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Success Story: Childbirth, asthma prompted Wendy Fleming to get serious about …
Memphis Commercial Appeal BEFORE: Wendy Fleming "piled on the weight" after she had her first baby and was diagnosed with asthma at age 37. She began meeting with personal trainer Yvette Smith three days a week, taking Smith's fitness classes, and cutting back on her fat intake … |
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Misconception about Asthma
Asian Tribune They were able to recognize that she was having an asthmatic attack and were able to administer a bronchodilator. Mwololo was allergic to animal fur, a gift she had received for her tenth birthday to shelter her from the cold nights. Consequently, she … |
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Clearing the air about asthma
Stockton Record Asthma is a chronic disease, but most people don't look at it that way. A chronic disease is a long-lasting health condition that can be controlled but not cured, such as arthritis, diabetes, heart disease or stroke. And even though asthma that's left … |
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Text messages about asthma could help children breathe easier
Scope (blog) In the study (.pdf), pediatric patients with asthma were randomly assigned to three programs: one group received text messages on alternate days, another received text messages daily and a third served as the control and did not receive any text messages. |
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Teens breathe easier with texts about asthma
Futurity: Research News The research team found that sending at least one text message a day, whether it was a question about symptoms or about asthma in general, improved clinical outcomes among teenagers with asthma. (Credit: "girl looking at mobile phone" via Shutterstock) … A Text Message A Day Keeps the Asthma Attack Away – ECN Sending Text Messages Helps Fight Asthma Attack in Children Asking Children about their Asthma Conditions through Text Messages Keeps … |
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The truth about skin asthma
Manila Standard Today According to ehow.com, skin asthma is actually a form of atopic dermatitis, also known as eczema. “Atopic refers to a predisposition to being overly sensitive to allergens, as you would be with asthma; and dermatitis is an inflammation of the skin … |
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Beating the Winter Blues: An Asthmatic's Perspective
About – News & Issues More than any other time of year, the winter is the ideal time to maintain good asthma control. Controlling asthma helps limit long-term effects on our health and can minimize those difficult trips to the doctor, emergency room, or hospital. I'd like … |
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Children's hospital pediatricians talk about health IT innovations for …
MedCity News Fiks is currently leading a research team in a multiyear pilot program to develop a shared decision making portal for children with chronic illnesses, starting with pediatric asthma. Part of the study is designed to assess the feasibility of using the … |
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Improving Pediatrician Knowledge About Environmental Triggers of Asthma.
Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2013 Mar 28;
Authors: Roberts JR, Karr CJ, de Ybarrondo L, McCurdy LE, Freeland KD, Hulsey TC, Forman J
Abstract
Background. Control of environmental triggers (ETs) greatly improves asthma outcomes in children. Disseminating these findings to general pediatricians has not been well established. Methods. After delivering a structured and standardized presentation on ET identification and control to pediatricians, we surveyed them about knowledge and practices of ET assessment and management. We analyzed matched responses for pre/post and 3- to 6-month follow-up using McNemar’s ?(2) test. Results. Matched data were available for 367 participants, and 3- to 6-month follow-up data were available for 83. There was a significant posttraining increase in intention to ask about ETs and recommend ET management. After 3 to 6 months, all responses remained significantly higher than baseline, except “likely to refer to an asthma specialist.” Conclusion. Pediatricians reported a significant improvement in knowledge about ETs of asthma and a willingness to incorporate exposure history questions and remediation recommendations in their routine practice.
PMID: 23539690 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]
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Could a bitter compound give clues about asthma?
Boston Globe Even more bizarre, scientists found them in cells that line the airway, and in the muscles that contract during an asthma attack. Basic scientific research began to suggest that bitter chemicals had potential as an asthma treatment. That is when … |
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