World Asthma Foundation

May 10, 2010

The Agenda Behind Electronic Health Records

The Agenda Behind Electronic Health Records
In the nation’s drive to computerize patient records, Jonathan Bush surely qualifies as the most disgruntled beneficiary of the government’s largesse – billions in incentives to accelerate adoption by doctors and hospitals.

The Agenda Behind Electronic Health Records

Your Health mailbag: Blood glucose, red-yeast rice, allergy shots

Your Health mailbag: Blood glucose, red-yeast rice, allergy shots
Is a normal blood-glucose level the same for everyone? Is red-yeast rice a good cholesterol treatment? And what’s in those allergy shots?

Battling cuts

Battling cuts
Protests against council cutbacks

Childhood Asthma Found to Negatively Affect Adult Health

Childhood Asthma Found to Negatively Affect Adult Health
(PhysOrg.com) — Children with asthma are more likely to develop a range of health and social problems as they enter into adulthood, new research by the Yale School of Public Health has found. The study is published in this month’s issue of the Journal of Health Economics.

Mayo Clinic study reveals neighborhood asthma risks

Mayo Clinic study reveals neighborhood asthma risks
( Mayo Clinic ) Mayo Clinic researchers recently released study data showing children who lived near major highway or railroad intersections have higher diagnoses of asthma. The researchers used this study to show how neighborhood environment is a risk factor in understanding the development of pediatric asthma. The study appears in a recent addition of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical …

The Indomitable Teddy Roosevelt: Three-Disc Collector’s Edition

The Indomitable Teddy Roosevelt: Three-Disc Collector’s Edition
Recommended Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States and arguably one of the most popular. Born in 1858, Roosevelt grew up in a wealthy family and suffered from asthma at an early age; in contrast to his weak physical condition, young Teddy devoted his childhood to books and learning, particularly on the subject of nature. His strength in school led him to Harvard …

Children living near highway and railroad intersections more likely to develop asthma

Children living near highway and railroad intersections more likely to develop asthma
Mayo Clinic researchers recently released study data showing children who lived near major highway or railroad intersections have higher diagnoses of asthma.

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: The new MPs I’m glad to see

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: The new MPs I’m glad to see
At 3am on election night – when results were still uncertain – I surrendered to sleep and turbulent dreams. In one scene, Roy Hattersley, in a kilt, was saluting a uniformed and heavily armed Margaret Thatcher. On Friday my husband brought in the coffee as always and asked: “Do you want the good or bad news?” “Both and fast,” I replied, half-awake and already hyperventilating. Asthma inhalers …

Those living near highway and railroad intersections more likely to develop asthma, study finds

Those living near highway and railroad intersections more likely to develop asthma, study finds
Researchers recently released study data showing children who lived near major highway or railroad intersections have higher diagnoses of asthma. The researchers used this study to show how neighborhood environment is a risk factor in understanding the development of pediatric asthma.