Thursday, June 2, 2016

This Wearable System Might Help Asthma Sufferers Avoid Attacks

The wrist environmental monitor could help asthma sufferers remove themselves from locations that might trigger or worsen an attack
If you're one of the 24 million Americans suffering from asthma, you probably want to know when an attack is coming. A group of scientists have developed a portable system that could help monitor that information.....

Read more here: popsci.com

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Many Parents Know Too Little About Their Child’s Asthma Meds

WEDNESDAY, June 1, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Only half of parents of children with asthma fully understand the use of their child's asthma medications, according to research published online May 17 in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
Ann Chen Wu, M.D., M.P.H., of the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute in Boston, and colleagues conducted a survey of the parents of 740 children with probable persistent asthma. Parents were asked which asthma controller medications their child was prescribed and how often they should be taken. Responses were compared to instructions from their child's health care provider.....

Read more here: doctorslounge.com

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Obstructive sleep apnea risk increases with asthma: Study

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) risk increases with asthma, according to research. Extensive research confirmed the link between asthma and obstructive sleep apnea, but it was long unclear whether asthma was a possible risk factor for sleep apnea or a result of the condition. Researchers explored the association between asthma and obstructive sleep apnea by randomly selecting adult participants of the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort Study. The subjects would attend in-laboratory overnight polysomnography and completed health-related questionnaires approximately every four years.....

Read more here: belmarrahealth.com

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