Mundipharma Launches First Augmented Reality App to Help Asthma Sufferers - 'breatherite(TM)'

SINGAPORE, April 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- An innovative digital health initiative developed out of Mundipharma's Regional Head Office in Singapore employing augmented reality technology to address errors in inhaler use among Asthma sufferers as part of a new and personalised approach to Asthma management has been launched.....

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Children With Asthma Face Heightened Obesity Risk

The results of a recent study indicate that children with asthma may be more likely to develop obesity than those without the respiratory condition. The study, published in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, analyzed data on 2171 kindergarteners and first graders, about 13.5% of whom had asthma.....

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Discrimination linked to increased pediatric asthma rates
Study finds African-American children who experience discrimination were almost twice as likely to suffer from asthma than their peers.

April 20 (UPI) -- A new study shows that African-American children who experience discrimination are at a greater risk of having asthma.
One in 10 children in the United States have asthma, however, asthma disproportionately affects African-American and Latino children more than white children.
"Discrimination is a common and everyday experience for minority populations in America," Dr. Luisa N. Borrell, professor and chair in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy at City University of New York, said in a press release. "People can be exposed to it at the individual and society levels. This constant stress gets embodied into our biology or DNA to change our bodies' responses to diseases and medical treatments. Our findings support this biological embodiment for asthma and its control among African-American children and among low-SES [socio-economic status] Mexican-American children".....

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