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November 26, 2014

In-Home Asthma Treatment Improves Adults’ Control – Medscape

In-Home Asthma Treatment Improves Adults' Control
Medscape
Low-income adults with uncontrolled asthma had improved control and quality of life when they received five home visits per year by community health workers, according to study results published online November 24 in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Home Visits As Helpful As Medicine For King County Asthma PatientsKPLU News for Seattle and the Northwest
Home Visits Can Improve Asthma Control for Low-income AdultsHCPLive

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November 7, 2014

Surgery for sleep apnea improves asthma control – UChicago News

Surgery for sleep apnea improves asthma control
UChicago News
Researchers from the University of Chicago found that in the first year after the operation, children who had the surgery had a 30 percent reduction in acute asthma exacerbations and a 38 percent decrease in acute status asthmaticus—a medical emergency.

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November 4, 2014

Surgery for sleep apnea improves asthma control – Medical Xpress

Surgery for sleep apnea improves asthma control
Medical Xpress
Asthma is a common and costly respiratory disease. It is the third-most prevalent chronic pediatric disease in the United States, affecting an estimated 7.1 million children under the age of 18, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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November 4, 2014

Efficacy and Safety Study of Mepolizumab Adjunctive Therapy in Participants With Severe Eosinophilic Asthma on Markers of Asthma Control

Condition: Asthma
Interventions: Biological: Mepolizumab; Drug: Placebo; Drug: SOC
Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline
Not yet recruiting – verified October 2014

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October 25, 2014

Overweight Children More Likely to Report Worse Asthma Control – Monthly Prescribing Reference

Monthly Prescribing Reference

Overweight Children More Likely to Report Worse Asthma Control
Monthly Prescribing Reference
Children with early-onset asthma who are overweight or obese may mistake exertional dyspnea and esophageal reflux for loss of asthma control, causing them to use more rescue medication. In a study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical …
Overweight kids misinterpret asthma symptoms, potentially overuse medicationEurekAlert (press release)
Obese Asthmatics Overuse Rescue MedicationsPharmacy Times
Seven recent developments involving food allergyHealio

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October 17, 2014

Overweight children displayed poorer asthma control than lean children – Healio

Overweight children displayed poorer asthma control than lean children
Healio
Researchers conducted a cross-sectional study of 21 lean children (20% to 65% BMI; mean age, 12.8 years; 67% boys) and 35 overweight and obese children (?85% BMI; mean age, 12.5 years; 57% boys) with persistent, early-onset asthma. Patient history …

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September 24, 2014

UTHealth Researchers to Assess Asthma Risk in Healthcare Workers – Infection Control Today

UTHealth Researchers to Assess Asthma Risk in Healthcare Workers
Infection Control Today
In 2003, the researchers published the results of a survey that found an increased prevalence of asthma among healthcare workers, especially nurses. After entering the healthcare field, 7.3 percent of nurses developed asthma while this figure was …
Researchers to assess asthma risk in health care workersPhys.Org

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September 10, 2014

ASK THE ZERO TO THREE TEAM: Learn to control children’s asthma – Indiana Gazette

Indiana Gazette

ASK THE ZERO TO THREE TEAM: Learn to control children's asthma
Indiana Gazette
Employees at Giant Eagle in White Township are holding a cutest pet contest to raise money for the American Cancer Society as part of events leading up to Grocers Fight Cancer day on Oct. 2. Promoting the event, in front from left, are Indiana Mayor …

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September 9, 2014

Study Sheds Light on Asthma and Respiratory Viruses – Infection Control Today

Study Sheds Light on Asthma and Respiratory Viruses
Infection Control Today
People with asthma often have a hard time dealing with respiratory viruses such as the flu or the common cold, and researchers have struggled to explain why. In a new study that compared people with and without asthma, the answer is becoming clearer.

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September 1, 2014

Partial asthma control therapy decreased use, sustained control – Healio

Partial asthma control therapy decreased use, sustained control
Healio
A treatment approach aimed at partial asthma control in adult patients significantly decreased medication use and associated costs and sustained asthma control when compared with a controlled-asthma approach, according to recent study results.

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