Exercise preserves lung function in individuals with asthma
In a study of adults with asthma, active individuals had slightly less lung function decline than inactive individuals.
The study titled “Physical activity and lung function decline in adults with asthma: The HUNT Study” was published in the journal Respirology.
The study included 1329 adults in Norway who were followed for an average of 11.6 years. On average, active asthmatic adults had 1.5 to 2.1 percent less decline in the FEV1/FVC ratio (forced expiratory volume 1/forced vital capacity) and 44 to 88 mL less decline in peak expiratory flow during follow-up.....
Read more here: guardian.ng
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Smoking fathers increase asthma-risk in future offspring
Offspring with a father who smoked prior to conception had more than three times higher chance of early-onset asthma than children whose father had never smoked. Both a father's early smoking debut and a father's longer smoking duration before conception increased non-allergic early-onset asthma in offspring. This suggests that not only the mother's environment plays a key role in child health, but also the father's lifestyle, shows a new study including 24,000 children.....
Read more here: sciencedaily.com
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Yoga Asanas That Provide Relief From Asthma
It has been well said that only the wearer knows about the shoe bite and its pain. In the same way, only the patient can feel the pain of the disease. Asthma is one such painful problem which leaves a person to struggle for proper breathing and, in some cases, it can have dangerous consequences as well. Here we shall be discussing more on the Yoga asanas that the sufferers can perform in order to get rid of the pain, continue reading.....
Read more here: boldsky.com
Saturday, October 8, 2016
Friday, October 7, 2016
Your Child’s Classroom May Have More Allergy, Asthma Triggers Than Home
Allergens can affect schoolwork and athletic performance
Allergies and asthma often translate into missed school days for kids. That might be due in part to the fact that classrooms often have more allergy and asthma triggers than home, says the American College of Allergy Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI).
his can be frustrating for parents of children with allergies or asthma who work hard to keep their homes free of dust mites or pet dander, then send their young ones off every day to spend hours in an allergen-laden school building.....
Read more here: health.clevelandclinic.org
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Yoga may benefit people with asthma, says research
Asthma is a common chronic inflammatory disorder. Typical symptoms of asthma include wheezing, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath.
In a recent study, researchers review previous findings and suggest that yoga may bring health benefits to people with asthma. The paper is published in Cochrane Review.
Researchers from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Southern Medical University in China conducted the review.....
Read more here: knowridge.com
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Hard-to-control Asthma Has Distinct Features, Study Shows
Bronchodilator responsiveness, nasal inflammation and allergy were among the most significant baseline features that distinguished hard-to-control asthma in inner-city children and adolescents. These characteristics identified patients whose asthma did not improve throughout the year, despite adherence to the most intensive treatment based on national guidelines. Patients with hard-to-control asthma also had exacerbations peaking in the spring and fall, and more nighttime symptoms in the fall and winter.....
Read more here: sciencenewsline.com
Allergens can affect schoolwork and athletic performance
Allergies and asthma often translate into missed school days for kids. That might be due in part to the fact that classrooms often have more allergy and asthma triggers than home, says the American College of Allergy Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI).
his can be frustrating for parents of children with allergies or asthma who work hard to keep their homes free of dust mites or pet dander, then send their young ones off every day to spend hours in an allergen-laden school building.....
Read more here: health.clevelandclinic.org
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Yoga may benefit people with asthma, says research
Asthma is a common chronic inflammatory disorder. Typical symptoms of asthma include wheezing, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath.
In a recent study, researchers review previous findings and suggest that yoga may bring health benefits to people with asthma. The paper is published in Cochrane Review.
Researchers from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Southern Medical University in China conducted the review.....
Read more here: knowridge.com
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Hard-to-control Asthma Has Distinct Features, Study Shows
Bronchodilator responsiveness, nasal inflammation and allergy were among the most significant baseline features that distinguished hard-to-control asthma in inner-city children and adolescents. These characteristics identified patients whose asthma did not improve throughout the year, despite adherence to the most intensive treatment based on national guidelines. Patients with hard-to-control asthma also had exacerbations peaking in the spring and fall, and more nighttime symptoms in the fall and winter.....
Read more here: sciencenewsline.com
Thursday, October 6, 2016
Ozone, Asthma And The Oil And Gas Connection
Here’s a simple recipe for ozone: mix hydrocarbon and nitrogen oxide chemical compounds in the air, and add sunlight.
“The sun comes out and cooks this mixture and the outcome of that is ozone,” said Steve Brown, an atmospheric scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder.....
Read more here: insideenergy.org
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How to Find out Which Asthma Treatments are Right for You?
Asthma is a chronic lung disease that has been reported to affect millions of people around the world. Its symptoms include whizzing, chest tightness, shortness of breath, and coughing. If you are an asthma patient, it means that you have inflamed airways. Asthma comes in various forms including:
- Exercise-induced Asthma: it is possible for otherwise healthy people to develop symptoms of asthma after normal exercises. However, the symptoms should not be allowed to keep you on the sidelines. In such a case, your immunologist may opt to create a management plan to control the symptoms during and after the activity.....
Read more here: blogs.consumerhealthdigest.com
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Do I have Smoker’s Cough or Asthma?
Do you have a chronic cough? (A cough that persists for a long period of time or is constantly recurring?) It can be stressful on your body to have cough that just won’t go away and you may wonder if it is a more serious condition. Those who smoke or around smoking have a higher potential to develop a condition called Smoker’s Cough.
Smoker’s Cough is a cough that persists and according to the Mayo Clinic may have “A runny or stuffy nose, postnasal drip, sore throat, hoarseness, wheezing, heartburn or even blood” associated with it! While many of these are annoying, bothersome and tiring the most critical points to watch for are a cough associated with blood or if it begins affecting your normal life like your sleep. If these are noted it is likely time to see a doctor.....
Read more here: southwestallergyandasthma.com
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
$8 million in funding to fight asthma given to local researchers
SEATTLE -- The Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason has received $8 million to focus on a certain set of cells, known as epithelial cells. They are the cells that form a very important barrier between your lungs and everything in our environment.
"They are deciders; they decide whether whatever it contacts is friendly or foe. And if it's considered to be a good guy then you don't have a response, and you're perfectly fine.....
Read more here: king5.com
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Asthma in Boys and Girls: JACI Editorial Identifies Sex-Specific Risk Factors
When it comes to wheezing and asthma, are boys and girls really the same? An editorial available online from The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology digs into factors that could be sex-specific.
Deepti Deshpande, MBBS, and Wayne Morgan, MD, at the University of Arizona reviewed the role of risk factors that vary by sex in the development and persistence of wheezing and asthma.....
Read more here: benzinga.com
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Clayton school system certifed as ‘asthma friendly’
JONESBORO — The Clayton County Public School system was recently certified asthma friendly by the Georgia Department of Public Health.
In addition to all elementary, middle and high schools, several childcare centers in the county also received their certification during an Aug. 9 award ceremony.
To further celebrate the distinction, The Clayton County Board of Health hosted a luncheon Sept. 22 at Clayton County International Park.....
Read more here: news-daily.com
SEATTLE -- The Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason has received $8 million to focus on a certain set of cells, known as epithelial cells. They are the cells that form a very important barrier between your lungs and everything in our environment.
"They are deciders; they decide whether whatever it contacts is friendly or foe. And if it's considered to be a good guy then you don't have a response, and you're perfectly fine.....
Read more here: king5.com
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Asthma in Boys and Girls: JACI Editorial Identifies Sex-Specific Risk Factors
When it comes to wheezing and asthma, are boys and girls really the same? An editorial available online from The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology digs into factors that could be sex-specific.
Deepti Deshpande, MBBS, and Wayne Morgan, MD, at the University of Arizona reviewed the role of risk factors that vary by sex in the development and persistence of wheezing and asthma.....
Read more here: benzinga.com
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Clayton school system certifed as ‘asthma friendly’
JONESBORO — The Clayton County Public School system was recently certified asthma friendly by the Georgia Department of Public Health.
In addition to all elementary, middle and high schools, several childcare centers in the county also received their certification during an Aug. 9 award ceremony.
To further celebrate the distinction, The Clayton County Board of Health hosted a luncheon Sept. 22 at Clayton County International Park.....
Read more here: news-daily.com
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
Why asthma is 3 times more common in kids with dads who smoke
New research suggests that baby girls who are conceived when their fathers are overweight could face a 30 per cent higher risk of developing breast cancer later on in life.
Fellas, scientists are handing you another reason to quit smoking: your unborn babies may not cross your mind when you’re lighting up, but new research suggests that asthma is three times more common in babies whose dads picked up smoking at a young age.....
Read more here: globalnews.ca
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Can Healthy Diet Help Asthmatics?
Asthma might not seem so serious an issue, until it strikes you. If you are one among those who suffer from the recurrence of asthma frequently then you need to watch out for your diet as well. Have a look at this video; it will give you an idea as to what are the good dietary habits that would help asthmatics.....
Read more here: boldsky.com
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Is Flawed Familiarity Holding Back Asthma Care?
What’s the first thing you think of when I say the word asthma? I suspect an image has popped into your head of a little blue or brown inhaler. It’s an image most of us have been familiar with from a young age. Any reference to asthma by the media is, after all, usually accompanied by obligatory pictures of a school child reaching for their ‘puffer’.....
Read more here: huffingtonpost.co.uk
New research suggests that baby girls who are conceived when their fathers are overweight could face a 30 per cent higher risk of developing breast cancer later on in life.
Fellas, scientists are handing you another reason to quit smoking: your unborn babies may not cross your mind when you’re lighting up, but new research suggests that asthma is three times more common in babies whose dads picked up smoking at a young age.....
Read more here: globalnews.ca
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Can Healthy Diet Help Asthmatics?
Asthma might not seem so serious an issue, until it strikes you. If you are one among those who suffer from the recurrence of asthma frequently then you need to watch out for your diet as well. Have a look at this video; it will give you an idea as to what are the good dietary habits that would help asthmatics.....
Read more here: boldsky.com
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Is Flawed Familiarity Holding Back Asthma Care?
What’s the first thing you think of when I say the word asthma? I suspect an image has popped into your head of a little blue or brown inhaler. It’s an image most of us have been familiar with from a young age. Any reference to asthma by the media is, after all, usually accompanied by obligatory pictures of a school child reaching for their ‘puffer’.....
Read more here: huffingtonpost.co.uk
Monday, October 3, 2016
Consumption of red wine, grapes could help reduce asthma says study
Components of red wines have been pegged as beneficial by quite a few studies and joining the list is a new study published in journal Scientific Reports which suggests that consumption of red wine and grapes could help reduce inflammatory diseases such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) and middle ear infection (otitis media).
The component that helps reduce inflammatory diseases is resveratrol, which is found naturally in some plant foods such as grapes.....
Read more here: topexaminer.com
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What You Need to Know About Exercise-Induced Asthma
Although exercise is one of the best things you can do for your body, if you have exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (or EIB), it can be difficult to work out without triggering asthma symptoms like shortness of breath and coughing—but it’s not impossible.
It comes as a surprise to many people, but exercise is one of the biggest triggers of asthma attacks. In fact, up to 90% of people who have asthma experience exercise-induced asthma during or after a workout.....
Read more here: health.com
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Fathers’ smoking may up asthma-risk in kids
Men who indulge in smoking since their adolescence may put their future children at more than three times higher risk of an early-onset of asthma, a finding suggests.
In the study, the researchers included more than 24,000 children and showed that both a father's early smoking debut and a father's longer smoking duration before conception increased non-allergic early-onset asthma in kids.....
Read more here: thehansindia.com
Components of red wines have been pegged as beneficial by quite a few studies and joining the list is a new study published in journal Scientific Reports which suggests that consumption of red wine and grapes could help reduce inflammatory diseases such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) and middle ear infection (otitis media).
The component that helps reduce inflammatory diseases is resveratrol, which is found naturally in some plant foods such as grapes.....
Read more here: topexaminer.com
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What You Need to Know About Exercise-Induced Asthma
Although exercise is one of the best things you can do for your body, if you have exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (or EIB), it can be difficult to work out without triggering asthma symptoms like shortness of breath and coughing—but it’s not impossible.
It comes as a surprise to many people, but exercise is one of the biggest triggers of asthma attacks. In fact, up to 90% of people who have asthma experience exercise-induced asthma during or after a workout.....
Read more here: health.com
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Fathers’ smoking may up asthma-risk in kids
Men who indulge in smoking since their adolescence may put their future children at more than three times higher risk of an early-onset of asthma, a finding suggests.
In the study, the researchers included more than 24,000 children and showed that both a father's early smoking debut and a father's longer smoking duration before conception increased non-allergic early-onset asthma in kids.....
Read more here: thehansindia.com
Sunday, October 2, 2016
How can we support asthma?
Statistics suggest there are 5.4 million people living with asthma in the UK, with 1 in 11 children suffering from the condition. Asthma related symptoms range from relatively mild cases of breathlessness and chest tightness to severe attacks. Triggers for attacks can take many forms with research suggesting the rise in cases could be increased stress and the impact it has on immune health and nutrient levels. 50-80% of cases are thought to be a result of allergies, which may be airborne, such as animal dander, dust or pollen or food allergies.....
Read more here: parenta.com
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Asthma care in a specialist centre
Specialist asthma centres can improve patient outcomes for people with severe asthma
If you’ve been referred to a specialist asthma centre it’s because your GP or local hospital consultant believes you need more focused attention from a team of respiratory experts to get on top of your asthma symptoms, reduce your risk of asthma attacks and improve your quality of life. At a specialist asthma centre you’ll benefit from the full range of asthma tests, and be assessed for specialist treatments tailored to your specific type of asthma.....
Read more here: asthma.org.uk
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5 Tips: When To Seek Help For Asthma
Many times as a child with high-risk asthma I suffered too long before seeking help. Even as an adult I am guilty of this from time to time, although I’m far better than I used to be. I have had many asthmatic patients tell me, “Yeah, I should have called my doctor two days ago, but I figured I could just fix myself.” So, I’ve decided it’s normal for asthmatics to have difficulty deciding when to seek help. Based on my own personal and professional experience, here are five tips to help you decide when to seek help.....
Read more here: asthma.net
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