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HCPLive |
Adherence for Pediatric Asthma Medication Improved with Phone Call Reminders
HCPLive Researchers from Kaiser Permamente examined nearly 1,200 children aged 3 to 12 years for 24 months in order to test a SR intervention to improve adherence to pediatric asthma controller medication. The participants had persistent asthma diagnosis and … |
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Dual-action Sanofi asthma drug performs well in test
Allentown Morning Call Nov 11 (Reuters) – An experimental biotech drug for severe asthma from France's Sanofi, which has a location in Swiftwater, Monroe County, and its U.S. partner Regeneron has produced good results in clinical tests, suggesting its dual-action mechanism … |
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The Guardian |
Boy died of asthma attack after error by ambulance call handler, inquest told
The Guardian An eight-year-old boy would have had more chance of surviving a fatal asthma attack, if an ambulance call handler had not made an error, a coroner has ruled. Clayton Barker died after paramedics were delayed because his grandmother's 999 call was … Boy, 8, could have survived fatal asthma attack if a 999 call handler hadn't … Clayton Barker asthma death: 999 error 'lessened survival chances' Coroner pleads for urgency over asthma attacks after 999 call-handling blunder … |
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New medicine offers another defense in the asthma war
Allentown Morning Call The U.S. Food and Drug Administration this week gave marketing approval to GlaxoSmithKline's Arnuity Ellipta, an inhaled corticosteroid medicine designed to be taken a once a day by asthma patients 12 years of age and older. It's not for someone having … |
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Florida Times-Union |
Doctors on Call: Preventing asthma symptoms can allow for a better school year
Florida Times-Union Just as it must have been for these three champions, going to school in the fall is always a stressful time for children, but even more so for those who suffer with chronic health conditions such as asthma. About 10 percent of children have asthma and … |
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Girl, 12, Dies From Asthma Attack, School Didn't Call 911 or Take Her to ER
Opposing Views The nurse wasn't there on the day when Massey had her asthma attack. Massey's father Daniel Burch told Philadelphia City Paper that someone from the school called him towards the end of the day. Apparently, Burch didn't realize how badly his daughter … |
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Call for improved antenatal asthma management
medwireNews medwireNews: The results of a study in South Australia show that maternal asthma significantly and independently increases the risk for perinatal complications, such as premature birth, gestational diabetes, and small for gestational age (SGA) birthweight. |
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Call to improve asthma care and control
Asian Tribune When there are evidence-based methods to control asthma effectively, then why is the disease burden growing over the past 30 years, particularly in the low- and middle- income countries? This fact is stated clearly in the Global Asthma Report 2011 … |
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 Sunday Observer |
Call for better management of asthma
Sunday Observer Despite evidence that asthma can be effectively managed, not only is asthma-related health literacy very low in most settings, but quality-assured, affordable essential medicines are also very seldom available. |
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 Irish Times |
Asthma experts call for introduction of drug which has 'Lazarus-like' effect …
Irish Times Asthma experts have called for the introduction of a drug which has just been approved for treatment in the severest cases of the condition. The National Institute of Clinical Excellence has recommended that Xolair, a monoclonal antibody, be provided … |
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