Fire crews rescue woman suffering from asthma attack from lift in Exeter
A woman suffering an asthma attack was one of three people rescued from a lift in Exeter this afternoon.
Emergency services were called to a building on Grendon Road, Exeter at 15:46 today after a lift had broken down.....
Read more here: exeterexpressandecho.co.uk
Dubai — As the Middle East witnesses one of its worst winter storms in decades this month, asthma sufferers throughout the UAE may find themselves reaching for their inhalers more often than usual.
As if airborne dust from the continued construction works and sandstorms in the country aren’t triggers enough for those suffering from the condition, the recent cold weather spurt is almost guaranteed to worsen symptoms.....
Read more here: khaleejtimes.com
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5 Tried and True Remedies for Children’s Asthma
Nothing is scarier than witnessing your child suffer an asthma attack! There’s not much you can do other than administer their asthma medication and attempt some breathing strategies.
Sometimes trusting medication can be nerve racking because you often have no idea how it works; you simply trust your doctor or pharmacist.....
Read more here: healthy-holistic-living.com
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Fire crews rescue woman suffering from asthma attack from lift in Exeter
A woman suffering an asthma attack was one of three people rescued from a lift in Exeter this afternoon.
Emergency services were called to a building on Grendon Road, Exeter at 15:46 today after a lift had broken down.....
Read more here: exeterexpressandecho.co.uk
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