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Health24 |
Many parents lack info about kids' asthma meds
Health24 A survey of parents of 740 children with probable persistent asthma found just 49 percent knew what kind of medication their child was prescribed and how often to use it. Following recommended guidelines is key to controlling asthma symptoms, experts say. |
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Phys.Org |
New devices, wearable system aim to predict, prevent asthma attacks
Phys.Org Researchers have developed an integrated, wearable system that monitors a user's environment, heart rate and other physical attributes with the goal of predicting and preventing asthma attacks. The researchers plan to begin testing the system on a … |
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Herald Sun |
Break for allergic asthma sufferers as 'lifesaving' drug subsidised
Herald Sun The Coalition will spend $5.4 million to make Omalizumab — an injectable medication used to treat severe asthma not controlled by corticosteroid inhalers — available to hundreds of patients across Australia. The drug is used to treat people who … |
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WKBN.com |
New asthma app tracks symptoms, triggers
WKBN.com YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – Thousands of people are rushed to the emergency department every year for asthma, but a new app may help reduce that number. Dr. David Stukus teamed up with Nationwide Children's Care in Columbus to create … |
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Lancashire Evening Post |
Gene breakthrough offers hope to asthma sufferers
Lancashire Evening Post Dr da Silva said: “Alternative therapeutic approaches that can both reduce inflammatory and remodeling processes by over-expressing or inhibiting specific genes in the asthma inflammatory cascade, in different types of asthma and without leading to … |
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Arizona Daily Star |
Many Parents Ill-Informed About Kids' Asthma Meds
Arizona Daily Star "Of course, we need to improve provider-patient communication in the medical office, especially for controller medications for children with asthma, but providers may be unaware of their patient's lack of adherence," Wu said in a journal news release. |
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Why We Shouldn't Breathe Easy Over India's Rising Asthma Burden
Huffington Post India Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airway that affects approximately 30 million people in India. The prevalence of asthma in Indian children has continued to increase over the last decade. Despite this significant burden, asthma is … |
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The Pharmaceutical Journal |
Very poorly controlled asthma lasts more than a decade for half of patients
The Pharmaceutical Journal The researchers, who presented their results at the American Thoracic Society International Conference on 15–18 May 2016, say that alternative treatment strategies and helping patients to quit smoking could improve the asthma control of these patients. |
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UPI.com |
Many parents ill-informed about kids' asthma medications
UPI.com TUESDAY, May 31, 2016 — Only half of parents of children with asthma fully understand the use of their youngsters' asthma medications, a new study finds. A survey of parents of 740 children with probable persistent asthma found just 49 percent knew … |
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U.S. News & World Report |
Many Parents Ill-Informed About Kids' Asthma Meds
U.S. News & World Report "Of course, we need to improve provider-patient communication in the medical office, especially for controller medications for children with asthma, but providers may be unaware of their patient's lack of adherence," Wu said in a journal news release. |
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