Living with dogs can help protect babies from range of illnesses like asthma
Studies on cats and other pets did not have the same results
Dog aren't just cool. They can also have health benefits.
A recent study shows that dogs can help strengthen immune systems of children against allergies and asthma if they are exposed to them, as well as barnyard animals, within the first three months of life.
The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, was conducted on children on farms. It found that those who lived in close proximity of animals, especially youngsters in the Amish community, were less likely to have asthma than those who grew up on industrialised farms away from animals.....
Read more here: independent.co.uk
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Lack of Benefit of Azithromycin Use in Acute Asthma Exacerbations
According to a study recently published in JAMA Internal Medicine, there are no clinical benefits from adding azithromycin (500 mg for 3 days) to standard treatment for adults who presented to emergency departments with acute asthma exacerbations requiring a corticosteroid course.1 Furthermore, no differences in the scores of self-reported symptoms, quality of life, lung function, or speed of symptom resolution were observed.....
Read more here: contagionlive.com
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How to lower asthma and allergy risk in kids
Are allergies increasing in India? Much like other non-communicable diseases, this threat to health will soon grip middle and developing nations.
Are allergies going up or are more people being diagnosed with the disorder that causes incessant sneezing, wheezing, breathlessness, rash, runny nose, sinus pain, vomiting, and itchy eyes, ears, lips, throat and mouth.
There’s a definitive rise. There is no data for India, but US data shows that food allergies in children rose by 50% between 1997 and 2011. The increase is more marked in developed countries, but much like other non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and cancers, this threat to health will soon grip middle and developing nations.....
Read more here: hindustantimes.com
Saturday, June 17, 2017
Friday, June 16, 2017
Snus linked to asthma and sleep problems
(Reuters Health) - Snus, a moist, smokeless tobacco product, may contribute to breathing and sleep problems, Swedish researchers report.
Based on questionnaires answered by more than 16,000 never-smokers in Sweden, researchers found that snus users were over 50 percent more likely than non-users to have asthma. In addition, snus users were 37 to 59 percent more likely to snore and have trouble falling asleep, the study found.
Snus, which was developed in Sweden, usually comes in a small pouch and users tuck a pinch of it between the gums and upper lip.....
Read more here: whtc.com
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Racism aggravates treatment-resistant asthma
Racial discrimination experienced by African-American children and young adults exacerbates a type of asthma known to be resistant to standard treatment, according to a study headed by researchers at UC San Francisco.
The 576 study participants, who were African-Americans with asthma, aged between 8 and 21, were asked if they had been hassled, made to feel inferior or prevented from doing something "because of your race, ethnicity, color or language," in situations including at school, getting medical care and getting services in a store or restaurant. Close to half (281) reported experiences of racial discrimination in any setting at some point in their lives.....
Read more here: medicalxpress.com
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Researchers granted $5 million to study link between paracetamol and childhood asthma
A new decade-long, multimillion dollar trial aims to find out if paracetamol use in babies causes childhood asthma.
Auckland paediatric emergency medicine specialist Dr Stuart Dalziel has received a $4.99 million grant from the Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) to carry out the first trial of its kind in the world.
Dalziel will lead the trial alongside a team from Auckland and Counties Manukau district health boards, the Medical Research Institute of New Zealand and the universities of Auckland, Otago and Calgary, in Canada.....
Read more here: stuff.co.nz
(Reuters Health) - Snus, a moist, smokeless tobacco product, may contribute to breathing and sleep problems, Swedish researchers report.
Based on questionnaires answered by more than 16,000 never-smokers in Sweden, researchers found that snus users were over 50 percent more likely than non-users to have asthma. In addition, snus users were 37 to 59 percent more likely to snore and have trouble falling asleep, the study found.
Snus, which was developed in Sweden, usually comes in a small pouch and users tuck a pinch of it between the gums and upper lip.....
Read more here: whtc.com
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Racism aggravates treatment-resistant asthma
Racial discrimination experienced by African-American children and young adults exacerbates a type of asthma known to be resistant to standard treatment, according to a study headed by researchers at UC San Francisco.
The 576 study participants, who were African-Americans with asthma, aged between 8 and 21, were asked if they had been hassled, made to feel inferior or prevented from doing something "because of your race, ethnicity, color or language," in situations including at school, getting medical care and getting services in a store or restaurant. Close to half (281) reported experiences of racial discrimination in any setting at some point in their lives.....
Read more here: medicalxpress.com
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Researchers granted $5 million to study link between paracetamol and childhood asthma
A new decade-long, multimillion dollar trial aims to find out if paracetamol use in babies causes childhood asthma.
Auckland paediatric emergency medicine specialist Dr Stuart Dalziel has received a $4.99 million grant from the Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) to carry out the first trial of its kind in the world.
Dalziel will lead the trial alongside a team from Auckland and Counties Manukau district health boards, the Medical Research Institute of New Zealand and the universities of Auckland, Otago and Calgary, in Canada.....
Read more here: stuff.co.nz
Thursday, June 15, 2017
The social stigma that could kill: Teenagers with asthma are putting themselves at risk of life-threatening attacks because they are too embarrassed to use their inhalers
Teenagers with asthma are putting themselves at risk of life-threatening attacks by not using their inhalers enough because of the 'social stigma'.
Because of this, youngsters with the common respiratory condition are using inhalers just a quarter of the recommended time.
A new report found that teens feel having asthma is portrayed as 'weakness' in film and on television.
That the shape of some inhalers 'resemble sex toys' was also found to be a common concern, as well as a dislike of being labelled with a chronic illness.
Adolescents also had fears about side effects such as weight gain and spots and other factors for low usage included forgetfulness, lack of routine and not having a good inhaler technique.....
Read more here: dailymail.co.uk
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Teenagers with asthma 'fear being mocked'
14th June 2017 – Many teenagers with asthma are embarrassed to use their inhalers in front of classmates and worry they'll be mocked about their condition, an analysis has shown.
The research, based on 10 years of posts by teenagers and their parents to an online forum, reveals how youngsters fear they'll be picked on and shunned by their peers because they have asthma.
Some didn't want their friends to label them as having a chronic illness, while others were mortified that their particular inhaler looked like a sex toy.....
Read more here: webmd.boots.com
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Asthma biologic may reduce oral steroid use
Oral corticosteroid-dependent patients with severe, uncontrolled asthma who were treated with benralizumab were more than 4 times as likely to reduce their oral corticosteroid (OCS) dose than those in a placebo group, according to a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
The findings were also simultaneously presented at the American Thoracic Society (ATS) 2017 International Congress in May.
Benralizumab is a biologic—a human monoclonal antibody—directed against the interleukin-5 receptor (IL-5Ra) that induces direct, rapid, and near complete depletion of eosinophils via antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC).....
Read more here: formularyjournal.modernmedicine.com
Teenagers with asthma are putting themselves at risk of life-threatening attacks by not using their inhalers enough because of the 'social stigma'.
Because of this, youngsters with the common respiratory condition are using inhalers just a quarter of the recommended time.
A new report found that teens feel having asthma is portrayed as 'weakness' in film and on television.
That the shape of some inhalers 'resemble sex toys' was also found to be a common concern, as well as a dislike of being labelled with a chronic illness.
Adolescents also had fears about side effects such as weight gain and spots and other factors for low usage included forgetfulness, lack of routine and not having a good inhaler technique.....
Read more here: dailymail.co.uk
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Teenagers with asthma 'fear being mocked'
14th June 2017 – Many teenagers with asthma are embarrassed to use their inhalers in front of classmates and worry they'll be mocked about their condition, an analysis has shown.
The research, based on 10 years of posts by teenagers and their parents to an online forum, reveals how youngsters fear they'll be picked on and shunned by their peers because they have asthma.
Some didn't want their friends to label them as having a chronic illness, while others were mortified that their particular inhaler looked like a sex toy.....
Read more here: webmd.boots.com
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Asthma biologic may reduce oral steroid use
Oral corticosteroid-dependent patients with severe, uncontrolled asthma who were treated with benralizumab were more than 4 times as likely to reduce their oral corticosteroid (OCS) dose than those in a placebo group, according to a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
The findings were also simultaneously presented at the American Thoracic Society (ATS) 2017 International Congress in May.
Benralizumab is a biologic—a human monoclonal antibody—directed against the interleukin-5 receptor (IL-5Ra) that induces direct, rapid, and near complete depletion of eosinophils via antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC).....
Read more here: formularyjournal.modernmedicine.com
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Do YOU dry your laundry inside? You may be putting yourself at risk of a deadly asthma attack, expert warns
Drying laundry indoors may trigger a deadly asthma attack, an expert warns.
Moist environments create the ideal breeding grounds for mould, which then releases spores, she said.
Spores, which are invisible, can trigger allergic reactions or even asthma attacks, she adds.
Young children, the elderly and those with suppressed immune systems, such as chemotherapy patients, may be particularly at risk.
The expert advises we dry our laundry outside if possible, use tumble dryers and keep our homes ventilated to prevent mould from building up.....
Read more here: dailymail.co.uk
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Testosterone May Protect Against Asthma
Asthma, a disease of the lungs that causes inflammation, swelling, wheezing and shortness of breath, affects both sexes, but with one notable difference: Boys tend to grow out of asthma after puberty, and men are far less likely to develop it in adulthood than women are. Australian researchers explored the idea that testosterone may have a protective effect against asthma—and they believe it does, pinpointing some of the mechanisms by which it occurs. Their study results are published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine.....
Read more here: mentalfloss.com
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Keeping kids with asthma safe during the summer
Summertime and the living is easy, that's what they say right?
However, for people suffering from asthma, the breathing isn't.
Summer brings higher temperatures, humidity, and pressure changes.
Changes in pressure can bring about thunderstorms one day, then dry us out the next.
Jeana Bush from the Allergy, Asthma, and Sinus Center in Macon says, this see-saw like pattern can be a trigger to those with asthma.....
Read more here: 13wmaz.com
Drying laundry indoors may trigger a deadly asthma attack, an expert warns.
Moist environments create the ideal breeding grounds for mould, which then releases spores, she said.
Spores, which are invisible, can trigger allergic reactions or even asthma attacks, she adds.
Young children, the elderly and those with suppressed immune systems, such as chemotherapy patients, may be particularly at risk.
The expert advises we dry our laundry outside if possible, use tumble dryers and keep our homes ventilated to prevent mould from building up.....
Read more here: dailymail.co.uk
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Testosterone May Protect Against Asthma
Asthma, a disease of the lungs that causes inflammation, swelling, wheezing and shortness of breath, affects both sexes, but with one notable difference: Boys tend to grow out of asthma after puberty, and men are far less likely to develop it in adulthood than women are. Australian researchers explored the idea that testosterone may have a protective effect against asthma—and they believe it does, pinpointing some of the mechanisms by which it occurs. Their study results are published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine.....
Read more here: mentalfloss.com
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Keeping kids with asthma safe during the summer
Summertime and the living is easy, that's what they say right?
However, for people suffering from asthma, the breathing isn't.
Summer brings higher temperatures, humidity, and pressure changes.
Changes in pressure can bring about thunderstorms one day, then dry us out the next.
Jeana Bush from the Allergy, Asthma, and Sinus Center in Macon says, this see-saw like pattern can be a trigger to those with asthma.....
Read more here: 13wmaz.com
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Asthma Triggers Like Roaches, Mice, Mold Could See Better Fixes Under Bill
MANHATTAN — There was already a hole in the bathroom when Jose Jimenez moved into his Washington Heights apartment more than 20 years ago.
He was promised fixes, but over the years, as his building was bought and sold several times, different landlords ignored the growing water damage, toxic black mold, crumbling walls and mice holes dotting the unit's walls and floor.
“The black mold — they just paint over it. It comes back again,” said Jimenez, who worries that his 1-year-old daughter could soon be diagnosed with asthma because of the apartment conditions.....
Read more here: dnainfo.com
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Climate change leading to increased asthma risk
One of the greatest things about living in America is that in some states, you can experience all four seasons—the rejuvenation of spring, the sweltering heat of summer, the briskness of fall, and even the harshness of winter. While each season has its ups and downs, there’s no denying that all have an air of beauty attached to them. This change in seasons is shifting at an alarming rate due to the detrimental effects of climate change. New research has even found that climate change may increase your chances of developing asthma.....
Read more here: belmarrahealth.com
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Cancer drug shows potential in treating severe asthma
Mast cells are associated with severe asthma and airway hyperresponsiveness and in some patients they persist in the airway despite high doses of glucocorticoids.
The tyrosine kinase inhibitor, imatinib, used to treat leukaemia, targets a receptor known as KIT that is critical to mast cell function. In a paper published in The New England Journal of Medicine (online, 18 May 2017), researchers explored whether the drug might have an effect on mast cells in 62 patients with poorly controlled severe asthma.....
Read more here: pharmaceutical-journal.com
MANHATTAN — There was already a hole in the bathroom when Jose Jimenez moved into his Washington Heights apartment more than 20 years ago.
He was promised fixes, but over the years, as his building was bought and sold several times, different landlords ignored the growing water damage, toxic black mold, crumbling walls and mice holes dotting the unit's walls and floor.
“The black mold — they just paint over it. It comes back again,” said Jimenez, who worries that his 1-year-old daughter could soon be diagnosed with asthma because of the apartment conditions.....
Read more here: dnainfo.com
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Climate change leading to increased asthma risk
One of the greatest things about living in America is that in some states, you can experience all four seasons—the rejuvenation of spring, the sweltering heat of summer, the briskness of fall, and even the harshness of winter. While each season has its ups and downs, there’s no denying that all have an air of beauty attached to them. This change in seasons is shifting at an alarming rate due to the detrimental effects of climate change. New research has even found that climate change may increase your chances of developing asthma.....
Read more here: belmarrahealth.com
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Cancer drug shows potential in treating severe asthma
Mast cells are associated with severe asthma and airway hyperresponsiveness and in some patients they persist in the airway despite high doses of glucocorticoids.
The tyrosine kinase inhibitor, imatinib, used to treat leukaemia, targets a receptor known as KIT that is critical to mast cell function. In a paper published in The New England Journal of Medicine (online, 18 May 2017), researchers explored whether the drug might have an effect on mast cells in 62 patients with poorly controlled severe asthma.....
Read more here: pharmaceutical-journal.com
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