Asthma Health app harnesses the power of Apple’s iPhone
A new app developed by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York and LifeMap Solutions aims to revolutionize asthma research by harnessing the power of Apple’s iPhone.
The Asthma Health app was one of a number of medical research apps unveiled during Apple's “Spring Forward” event on Monday. Using the tech giant's new ResearchKit open source software framework, the app aims to make it easy for asthma sufferers to participate in research studies via their iPhones.....
Read more here: foxnews.com
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Weight Loss Surgery Eases Asthma: Study
Weight-loss surgery not only helps obese people shed pounds and reverse diabetes, but it may also significantly reduce the risk of asthma attacks.
That’s the latest word from Massachusetts General Hospital researchers who found obese individuals with the lung disorder have fewer flare-ups after bariatric surgery.....
Read more here: newsmax.com
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Asthma among kids doubled in past one decade: Experts
JAIPUR: Increasing particulate matter (PM10) is one of the main causes of increasing respiratory diseases like asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Recently, environment minister Prakash Javadekar had expressed concern in Rajya Sabha over the exceeding prescribed level of particulate matter (PM10) in Alwar, Delhi and three other neighboring cities of Delhi.....
Read more here: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Saturday, March 14, 2015
Friday, March 13, 2015
New Approaches for Patients with Severe Asthma
Asthma is one of the most common chronic respiratory diseases in the United States. Most people with asthma do very well with current medications, but there are some patients who struggle despite taking these medications......
Read more here: healthhub.brighamandwomens.org
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Useful And Interesting Advice For Asthma Sufferers And Caregivers
Asthma is a chronic disease that can hugely impact your life. You should take the right steps in battling it so that it won’t become severe and out of control. This below article contains much-needed advice on different ways it can affect you.....
Read more here: complementsforhealth.com
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American Airlines finally refunds ticket for nine-year-old girl who died from asthma after company refused to give grieving family their money back for MONTHS
American Airlines has refunded a family's ticket for their daughter who died after a public outcry following their initial refusal to do so.
Madison 'Scout' Cantrell, 9, died tragically from an asthma attack that led to cardiac arrest five months ago, sending her family into deep and sudden grief.....
Read more here: dailymail.co.uk
Asthma is one of the most common chronic respiratory diseases in the United States. Most people with asthma do very well with current medications, but there are some patients who struggle despite taking these medications......
Read more here: healthhub.brighamandwomens.org
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Useful And Interesting Advice For Asthma Sufferers And Caregivers
Asthma is a chronic disease that can hugely impact your life. You should take the right steps in battling it so that it won’t become severe and out of control. This below article contains much-needed advice on different ways it can affect you.....
Read more here: complementsforhealth.com
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American Airlines finally refunds ticket for nine-year-old girl who died from asthma after company refused to give grieving family their money back for MONTHS
American Airlines has refunded a family's ticket for their daughter who died after a public outcry following their initial refusal to do so.
Madison 'Scout' Cantrell, 9, died tragically from an asthma attack that led to cardiac arrest five months ago, sending her family into deep and sudden grief.....
Read more here: dailymail.co.uk
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Parental Depression Increases Asthma Risk in Children
HealthDay News — A child may face an increased risk of asthma if the child's mother or father experienced depression during the pregnancy or if the mother took an older antidepressant to treat her condition, new research suggests. The study findings were published online in Pediatrics.....
Read more here: psychiatryadvisor.com
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Soldier John Sharpe and son Jonathan plan charity cycle in aid of schoolboy and asthma awareness
A father and son from the Rhymney Valley will cycle a staggering 170 miles in aid of a 12-year-old boy left brain damaged after suffering an asthma attack.
Serving soldier John Sharpe, 46, and his son Jonathan, 28, will cycle from Deepcut in Surrey to Bridgend on May 2 using A and B roads only.....
Read more here: walesonline.co.uk
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Scientists Open Door for Asthma Cure
Imagine a single drug that could prevent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, treat patients who have already contracted HIV, and even remove all the dormant copies of the virus from those with the more advanced disease. It sounds like science fiction, but Salk scientists have gotten one step closer to creating such a drug by customizing a powerful defense system used by many bacteria and training this scissor-like machinery to recognize the HIV virus.....
Read more here: dddmag.com
HealthDay News — A child may face an increased risk of asthma if the child's mother or father experienced depression during the pregnancy or if the mother took an older antidepressant to treat her condition, new research suggests. The study findings were published online in Pediatrics.....
Read more here: psychiatryadvisor.com
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Soldier John Sharpe and son Jonathan plan charity cycle in aid of schoolboy and asthma awareness
A father and son from the Rhymney Valley will cycle a staggering 170 miles in aid of a 12-year-old boy left brain damaged after suffering an asthma attack.
Serving soldier John Sharpe, 46, and his son Jonathan, 28, will cycle from Deepcut in Surrey to Bridgend on May 2 using A and B roads only.....
Read more here: walesonline.co.uk
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Scientists Open Door for Asthma Cure
Imagine a single drug that could prevent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, treat patients who have already contracted HIV, and even remove all the dormant copies of the virus from those with the more advanced disease. It sounds like science fiction, but Salk scientists have gotten one step closer to creating such a drug by customizing a powerful defense system used by many bacteria and training this scissor-like machinery to recognize the HIV virus.....
Read more here: dddmag.com
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Is An Asthma Cure Not Too Far Away? New Study Evaluates Genetic And Environmental Factors
New findings published in the journal Immunity examine a new potential for curing asthma. According to the study authors, a group of molecular immunologists at the Keck School of medicine of the University of Southern California (USC), along with investigators from Janssen Research and Development, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, believe this chronic lung disease could be eradicated with the help of a combination of genetic and environmental factors.....
Read more here: scienceworldreport.com
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Take action to decrease the burden of asthma in women
In the European Union women live on average five years longer than men but report having lower satisfaction with their health status. The quality of life and wellbeing women experience as they age is not always satisfactory. Chronic diseases are responsible for a large part of illness, disability and mortality in the EU, accounting for 86% of all deaths. In 2012, the number of years women who lived with a disease accounted for 26% of their entire lifespan, an issue that needs to be examined and highlighted on International Women’s Day.....
Read more here: allwebsolutions.net
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Depression in Pregnancy and Child's Asthma Risk
MONDAY, March 9, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- A child may face an increased risk of asthma if the child's mother experienced depression during her pregnancy or she took an older antidepressant to treat her condition, new research suggests.....
Read more here: webmd.com
New findings published in the journal Immunity examine a new potential for curing asthma. According to the study authors, a group of molecular immunologists at the Keck School of medicine of the University of Southern California (USC), along with investigators from Janssen Research and Development, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, believe this chronic lung disease could be eradicated with the help of a combination of genetic and environmental factors.....
Read more here: scienceworldreport.com
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Take action to decrease the burden of asthma in women
In the European Union women live on average five years longer than men but report having lower satisfaction with their health status. The quality of life and wellbeing women experience as they age is not always satisfactory. Chronic diseases are responsible for a large part of illness, disability and mortality in the EU, accounting for 86% of all deaths. In 2012, the number of years women who lived with a disease accounted for 26% of their entire lifespan, an issue that needs to be examined and highlighted on International Women’s Day.....
Read more here: allwebsolutions.net
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Depression in Pregnancy and Child's Asthma Risk
MONDAY, March 9, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- A child may face an increased risk of asthma if the child's mother experienced depression during her pregnancy or she took an older antidepressant to treat her condition, new research suggests.....
Read more here: webmd.com
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
No Link Between Antidepressant Use During Pregnancy And Child's Risk Of Asthma
Antidepressant use by women during pregnancy has no effect on asthma in children born from patients, as long as the medicine is a newer form of drug, a new study has discovered.
Depression in mothers has been shown to be correlated with an increased risk of asthma in children. Antidepressants can also lead to some pulmonary difficulties, and growth reductions, in babies born from mothers who take the drugs.....
Read more here: techtimes.com
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Asthma In Kids Is Associated To Maternal Depression And Older Antidepressants, Study Finds
A recent study conducted by epidemiologist Dr. Xiaoqin Liu at Aarhus University in Denmark reveals, maternal depression and older antidepressant use during pregnancy has been associated to an increased risk of childhood asthma.
A newer class of antidepressants used to treat depression such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), were not associated to any increased risk for asthma in kids, as more than 80% of the woman in the study were prescribed SSRIs and researchers found no link with childhood asthma, researchers reported in Pediatrics.....
Read more here: geekinfinite.com
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News Review From Harvard Medical School -- Parents Say Portal Helps with Kids' Asthma
A secure patient portal with information, decision support and tracking tools may help improve management of childhood asthma, a new study suggests. The study included 60 families. Each family had a child with moderate to severe asthma. Their ages were 6 to 12 years old. Families were randomly divided into 2 groups. One group received usual care. The other families were given access to a portal called MyAsthma......
Read more here: intelihealth.com
Antidepressant use by women during pregnancy has no effect on asthma in children born from patients, as long as the medicine is a newer form of drug, a new study has discovered.
Depression in mothers has been shown to be correlated with an increased risk of asthma in children. Antidepressants can also lead to some pulmonary difficulties, and growth reductions, in babies born from mothers who take the drugs.....
Read more here: techtimes.com
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Asthma In Kids Is Associated To Maternal Depression And Older Antidepressants, Study Finds
A recent study conducted by epidemiologist Dr. Xiaoqin Liu at Aarhus University in Denmark reveals, maternal depression and older antidepressant use during pregnancy has been associated to an increased risk of childhood asthma.
A newer class of antidepressants used to treat depression such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), were not associated to any increased risk for asthma in kids, as more than 80% of the woman in the study were prescribed SSRIs and researchers found no link with childhood asthma, researchers reported in Pediatrics.....
Read more here: geekinfinite.com
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News Review From Harvard Medical School -- Parents Say Portal Helps with Kids' Asthma
A secure patient portal with information, decision support and tracking tools may help improve management of childhood asthma, a new study suggests. The study included 60 families. Each family had a child with moderate to severe asthma. Their ages were 6 to 12 years old. Families were randomly divided into 2 groups. One group received usual care. The other families were given access to a portal called MyAsthma......
Read more here: intelihealth.com
Sunday, March 8, 2015
Mechanism found for reduced effectiveness of corticosteroid treatment in asthma
New mechanism discovered behind reduced effectiveness of corticosteroid treatment in patients with severe asthma by Dr Pankaj Bhavsar and colleagues.
Dr Pankaj Bhavsar, Prof Fan Chung and their team at the Airway Disease section of NHLI have been looking at why corticosteroid treatment is less effective in people with severe asthma. Asthma is a common affliction of people worldwide, and although deaths caused by the disease have fallen significantly there are still strong consequences for people living with severe asthma.....
Read more here: www3.imperial.ac.uk
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Asthma in children should be managed carefully
ABU DHABI: “Management of Difficult asthma in Children – What’s new”, was the topic recently discussed by experts in the Capital.
Approximately 300 million people worldwide suffer from asthma, a chronic respiratory disease characterised by chest tightness, wheezing, coughing and shortness of breath.
Dr Atul Gupta, a Consultant in Paediatric Pulmonology at King’s College Hospital in London, UK, said recently that in the UAE approximately 15 per cent of the population suffers from asthma.....
Read more here: gulftoday.ae
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How to Prevent Asthma Attacks During the Spring & Summer
Do you or your kids suffer from asthma? Did you know that asthma could be triggered by the hot months of the summer?
Why are allergies that cause asthma worse during the summer?
Most think of allergies being bad during the fall and spring months. But with random storms and high temperatures during the summer, outdoor molds tend to form. And since summer months bring out more people to be active outdoors that makes those who suffer from asthma more susceptible to asthma problems during the summer.....
Read more here: chiropractorphoenix-thejoint.com
New mechanism discovered behind reduced effectiveness of corticosteroid treatment in patients with severe asthma by Dr Pankaj Bhavsar and colleagues.
Dr Pankaj Bhavsar, Prof Fan Chung and their team at the Airway Disease section of NHLI have been looking at why corticosteroid treatment is less effective in people with severe asthma. Asthma is a common affliction of people worldwide, and although deaths caused by the disease have fallen significantly there are still strong consequences for people living with severe asthma.....
Read more here: www3.imperial.ac.uk
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Asthma in children should be managed carefully
ABU DHABI: “Management of Difficult asthma in Children – What’s new”, was the topic recently discussed by experts in the Capital.
Approximately 300 million people worldwide suffer from asthma, a chronic respiratory disease characterised by chest tightness, wheezing, coughing and shortness of breath.
Dr Atul Gupta, a Consultant in Paediatric Pulmonology at King’s College Hospital in London, UK, said recently that in the UAE approximately 15 per cent of the population suffers from asthma.....
Read more here: gulftoday.ae
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How to Prevent Asthma Attacks During the Spring & Summer
Do you or your kids suffer from asthma? Did you know that asthma could be triggered by the hot months of the summer?
Why are allergies that cause asthma worse during the summer?
Most think of allergies being bad during the fall and spring months. But with random storms and high temperatures during the summer, outdoor molds tend to form. And since summer months bring out more people to be active outdoors that makes those who suffer from asthma more susceptible to asthma problems during the summer.....
Read more here: chiropractorphoenix-thejoint.com
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