Stressful Days Make Kids More Prone To Nightly Asthma Attacks

Stress is one of the major causes of sickness, not only among adults but also children. According to a study, stressful days could make kids more prone to nightly asthma attacks.
A study headed by Dr. Caroline Horner from the Department of Pediatrics at the Washington University School of Medicine and St. Louis Children's Hospital, Missouri revealed that kids who experience stressful days have an increased risk of experiencing nocturnal asthma.....

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National, international guidelines inconsistent for asthma treatment

BALTIMORE — National and global guideline recommendations for the treatment of asthma are inconsistent, according to research presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting.
“There was demonstrated variability in national and international guideline recommendations for childhood asthma,” Leigh Anne Bakel, MD, associate medical director of clinical effectiveness at Children’s Hospital Colorado, told Infectious Diseases in Children. “Both the level of evidence and the strength of the recommendation impacted the variability of the recommendations given among the guidelines”.....

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Parents sue to keep son on life support after asthma attack

ROSEVILLE, CA --
A couple is fighting to keep their son on life support after he took a turn for the worse after an asthma attack.
The parents of Israel Stinson, 2, are awaiting a federal judge's ruling on whether they can force doctors at Kaiser Permanente Hospital to keep their son connected to a ventilator tube and feeding tube.....

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