Study of Low-income Adults with Asthma Reveals Socioeconomic Stressors

Minority adults who live in low-income households are known to suffer from the highest rates of asthma, asthma-related mortality rates, and hospital stays. But most asthma studies fail to focus on these patients and don’t acknowledge how their socioeconomic context affects their disease.
Based on the hypothesis that this information should not be overlooked, a team of researchers investigated the lives of asthma patients, including reports from community health workers who visited them in their own homes. Many lived in poor living conditions with insufficient housing in violent communities and a lack of social services and support.....

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Insomnia has negative effect on asthma

Researchers found that more than a third of adults with asthma also had significant insomnia. Those with insomnia had worse lung function, weighed more and earned less.
Insomnia is common in adults with asthma and tied to worse asthma control and other health problems, a new study finds.
Reduced quality of life
University of Pittsburgh researchers found that 37 percent of adults with asthma also had significant insomnia. Those with insomnia had worse lung function. They also weighed more. And they tended to have lower incomes than those without insomnia, the study found.....

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Catching their breath — Runners don’t let asthma slow them down

By looking at the race placements of two of Mora High School’s top runners, one might never guess that seniors Alec Sanbeck and John Schwinghamer have a common respiratory condition: asthma.
There are different types of asthma that affect people in different ways, but in general it causes a person’s airway to become inflamed and restricted making it difficult to breathe.
Despite this, both Schwinghamer and Sanbeck placed among the top finishers at the 2016 State Cross Country Running Tournament on Nov. 5.....

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