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Adult Asthma and Aging
dailyRx (dailyRx News) Asthma can be difficult to control at any time of life. New research suggests, however, that older adults living with asthma may have more health issues as they age than younger adults with asthma. Researchers studied two age groups of … |
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Stress and Adult Asthma: The Link Gets Stronger
Medscape The current study followed more than 5000 adults for incident cases of asthma over 10 years, and the researchers found that higher levels of stress doubled the risk for asthma, even after adjustment for multiple confounding variables. Although not … |
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Acid Reflux May Cause Adult Asthma
CBS Local A study in the journal “Jama Surgery” says for people with reflux, an operation to relieve their symptoms of heartburn, nausea, cough and sore throat, also relieved their symptoms of asthma-related wheezing and trouble breathing. Doctors used a new … |
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One in six cases of adult asthma may be linked to workplace
WOWK After a slow and seemingly mild start to winter, Mother Nature is kicking things into high gear as we start this upcoming week. Arctic air will push across the Tri-State Monday through Wednesday, causing. A cold front will help to drag moisture from … |
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Some Adult Asthma Could Be Job-Related
Medical News Today Around one in six cases of adult asthma in baby boomer Britons could be work-related, with the strongest evidence being for cleaning jobs or workplaces where workers are exposed to cleaning agents. People in hairdressing, farming and printing jobs were … Drop In Child Asthma Hospital Admissions Linked To Anti-Smoking Laws Decline in child asthma attacks linked to smoke-free laws Asthma Drops After Public Smoking Ban |
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Study Shows Acid Reflux Can Cause Adult Asthma
CBS Local A study in the journal “Jama Surgery” says for people with reflux, an operation to relieve their symptoms of heartburn, nausea, cough and sore throat, also relieved their symptoms of asthma-related wheezing and trouble breathing. Doctors used a new … Study by West Penn Allegheny Surgeons Points to Reflux Disease as Cause of … |
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One in six cases of adult asthma may be linked to workplace
KPTV.com Having pots of money doesn't necessarily make you happy, study after study has found. But giving away money — even if you're not rich — is likely to make you feel wealthier, and thus happier.More >. Having pots of money doesn't necessarily make you … Fast food linked to severe asthma, eczema, hay fever Occupation Implicated in 16% of Adult Asthma in UK Workplace link to 1 in 6 cases of adult asthma among UK baby boomers |
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Workplace link to 1 in 6 cases of adult asthma among UK baby boomers
EurekAlert (press release) The strongest evidence seems to be for jobs involving cleaning or cleaning agents, the research suggests. The authors base their findings on the job histories up to the age of 42 of almost 7,500 British adults born in 1958, all of whom were taking part … |
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Childhood Abuse Linked to Adult Asthma
dailyRx She and her colleagues followed 28,456 African-American women to see if there was a relationship between physical and sexual abuse during childhood and adolescence and the incidence of adult-onset asthma. Investigators studied data about the women … |
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Adult Asthma and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease, Cerebrovascular Disease, and Heart Failure: A Prospective Study of 2 Matched Cohorts.
Am J Epidemiol. 2012 Nov 8;
Authors: Iribarren C, Tolstykh IV, Miller MK, Sobel E, Eisner MD
Abstract
Asthma has been associated with increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. The authors ascertained the association of asthma with CVD and the roles that sex, concurrent allergy, and asthma medications may play in this association. They assembled a cohort of 203,595 Northern California adults with asthma and a parallel asthma-free referent cohort (matched 1:1 on age, sex, and race/ethnicity); both cohorts were followed for incident nonfatal or fatal CVD and all-cause mortality from January 1, 1996, through December 31, 2008. Each cohort was 66% female and 47% white. After adjustment for age, sex, race/ethnicity, cardiac risk factors, and comorbid allergy, asthma was associated with a 1.40-fold (95% confidence interval (CI): 1.35, 1.45) increased hazard of coronary heart disease, a 1.20-fold (95% CI: 1.15, 1.25) hazard of cerebrovascular disease, a 2.14-fold (95% CI: 2.06, 2.22) hazard of heart failure, and a 3.28-fold (95% CI: 3.15, 3.41) hazard of all-cause mortality. Stronger associations were noted among women. Comorbid allergy predicted CVD but did not synergistically increase the CVD risk associated with asthma. Only asthma patients using asthma medications (particularly those on oral corticosteroids alone or in combination) were at enhanced risk of CVD. In conclusion, asthma was prospectively associated with increased risk of major CVD. Modifying effects were noted for sex and asthma medication use but not for comorbid allergy.
PMID: 23139248 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]
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