Discrimination linked to greater probability of asthma in African American and Latino children

African American children who reported experiencing discrimination were almost twice as likely to suffer from asthma when compared with their peers, according to a new study in CHEST
Asthma is a debilitating, yet common childhood ailment. It is estimated that one in ten children in the United States suffer from asthma, but the condition disproportionately affects African American and Latino children. In a new study published in CHEST, investigators found that African American children who reported experiencing discrimination had almost twice the probability of having asthma than their peers who did not experience/report discrimination.....

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New insight into thunderstorm asthma epidemic

In 2016, strong storms moved through southeastern Australia causing a major thunderstorm asthma epidemic striking Melbourne and surrounding areas, offering researchers an opportunity to study the condition.
April 19 (UPI) -- Researchers at the University of Georgia are working to uncover the causes of thunderstorm asthma outbreaks in order to better predict and prevent them.....

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Marrying an asthma inhaler to a wireless monitor and a smartphone app

What do you get by marrying an asthma inhaler to a wireless monitor and a smartphone app? Plenty, says David Van Sickle, a medical anthropologist who specializes in respiratory disease.
In 2011, Van Sickle created a spinoff called Propeller Health while he was working on respiratory disease prevention at UW Health in Madison.
Van Sickle arrived at UW–Madison in 2006 with a grant to pursue what he calls "high-risk, high-reward technologies to better understand how we could monitor and intervene to help people and communities better manage the burden of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or emphysema".....

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