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Magnesium for treating CVD, T2D, and asthma
Clinical Advisor The mechanism of magnesium action in cardiac arrhythmias, migraines, and asthma appears to be its ability to calm membrane excitability by altering the resting membrane potential.6 Multiple large trials have verified the positive effect of magnesium on … |
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Obesity, gestational weight gain associated with child asthma risk
Clinical Advisor The odds were higher in asthma or wheeze ever associated with GWG (OR, 1.16). There was no association between maternal underweight and low GWG and childhood asthma or wheeze. Maternal asthma history showed a negative association of … |
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Help children keep asthma at bay
Clinical Advisor Primary-care clinicians can improve the quality of life for these patients with proper guidance and education designed to lessen the severity and symptoms of asthma and reduce exposure to potential triggers. Early intervention and education for … |
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Asthma drug treats food allergy
Clinical Advisor As Kari Nadeau, MD, PhD, and fellow investigators noted in their report in Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology, pilot data have shown that omalizumab may hasten the person's ability to tolerate more than 4 g of food-allergen protein. The group … Perceived Stress Positively Linked to Allergy Flares |
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One in five children outgrow asthma
Clinical Advisor To better understand factors related to remission or persistence of childhood asthma, the researchers analyzed data from a 1996 survey that followed 248 Swedish children aged 7 to 8 years who had asthma. Participants were reassessed annually until age … One in five kids may 'outgrow' asthma |
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How often should asthma be assessed?
Clinical Advisor The key is to "treat up" the asthma scale, and consider stepping down once stabilized. For example, if someone diagnosed with mild intermittent asthma develops increasing symptoms that meet the criteria for moderate persistent asthma, treatment must be … |
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Smartphone apps for vaccines, asthma generate interest at NAPNAP 2013
Clinical Advisor … CPNP-AC, and Jodi Shroba RN, MSN, CPNP, both of Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics in Kansas City, Miss., touted the benefits of apps to improve health literacy among patients with chronic asthma and allergies to enable better self-management. |
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Pesticides, antibacterials linked to asthma Rxs
Clinical Advisor Those in the highest tertiary of urinary 2,5-dichlorophenol concentration had a significantly higher probability of taking a prescription medication for asthma-related wheezing (P=0.02) than those in the second or lowest tertiaries, Elina Jerschow, MD … |
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Evaluating and managing pediatric food allergy
Clinical Advisor For example, children with food allergy are four times more likely to have asthma, two times more likely to have atopic dermatitis, and nearly four times more likely to have respiratory allergies compared with children who have no food allergy. The … Food allergies among adolescents more common in Israel than in Britain, study … |
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Asthma treatment response reduced in obese patients
Clinical Advisor Higher levels of neutrophilic inflammation may explain why obese patients with asthma respond less to corticosteroid treatment. Obese asthma patients have reduced treatment response |
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