Setting Does Not Explain Ethnic Disparity in Asthma Deaths

ATLANTA — Black children die from asthma at a higher rate than white or Hispanic children, whether at home, as a hospital inpatient, or in an emergency department, researchers say.
"It suggests there are other factors that may be influencing the disparity," said Anna Chen Arroyo, MD, MPH, from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.
Previous studies have documented the disparity in rates of death from asthma by ethnicity. Dr Arroyo and colleagues were hoping to home in on reasons for this disparity by analyzing the settings where the deaths occur. They reasoned that the setting of a child's death could reveal something about the care the child received during an acute asthma attack.....

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Let's Stop Depicting People With Asthma As 'Weak' Or 'Slow'

Living a productive life with asthma isn't a new phenomenon, however Hollywood doesn't always do the best job of showcasing those with the chronic disease as the warriors they are.
Superdrug Online Doctor, an online medical platform, recently conducted a study to prove how off-base the stereotypes for people with asthma are.
Surveying more than 2,000 participants, the firm found that more than 500 of the interviewees best described asthmatics as "weak," "tired" and "sickly." Furthermore, the group with the most negative perceptions were mainly young people (ages 18 to 29), non-asthmatics and people in their 30s to 60s.....

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Can Mom's Vitamin E Head Off Child's Asthma Risk?

SATURDAY, March 4, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Kids born to moms with low levels of vitamin E might be more likely to develop asthma, new research suggests.
When moms had low levels of a specific type of vitamin E measured right after birth, their children were more likely to develop wheezing and to have been treated with asthma medications in their first two years of life, the study found.
"The major sources of vitamin E are oils" such as sunflower, safflower, corn, soy and canola oils, study lead author Dr. Cosby Stone said in a news release from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI).....

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