Asthma statistics are screaming at us to provide better care

As always, one look at the statistics for any childhood chronic illness, but in particular asthma, and we know we need to do better. We need to improve our care management strategies and to empower the children and their parents to set their personal care management goals and question themselves and their providers when their goals are not met.....

Read more here: contemporarypediatrics.modernmedicine.com

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Lancaster teacher sets up asthma petition

A Lancaster teacher has set up a petition to exempt asthma sufferers from paying prescription charges.
Yasmin Selant’s petition to end prescription charges on inhalers has received more than 2,000 signatures.
The 22-year-old, who has asthma set up the petition to eradicate the “unfair system” and said “people should not have to pay to breathe”.....

Read more here: thevisitor.co.uk

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Macrolides May Help Asthma Patients Battle Chronic Cough

Greater than 10% of referrals to respiratory specialists are for chronic cough, given the condition’s persistent, refractory nature.
Chronic cough, which is a cough lasting longer than 8 weeks, adversely affects patients' quality of life and is often described as nagging or hacking in nature. Asthma, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and rhinitis are common noninfectious triggers of chronic cough, yet clinicians can find no known etiology in 20% of cases.....

Read more here: pharmacytimes.com