Media advisory: Buffalo teens with asthma teach each other how to best manage their disease
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Some Buffalo teens are headed to camp this weekend, but it’s not your typical summer camp. Instead, 60 inner-city middle and high school students will spend June 11-12 at the Nor-Ton Red Jacket Club in North Tonawanda to learn how to better manage their asthma. The camp runs from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.....
Read more here: buffalo.edu
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Pneumonia vs. asthma: Differences, risk factors, causes, and treatment
Pneumonia and asthma can both impair a person’s ability to breathe, but their causes and treatments are vastly different. Asthma is a chronic condition one lives with and manages. Pneumonia, on the other hand, is a temporary lung condition that people can recover from. One aspect to note is, people who live with asthma are at an increased risk for pneumonia, and pneumonia with asthma can be far more severe.....
Read more here: belmarrahealth.com
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Ex-Gwent rugby stars Alix Popham and Peter Rogers to cycle 3000 miles across America for Asthma UK
GWENT rugby stars will cycle across America to raise money for Asthma UK.
Former Wales and Newport rugby stars, Alix Popham and Peter Rogers, are part of an eight-man team that are set to take on Race Across America 2016.
The non-stop 3000-mile ride takes competitors from west to east coast USA and is considered one of the world’s toughest cycling events.....
Read more here: southwalesargus.co.uk
Saturday, June 11, 2016
Friday, June 10, 2016
Pollution levels linked to asthma and respiratory illness
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Republican-controlled House has taken aim again at President Barack Obama's environmental agenda.
The House has approved a bill delaying an Obama administration rule setting stricter limits on air pollution linked to asthma and respiratory illness.....
Read more here: kalb.com
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Etiene Medeiros Pulls Out of Mare Nostrum Tour Due to Asthma
Brazil’s Etiene Medeiros will not compete in any of her remaining events on the Mare Nostrum tour this week due to her asthma, according to a tweet today by Brazilian reporter Alex Pussieldi. Medeiros had yet to race an event on the tour, too.
Medeiros was entered in the 50 free, 100 free, 50 back, 100 back, and 100 fly at the Canet stop of the tour, but didn’t swim any of those yesterday or today. She was seeded as highly as 2nd in the 50 free, 50 back and 100 back.....
Read more here: swimswam.com
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Patients force-fed live fish to heal asthma in India
Indians are famous for traditional medical treatments. This time about 100,000 people gathered in Hyderabad to receive an infamous cure for breathing problem.
The treatment works in this way: the patient is given live fish to swallow. The small fish's mouths are covered in a yellow 'medicine' and then they are swallowed by the patient.....
Read more here: presstv.ir
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Republican-controlled House has taken aim again at President Barack Obama's environmental agenda.
The House has approved a bill delaying an Obama administration rule setting stricter limits on air pollution linked to asthma and respiratory illness.....
Read more here: kalb.com
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Etiene Medeiros Pulls Out of Mare Nostrum Tour Due to Asthma
Brazil’s Etiene Medeiros will not compete in any of her remaining events on the Mare Nostrum tour this week due to her asthma, according to a tweet today by Brazilian reporter Alex Pussieldi. Medeiros had yet to race an event on the tour, too.
Medeiros was entered in the 50 free, 100 free, 50 back, 100 back, and 100 fly at the Canet stop of the tour, but didn’t swim any of those yesterday or today. She was seeded as highly as 2nd in the 50 free, 50 back and 100 back.....
Read more here: swimswam.com
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Patients force-fed live fish to heal asthma in India
Indians are famous for traditional medical treatments. This time about 100,000 people gathered in Hyderabad to receive an infamous cure for breathing problem.
The treatment works in this way: the patient is given live fish to swallow. The small fish's mouths are covered in a yellow 'medicine' and then they are swallowed by the patient.....
Read more here: presstv.ir
Thursday, June 9, 2016
Scientists Seek Genetic Clues To Asthma's Toll On Black Children
Zunika Crenshaw cringes as a tire swing whips her children around in circles just a little too fast. It's a sunny afternoon in the park, in Pleasanton, Calif. As her children play, she keeps a close watch on their breathing.
She says asthma is in her genes.
"You have a family, a person who has four kids, and all of them have it, including me," she says. "And then my mom has it, and my sister's two kids".....
Read more here: weos.org
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Researchers develop asthma-detection technology
About 10 Americans die from asthma every day, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and K-State researchers are trying to change the way asthma and other respiratory diseases are diagnosed by developing technology that will allow patients to use smartphones to diagnose themselves.....
Read more here: kstatecollegian.com
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Thousands of asthma patients take fish 'prasadam' in Hyderabad
Hyderabad, June 8 (IANS) Fish 'prasadam', which is believed to cure asthma, was on Wednesday administered to thousands of patients who came here from various parts of the country.
The programme, which began on Wednesday morning at the Exhibition Grounds in Nampally , will continue for 24 hours.....
Read more here: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Zunika Crenshaw cringes as a tire swing whips her children around in circles just a little too fast. It's a sunny afternoon in the park, in Pleasanton, Calif. As her children play, she keeps a close watch on their breathing.
She says asthma is in her genes.
"You have a family, a person who has four kids, and all of them have it, including me," she says. "And then my mom has it, and my sister's two kids".....
Read more here: weos.org
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Researchers develop asthma-detection technology
About 10 Americans die from asthma every day, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and K-State researchers are trying to change the way asthma and other respiratory diseases are diagnosed by developing technology that will allow patients to use smartphones to diagnose themselves.....
Read more here: kstatecollegian.com
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Thousands of asthma patients take fish 'prasadam' in Hyderabad
Hyderabad, June 8 (IANS) Fish 'prasadam', which is believed to cure asthma, was on Wednesday administered to thousands of patients who came here from various parts of the country.
The programme, which began on Wednesday morning at the Exhibition Grounds in Nampally , will continue for 24 hours.....
Read more here: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Wednesday, June 8, 2016
Was the Doctor Right About Your Child’s Asthma Diagnosis?
It seems like a eureka moment – and it may, in fact, be just that: Your child, who has been nursing a cough and wheezing while exerting himself, is finally diagnosed – with asthma.
Historically, research finds this common chronic respiratory disease was missed in many children, and today experts say in certain populations in the U.S., like low-income families, asthma is still considered to be underdiagnosed. But based on more recent international research, some experts now question whether the pendulum has swung way too far in the other direction and argue that today, asthma isoverdiagnosed in kids.....
Read more here: healthlogics.site
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Man who could not run even 100 metres due to asthma scales Everest
The dawn of May 21 will be etched in the memory of 33-year-old Satyarup Siddhanta forever as it is on this day that the Bengaluru-based mountaineer scaled Mount Everest. He was among a four-member team from West Bengal.
A graduate from Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, Satyarup presently works as a solutions architect. He scaled the summit in his first attempt.....
Read more here: thehindu.com
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No scientific proof of fish medicine for asthma, says P M Bhargava
Calling the fish medicine offered by Bathini Harinath Goud brothers during Mrigasira Karthe a sham, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology founder P M Bhargava has asked the Telangana government to avoid offering concessions to them.
Talking to media along with the office bearers of Jana Vignana Vedika and Jana Chaitanya Vedika which work to create public awareness on the efficacy of fish medicine- Bhargava said there is no scientific evidence to prove fish medicine could help asthma patients.....
Read more here: deccanherald.com
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It seems like a eureka moment – and it may, in fact, be just that: Your child, who has been nursing a cough and wheezing while exerting himself, is finally diagnosed – with asthma.
Historically, research finds this common chronic respiratory disease was missed in many children, and today experts say in certain populations in the U.S., like low-income families, asthma is still considered to be underdiagnosed. But based on more recent international research, some experts now question whether the pendulum has swung way too far in the other direction and argue that today, asthma isoverdiagnosed in kids.....
Read more here: healthlogics.site
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Man who could not run even 100 metres due to asthma scales Everest
The dawn of May 21 will be etched in the memory of 33-year-old Satyarup Siddhanta forever as it is on this day that the Bengaluru-based mountaineer scaled Mount Everest. He was among a four-member team from West Bengal.
A graduate from Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, Satyarup presently works as a solutions architect. He scaled the summit in his first attempt.....
Read more here: thehindu.com
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No scientific proof of fish medicine for asthma, says P M Bhargava
Calling the fish medicine offered by Bathini Harinath Goud brothers during Mrigasira Karthe a sham, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology founder P M Bhargava has asked the Telangana government to avoid offering concessions to them.
Talking to media along with the office bearers of Jana Vignana Vedika and Jana Chaitanya Vedika which work to create public awareness on the efficacy of fish medicine- Bhargava said there is no scientific evidence to prove fish medicine could help asthma patients.....
Read more here: deccanherald.com
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Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Childhood asthma increases risk for COPD in early adulthood
Recent research in the New England Journal of Medicine found that persistent childhood asthma was associated with an increased risk for developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in early adulthood.
“This work tells us that persistent childhood asthma can develop into COPD, something that up until now has not been well-described,” Scott T. Weiss, MD, co-director of the systems genetics and genomics section of the Brigham and Women's Hospital Channing Division of Network Medicine, said in a press release.....
Read more here: healio.com
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Blacks Die From Asthma at Steep Rates, But Are Absent From Many Studies
Zunika Crenshaw cringes as a tire swing whips her children around in circles just a little too fast. It’s a sunny afternoon in the park, in the East Bay town of Pleasanton. As her children play, she keeps a close watch on their breathing.
She says asthma is in her genes.....
Read more here: ww2.kqed.org
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Rosamund Kissi-Debrah To Sue Over London Air Pollution Levels After Daughter Died Of Asthma Attack
A grieving mother has described the “horrendous” asthma attack - she suspects caused by air pollution - that killed her daughter.
Rosamund Kissi-Debrah spoke on Monday of her plans to sue the Mayor of London for illegal pollution levels, following her child Ella’s death aged nine in February 2013.....
Read more here: huffingtonpost.co.uk
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Recent research in the New England Journal of Medicine found that persistent childhood asthma was associated with an increased risk for developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in early adulthood.
“This work tells us that persistent childhood asthma can develop into COPD, something that up until now has not been well-described,” Scott T. Weiss, MD, co-director of the systems genetics and genomics section of the Brigham and Women's Hospital Channing Division of Network Medicine, said in a press release.....
Read more here: healio.com
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Blacks Die From Asthma at Steep Rates, But Are Absent From Many Studies
Zunika Crenshaw cringes as a tire swing whips her children around in circles just a little too fast. It’s a sunny afternoon in the park, in the East Bay town of Pleasanton. As her children play, she keeps a close watch on their breathing.
She says asthma is in her genes.....
Read more here: ww2.kqed.org
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Rosamund Kissi-Debrah To Sue Over London Air Pollution Levels After Daughter Died Of Asthma Attack
A grieving mother has described the “horrendous” asthma attack - she suspects caused by air pollution - that killed her daughter.
Rosamund Kissi-Debrah spoke on Monday of her plans to sue the Mayor of London for illegal pollution levels, following her child Ella’s death aged nine in February 2013.....
Read more here: huffingtonpost.co.uk
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Monday, June 6, 2016
Children with Intermittent Asthma May Not Need Daily Inhaled Steroid Dosing
Children with intermittent asthma may not require a daily dose of inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) therapy, recent study results suggest.
Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, analyzed 22 studies involving 4550 children aged 6 years and younger. Each child experienced at least 2 episodes of asthma or wheezing in the previous year.
In 15 of the studies, children with persistent asthma or wheezing had a 30% reduction in the risk of exacerbation with daily medium-dose ICS use. Another 5 studies focused on more sporadic use of the inhalers by children whose wheezing wasn’t recurrent and typically coincided with a cold, and the trials found a 35% reduction in exacerbations with high-dose intermittent ICS use compared with placebo.....
Read more here: contemporaryclinic.pharmacytimes.com
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Mother wants inquiry into role of pollution in daughter's asthma death
A woman whose daughter died from an asthma attack wants an investigation to find out whether worsening air pollution in London contributed to the death.
Ella Kissi-Debrah, nine, from Hither Green near the capital’s busy south circular road, died in February 2013.
Through a lawyer, her mother, Rosamund, is calling on the attorney general to order a second inquest or to set up an independent inquiry to determine the impact of pollution on her child’s asthma and death.....
Read more here: theguardian.com
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New Wearable Device Can Predict Asthma Attacks
Sounding The Alarm
Asthmatics may be familiar with the certain types of activities or places they should avoid, but suffering from an acute asthma attack is still a possibility. This is why researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a wearable warning system capable of monitoring a patient’s environment and bodily functions, enabling the device to warn the patient of an imminent asthma attack.....
Read more here: futurism.com
Children with intermittent asthma may not require a daily dose of inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) therapy, recent study results suggest.
Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, analyzed 22 studies involving 4550 children aged 6 years and younger. Each child experienced at least 2 episodes of asthma or wheezing in the previous year.
In 15 of the studies, children with persistent asthma or wheezing had a 30% reduction in the risk of exacerbation with daily medium-dose ICS use. Another 5 studies focused on more sporadic use of the inhalers by children whose wheezing wasn’t recurrent and typically coincided with a cold, and the trials found a 35% reduction in exacerbations with high-dose intermittent ICS use compared with placebo.....
Read more here: contemporaryclinic.pharmacytimes.com
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Mother wants inquiry into role of pollution in daughter's asthma death
A woman whose daughter died from an asthma attack wants an investigation to find out whether worsening air pollution in London contributed to the death.
Ella Kissi-Debrah, nine, from Hither Green near the capital’s busy south circular road, died in February 2013.
Through a lawyer, her mother, Rosamund, is calling on the attorney general to order a second inquest or to set up an independent inquiry to determine the impact of pollution on her child’s asthma and death.....
Read more here: theguardian.com
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New Wearable Device Can Predict Asthma Attacks
Sounding The Alarm
Asthmatics may be familiar with the certain types of activities or places they should avoid, but suffering from an acute asthma attack is still a possibility. This is why researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a wearable warning system capable of monitoring a patient’s environment and bodily functions, enabling the device to warn the patient of an imminent asthma attack.....
Read more here: futurism.com
Sunday, June 5, 2016
Don’t let your asthma or allergy affect your exam performance
As we approach exam season the Asthma Society of Ireland is urging parents and students to be prepared and to take steps to ensure their asthma or allergies don’t hinder their exam success.
470,000 people in Ireland have asthma and 60-80% of these also have hay fever making the summer months a difficult time for many. Pollen is a significant trigger for asthma and grass pollen affects 90% of those with hay fever. As the peak grass pollen season starts it is important to have a plan in place to manage both your asthma and allergies. Preparation is vital.....
Read more here: asthma.ie
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Keeping asthma under control during summer
Summer fun can easily turn into fear for parents of children with asthma. Iovanna Miller knows that firsthand. While she wants her 10-year-old daughter to have fun, she's worried her asthma might be set off.
"The grass, trees, animals that she may be around, going to other people's houses with carpets or animals or smoke, all of them are triggers all the time so you have to be really really careful," she said.....
Read more here: wgxa.tv
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New Wearable Device to Predict, Prevent Asthma Attacks
Researchers from the National Science Foundation's Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Advanced Self-Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies (ASSIST) at North Carolina State University have developed a new wearable system that can predict and prevent possible asthma attacks.....
Read more here: natureworldnews.com
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As we approach exam season the Asthma Society of Ireland is urging parents and students to be prepared and to take steps to ensure their asthma or allergies don’t hinder their exam success.
470,000 people in Ireland have asthma and 60-80% of these also have hay fever making the summer months a difficult time for many. Pollen is a significant trigger for asthma and grass pollen affects 90% of those with hay fever. As the peak grass pollen season starts it is important to have a plan in place to manage both your asthma and allergies. Preparation is vital.....
Read more here: asthma.ie
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Keeping asthma under control during summer
Summer fun can easily turn into fear for parents of children with asthma. Iovanna Miller knows that firsthand. While she wants her 10-year-old daughter to have fun, she's worried her asthma might be set off.
"The grass, trees, animals that she may be around, going to other people's houses with carpets or animals or smoke, all of them are triggers all the time so you have to be really really careful," she said.....
Read more here: wgxa.tv
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New Wearable Device to Predict, Prevent Asthma Attacks
Researchers from the National Science Foundation's Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Advanced Self-Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies (ASSIST) at North Carolina State University have developed a new wearable system that can predict and prevent possible asthma attacks.....
Read more here: natureworldnews.com
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