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UK health cost body backs Novartis asthma drug in fresh U-turn
Yahoo! News (blog) LONDON (Reuters) – Britain's health cost-effectiveness watchdog NICE said it planned to recommend the use of Novartis's severe asthma drug Xolair after prevaricating for months over whether it should be paid for on the taxpayer-funded National Health … U-turn As Asthma Drug Gets Go-ahead NICE U-turn over asthma drug omalizumab |
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UK health cost body backs Novartis asthma drug in fresh U-turn
Reuters LONDON (Reuters) – Britain's health cost-effectiveness watchdog NICE said it planned to recommend the use of Novartis's severe asthma drug Xolair after prevaricating for months over whether it should be paid for on the taxpayer-funded National Health … NICE U-turn over asthma drug omalizumab |
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Daily Rounds: Risky Asthma Drug; Obamacare Unknowns; Boys' Body Image …
WBUR Advair boomed amid health risks (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) – “Millions of people with asthma, including many children, have gone on the drug and Advair sales have exceeded $4 billion every year since 2007. Yet medical studies, independent doctors … |
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Buteyko breathing for asthma
Body and Soul by Naturopathy expert Mim Beim (Q) I have had asthma since childhood and have been reading about the Buteyko breathing method. Could this help me? (A) I have been intrigued by Buteyko ever since I took a course in it over 20 years ago and have never … |
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Association between body mass index and asthma symptoms among korean children: a nation-wide study.
J Korean Med Sci. 2011 Dec;26(12):1541-7
Authors: Suh M, Kim HH, Choi DP, Kim KW, Sohn MH, Ha KH, Hwang WJ, Kim C, Kim KE, Shin DC
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between body mass index (BMI) and the prevalence of wheeze using nation-wide cross-sectional study in Korean children. Total 50,200 children from 427 elementary schools were randomly selected according to residential areas (metropolitan, provincial, rural, and industrial areas) by the cluster sampling method. The International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) questionnaires were used to measure the prevalence of wheeze. Among 31,026 respondents, 25,322 were analyzed. BMI was classified into quartiles based on BMI-for-age percentile. In all residential areas, pets at home and visible mold or moisture were associated with an increased prevalence of wheeze in both genders. However, other living environment factors were not consistently associated among residential areas and gender. Among girls, lowest BMI was negatively associated with prevalence of wheeze and highest BMI was positively associated in all residential areas. In multilevel logistic regression analysis, environmental tobacco smoking exposure, pets at home, visible mold or moisture, and being in the lowest and highest BMI quartile were significantly associated with the prevalence of wheeze in both genders. BMI has become an important risk factor for asthma symptoms among Korean children.
PMID: 22147989 [PubMed – in process]
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Higher body mass index may induce asthma among adolescents with pre-asthmatic …
BMC Pediatrics Limited studies have prospectively examined the role of body mass index (BMI) as a major risk factor for asthma during adolescence. This study investigates whether BMI is associated with increased risk of developing physician-diagnosed asthma during … |
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The long arm of childhood: How chronic stress impacts Oakland teens in body …
San Jose Mercury News As teens age, there is an even bigger physical toll: Adolescents exposed to chronic stress have higher adult rates of asthma, obesity and Type 2 diabetes, and are at higher risk for some cancers and stroke. Chronic stress will upset a teens' … |
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The long arm of childhood: How chronic stress impacts Oakland teens in body …
Oakland Tribune As teens age, there is an even bigger physical toll: Adolescents exposed to chronic stress have higher adult rates of asthma, obesity and Type 2 diabetes, and are at higher risk for some cancers and stroke. Chronic stress will upset a teens' … |
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AB boy suffers from sores on body, mom calls on province to fund treatment
Global Winnipeg Nine-year-old Ethan Richarde suffers from Joeb Syndrome, a rare condition that causes chronic asthma and skin infections. A Grande Prairie mother says her son is in desperate pain, and she's calling on the provincial government to fund a drug that … |
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Civic body wants to make city dust-free
Hindustan Times The high dust content in the city has led to an alarming increase in respiratory ailments such as asthma, allergy and tuberculosis. … BMC promises dust-free Mumbai |
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