Web-based education for asthma, anaphylaxis improved quality of care
ATLANTA — Both pediatricians and allergists demonstrated improved quality of care for patients with asthma and anaphylaxis following web-based education program, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.
“We found that our quality improvement could be helped by having a web-based educational program available through a webinar database, which is very convenient and allows us to reach more providers,” Irum Noor, DO, from Winthrop University Hospital, told Infectious Diseases in Children. “Through this program, health care providers can improve care for patients with asthma and anaphylaxis, as well as access resources and compile data. Instead of calculating the data ourselves, these programs are able to do that for us so that we know what areas we need to work on”.....
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Woman says Monongalia school board mishandled daughter's asthma attack
MORGANTOWN – A woman is suing the Monongalia Board of Education after she claims it did not properly address her daughter’s asthma attack.
J.H., who was diagnosed with asthma at the age of 2, was a student at Suncrest Primary School in kindergarten.
The defendant was aware of J.H.’s asthma and there was a care plan that included specific instructions and procedures to follow regarding administration of her prescribed Albuterol inhaler, which was to be administered as rescue medication in the event of an asthma attack, according to a complaint filed Feb. 23 in Monongalia Circuit Court.....
Read more here: wvrecord.com
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People Suffering from Asthma Are More Prone to Catch Flu
One of the most common non communicable diseases amongst children and some adults is asthma. Asthma is a lung disorder that hinders smooth breathing. A person in this condition experiences recurrent bouts of asthmatic attacks, which is caused by a chronic inflammation leading to narrowing of the airway obstructing the air flow to the lungs. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), there are close to 300 million people suffering from asthma across the globe. A recent study suggested that people with asthma are less likely to combat flu than people without asthma because of immune system differences. Asthmatics have weaker immune system
, which makes it difficult for them to combat the flu virus and trigger a reaction.....
Read more here: food.ndtv.com
Saturday, March 11, 2017
Friday, March 10, 2017
Flu can cause worse symptoms in people with asthma, research shows
People with asthma are likely to have worse symptoms when they get the flu because they have weaker immune systems, new Southampton research has shown.
A study led by Dr Ben Nicholas, of the University of Southampton, and published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, assessed lung samples from asthmatics and healthy volunteers.
The samples were exposed to influenza and their reactions analysed.
Dr Nicholas, who led the study under the NIHR Southampton Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, said: "We wanted to look into whether immune system differences explain why asthmatics are more likely to end up in hospital if they get flu than the general population. This is important, as flu can cause a person's asthma symptoms to get worse. The samples from healthy people showed a strong immune system-triggering reaction to the flu virus. But in lung samples from asthma patients, this reaction was much weaker.....
Read more here: news-medical.net
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Educating Families On Reducing Household Allergens Helps Improve Asthma Symptoms In Children
A new study by Johns Hopkins University Of Medicine suggests children, who suffer from mouse allergies who improvement, when living in homes where families are taught how to properly trap mice and clean allergens.
The study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on Monday. It could potentially help scientists and physicians, looking for new ways to reduce symptoms and rates of asthma in Baltimore.....
Read more here: morningsidemaryland.com
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8-year-old's death preceded by asthma attack, family says
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A family member of the 8-year-old Staten Island boy who died early Wednesday morning said the incident started with an asthma attack.
Naseem Douglas was transported to Richmond University Medical Center where he was pronounced dead, without any obvious signs of trauma, police said.
A family member who was present at the time of the incident said family called 911 when the asthma attack started, and by the time firefighters arrived at about 12:20 a.m. the boy was slipping in and out of consciousness.....
Read more here: silive.com
People with asthma are likely to have worse symptoms when they get the flu because they have weaker immune systems, new Southampton research has shown.
A study led by Dr Ben Nicholas, of the University of Southampton, and published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, assessed lung samples from asthmatics and healthy volunteers.
The samples were exposed to influenza and their reactions analysed.
Dr Nicholas, who led the study under the NIHR Southampton Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, said: "We wanted to look into whether immune system differences explain why asthmatics are more likely to end up in hospital if they get flu than the general population. This is important, as flu can cause a person's asthma symptoms to get worse. The samples from healthy people showed a strong immune system-triggering reaction to the flu virus. But in lung samples from asthma patients, this reaction was much weaker.....
Read more here: news-medical.net
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Educating Families On Reducing Household Allergens Helps Improve Asthma Symptoms In Children
A new study by Johns Hopkins University Of Medicine suggests children, who suffer from mouse allergies who improvement, when living in homes where families are taught how to properly trap mice and clean allergens.
The study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on Monday. It could potentially help scientists and physicians, looking for new ways to reduce symptoms and rates of asthma in Baltimore.....
Read more here: morningsidemaryland.com
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8-year-old's death preceded by asthma attack, family says
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A family member of the 8-year-old Staten Island boy who died early Wednesday morning said the incident started with an asthma attack.
Naseem Douglas was transported to Richmond University Medical Center where he was pronounced dead, without any obvious signs of trauma, police said.
A family member who was present at the time of the incident said family called 911 when the asthma attack started, and by the time firefighters arrived at about 12:20 a.m. the boy was slipping in and out of consciousness.....
Read more here: silive.com
Thursday, March 9, 2017
Children's asthma symptoms improve when families educated on reducing household allergens
Children with asthma related to mouse allergies show as much improvement when their families are taught how to clean allergens and trap mice as they do when professional pest managers treat the home, a new study by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine researchers suggests.
The results, published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, could help doctors and scientists who have long looked for ways to reduce rates and symptoms of asthma in Baltimore.....
Read more here: baltimoresun.com
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The tricky thing about asthma
In mid-January, health headlines announced that nearly one-third of adults diagnosed with asthma don’t actually have this respiratory condition at all. This announcement appeared everywhere from Fox News Health to the Chicago Tribune.
As a primary care doc, a medical writer, and an asthma sufferer, I was very skeptical of these dramatic announcements, and with good reason. An editorial that accompanied this study provides important perspective that suggests the news headlines were exaggerated and misleading.....
Read more here: health.harvard.edu
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Schools target asthma responseNew law requiring individual plans for student sufferers
For millions of children with asthma, a day at school can present a wealth of triggers.
Illinois is taking the lead in requiring schools to establish specific procedures for how to deal with such an emergency.
A law that went into effect in January requires schools to work with parents of asthma sufferers to develop such plans.
Asthma causes airways to swell, limiting the amount of air getting to the lungs. It can cause shortness of breath, wheezing and coughing and even death. Allergens or high activity can cause an attack.
Superintendent Dustin Day said there won’t be much to change in Waverly schools.....
Read more here: myjournalcourier.com
Children with asthma related to mouse allergies show as much improvement when their families are taught how to clean allergens and trap mice as they do when professional pest managers treat the home, a new study by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine researchers suggests.
The results, published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, could help doctors and scientists who have long looked for ways to reduce rates and symptoms of asthma in Baltimore.....
Read more here: baltimoresun.com
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The tricky thing about asthma
In mid-January, health headlines announced that nearly one-third of adults diagnosed with asthma don’t actually have this respiratory condition at all. This announcement appeared everywhere from Fox News Health to the Chicago Tribune.
As a primary care doc, a medical writer, and an asthma sufferer, I was very skeptical of these dramatic announcements, and with good reason. An editorial that accompanied this study provides important perspective that suggests the news headlines were exaggerated and misleading.....
Read more here: health.harvard.edu
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Schools target asthma responseNew law requiring individual plans for student sufferers
For millions of children with asthma, a day at school can present a wealth of triggers.
Illinois is taking the lead in requiring schools to establish specific procedures for how to deal with such an emergency.
A law that went into effect in January requires schools to work with parents of asthma sufferers to develop such plans.
Asthma causes airways to swell, limiting the amount of air getting to the lungs. It can cause shortness of breath, wheezing and coughing and even death. Allergens or high activity can cause an attack.
Superintendent Dustin Day said there won’t be much to change in Waverly schools.....
Read more here: myjournalcourier.com
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
City Tax on Cars Cut Pollution, Kids' Asthma Risk
TUESDAY, March 7, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- A tax designed to reduce mid-city traffic in Stockholm, Sweden, was tied to a reduction in asthma attacks in children, a new study suggests.
"The key takeaways of this paper are that health gains can be realized through efforts to lower air pollution, and that we need to be patient in waiting for the complete picture to emerge," said study author Emilia Simeonova, an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
After Stockholm introduced the "congestion tax" as an experiment in 2006 to discourage people from driving in the center of the city, traffic flow got better and air pollution levels fell by 5 to 10 percent. The tax was made into law in 2007.....
Read more here: pollen.com
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Women suffer from asthma symptoms more frequently and more severely than men
Women suffer more frequently and more severely from pollen and food allergies and therefore also from asthma. Firstly, female sex hormones increase the risk and symptoms of asthma and allergies and, secondly, hormone preparations such as the contraceptive pill play a role. These factors should be given more consideration than was previously the case. Erika Jensen-Jarolim from MedUni Vienna's Institute of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research stresses this point on the occasion of International Women's Day on 8 March.....
Read more here: medicalxpress.com
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Professional IPM no better in decreasing asthma in children than do-it-yourself mouse allergen reduction
The results of a new study reveal that a professional pest management intervention was no better in decreasing asthma symptoms in children allergic to mice than teaching families how to reduce the level of allergens shed by mice in the home on their own.
In a report of the study's findings, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on March 6, researchers compared professional pest management treatments plus education with education alone and found no significant differences in asthma symptoms or mouse allergen exposure between the two groups. Both groups, however, saw substantial reductions in mouse allergen levels and substantial improvements in asthma.....
Read more here: news-medical.net
TUESDAY, March 7, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- A tax designed to reduce mid-city traffic in Stockholm, Sweden, was tied to a reduction in asthma attacks in children, a new study suggests.
"The key takeaways of this paper are that health gains can be realized through efforts to lower air pollution, and that we need to be patient in waiting for the complete picture to emerge," said study author Emilia Simeonova, an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
After Stockholm introduced the "congestion tax" as an experiment in 2006 to discourage people from driving in the center of the city, traffic flow got better and air pollution levels fell by 5 to 10 percent. The tax was made into law in 2007.....
Read more here: pollen.com
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Women suffer from asthma symptoms more frequently and more severely than men
Women suffer more frequently and more severely from pollen and food allergies and therefore also from asthma. Firstly, female sex hormones increase the risk and symptoms of asthma and allergies and, secondly, hormone preparations such as the contraceptive pill play a role. These factors should be given more consideration than was previously the case. Erika Jensen-Jarolim from MedUni Vienna's Institute of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research stresses this point on the occasion of International Women's Day on 8 March.....
Read more here: medicalxpress.com
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Professional IPM no better in decreasing asthma in children than do-it-yourself mouse allergen reduction
The results of a new study reveal that a professional pest management intervention was no better in decreasing asthma symptoms in children allergic to mice than teaching families how to reduce the level of allergens shed by mice in the home on their own.
In a report of the study's findings, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on March 6, researchers compared professional pest management treatments plus education with education alone and found no significant differences in asthma symptoms or mouse allergen exposure between the two groups. Both groups, however, saw substantial reductions in mouse allergen levels and substantial improvements in asthma.....
Read more here: news-medical.net
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
Mobile clinic improved asthma outcomes among low-income children
ATLANTA — For low–income patients with asthma without regular access to health care, direct care via mobile clinics significantly improved asthma outcomes, according to research presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.
In 2009, the University of California, Los Angeles, launched their Breathmobile program, intended to provide care to children at their schools in Long Beach, California, an area in which 33% of pediatric patients live in poverty.....
Read more here: healio.com
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Many Asthma Patients Use Their Inhalers Incorrectly, Research Shows
They hold it wrong, breathe at the wrong time, or forget to shake the device
When it comes to proper inhaler use, mistakes are the norm.
The process of using the medicine-delivery devices requires multiple steps and studies have found that patients make at least one mistake as much as 70% to 90% of the time. The result: only about 7% to 40% of drugs is delivered to the lungs.
Metered-dose inhalers are among the most commonly used devices for treating respiratory diseases. The devices deliver specific amounts of medication to the lungs with each spray breathed in.....
Read more here: wsj.com
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The tricky thing about asthma
In mid-January, health headlines announced that nearly one-third of adults diagnosed with asthma don’t actually have this respiratory condition at all. This announcement appeared everywhere from Fox News Health to the Chicago Tribune.
As a primary care doc, a medical writer, and an asthma sufferer, I was very skeptical of these dramatic announcements, and with good reason. An editorial that accompanied this study provides important perspective that suggests the news headlines were exaggerated and misleading.....
Read more here: health.harvard.edu
ATLANTA — For low–income patients with asthma without regular access to health care, direct care via mobile clinics significantly improved asthma outcomes, according to research presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.
In 2009, the University of California, Los Angeles, launched their Breathmobile program, intended to provide care to children at their schools in Long Beach, California, an area in which 33% of pediatric patients live in poverty.....
Read more here: healio.com
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Many Asthma Patients Use Their Inhalers Incorrectly, Research Shows
They hold it wrong, breathe at the wrong time, or forget to shake the device
When it comes to proper inhaler use, mistakes are the norm.
The process of using the medicine-delivery devices requires multiple steps and studies have found that patients make at least one mistake as much as 70% to 90% of the time. The result: only about 7% to 40% of drugs is delivered to the lungs.
Metered-dose inhalers are among the most commonly used devices for treating respiratory diseases. The devices deliver specific amounts of medication to the lungs with each spray breathed in.....
Read more here: wsj.com
------------------------------------------------------
The tricky thing about asthma
In mid-January, health headlines announced that nearly one-third of adults diagnosed with asthma don’t actually have this respiratory condition at all. This announcement appeared everywhere from Fox News Health to the Chicago Tribune.
As a primary care doc, a medical writer, and an asthma sufferer, I was very skeptical of these dramatic announcements, and with good reason. An editorial that accompanied this study provides important perspective that suggests the news headlines were exaggerated and misleading.....
Read more here: health.harvard.edu
Monday, March 6, 2017
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.....
Read more here: medscape.com
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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.....
Read more here: huffingtonpost.ca
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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).....
Read more here: health.usnews.com
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.....
Read more here: medscape.com
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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.....
Read more here: huffingtonpost.ca
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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).....
Read more here: health.usnews.com
Sunday, March 5, 2017
Protein HMGB1 may be the key to better asthma treatment
Asthma causes an individual's airways to become inflamed and narrow, and additional mucus is produced. Breathing becomes difficult for this person, who may wheeze and cough as a result.
An estimated 1 in 12 people in the United States have asthma, which equates to around 25 million people.
Worryingly, the number of individuals with asthma appears to be rising. Between 2001 and 2009, the number of U.S. individuals diagnosed with asthma grew by 4.3 million. In 2007, asthma was linked to 3,447 deaths in the country.
There are a range of potential triggers for asthma. These include pollen, molds, dust mites, animal dander, air pollution, certain medications, and exercise.....
Read more here: medicalnewstoday.com
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Asthma Much More Lethal for Black Children, Study Finds
SATURDAY, March 4, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Asthma attacks can prove deadly to kids, but a new study shows that black American children are six times more likely to die of the illness than their white or Hispanic peers.
The gap in death rates "may imply a differential access to care" based on a family's race, said lead author Dr. Anna Chen Arroyo, in a news release from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. She is from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
Arroyo was slated to present the findings Saturday at the academy's annual meeting in Atlanta.....
Read more here: pollen.com
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Patients with asthma see improvement from Xolair
ATLANTA — Patients with asthma who were treated with Xolair reported fewer exacerbations and other improvements, according to findings presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.
“Real-world data are important to supplement clinical trial data in heterogeneous diseases like asthma,” Bradley W. Chipps, MD, of the Capital Allergy and Respiratory Disease Center, Sacramento, California, and colleagues wrote. “We report the results of a U.S.-based, multicenter, prospective, 48-week observational registration of patients with allergic asthma using [omalizumab (Xolair, Genentech, Novartis)]”.....
Read more here: healio.com
Asthma causes an individual's airways to become inflamed and narrow, and additional mucus is produced. Breathing becomes difficult for this person, who may wheeze and cough as a result.
An estimated 1 in 12 people in the United States have asthma, which equates to around 25 million people.
Worryingly, the number of individuals with asthma appears to be rising. Between 2001 and 2009, the number of U.S. individuals diagnosed with asthma grew by 4.3 million. In 2007, asthma was linked to 3,447 deaths in the country.
There are a range of potential triggers for asthma. These include pollen, molds, dust mites, animal dander, air pollution, certain medications, and exercise.....
Read more here: medicalnewstoday.com
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Asthma Much More Lethal for Black Children, Study Finds
SATURDAY, March 4, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Asthma attacks can prove deadly to kids, but a new study shows that black American children are six times more likely to die of the illness than their white or Hispanic peers.
The gap in death rates "may imply a differential access to care" based on a family's race, said lead author Dr. Anna Chen Arroyo, in a news release from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. She is from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
Arroyo was slated to present the findings Saturday at the academy's annual meeting in Atlanta.....
Read more here: pollen.com
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Patients with asthma see improvement from Xolair
ATLANTA — Patients with asthma who were treated with Xolair reported fewer exacerbations and other improvements, according to findings presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.
“Real-world data are important to supplement clinical trial data in heterogeneous diseases like asthma,” Bradley W. Chipps, MD, of the Capital Allergy and Respiratory Disease Center, Sacramento, California, and colleagues wrote. “We report the results of a U.S.-based, multicenter, prospective, 48-week observational registration of patients with allergic asthma using [omalizumab (Xolair, Genentech, Novartis)]”.....
Read more here: healio.com
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