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Therapy-Resistant Asthma May Be Neither
Family Practice News Digital Network Often it's asthma that's not really resistant to therapy, but a result of poor adherence to therapy, poor inhalation technique, or poor asthma control due to exposure to smoke or allergens. And sometimes, it's not even asthma. So, for a child with … |
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Low-Risk Kids With Asthma Don't Need Daily ICS
Family Practice News Digital Network SAN FRANCISCO – Children aged 12 years and older may be less likely to have asthma exacerbations than are younger children, according a 44-week trial in 288 children with mild, persistent asthma. Girls also may be less likely to have asthma … |
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Think Fungi in Cases of Poorly Controlled Asthma
Family Practice News Digital Network SAN FRANCISCO – Underlying pulmonary fungal colonization or infection may be the reason that some children with severe asthma don't respond fully to … |
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Asthma Prevalence Up 15% Since 2001
Family Practice News Digital Network Asthma prevalence in the United States rose from 7.3% in 2001 to 8.4% in 2010, an increase of 15%, according to a report from the National Center for Health Statistics. The number of asthma-related visits to physician offices and hospital outpatient … |
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Dynamic Air Quality Solutions Supports Asthma Awareness Month
Energy Digital (press release) PRINCETON, NJ–(Marketwire – May 22, 2012) – As Asthma Awareness Month shifts into full gear, the program aims to raise awareness of the life-threatening respiratory illness that affects nearly 26 million Americans. Although pollution and poor outdoor … |
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Airborne Pollens and Asthma-Related ED Visits Coincide
Family Practice News Digital Network ORLANDO – Asthma-related visits to emergency departments spike in the spring, when grass and tree pollen levels are at their highest, according to investigators in two separate studies presented here at the annual meeting of the American Academy of … |
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Pediatric Asthma Admissions Varied Greatly By Neighborhood
Family Practice News Digital Network So suggests the wide variability within a single Ohio county in hospitalization rates for children with acute asthma, Dr. Andrew F. Beck, a fellow in general and community pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, said at the annual … |
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GERD Associated With Worse Infant Respiratory Disease
Family Practice News Digital Network Bronchiolitis is a prominent risk factor for childhood asthma, and GERD is associated with worsened asthma severity (J. Asthma 2011;48:366-73). As yet unknown is whether preexisting GERD (clinically significant reflux) in infants modulates the severity … |
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Budesonide/Formoterol for Asthma Shows Cardiovascular Safety
Family Practice News Digital Network ORLANDO – Budesonide/formoterol pressurized metered-dose inhaler demonstrated similar cardiovascular safety to that of budesonide treatment alone in a study of 742 black adolescents and adults with moderate to severe asthma. There has been concern that … |
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Alternaria Sensitization Common in Children With Severe Asthma
Family Practice News Digital Network ORLANDO – Children with severe asthma may have their already serious symptoms further worsened by sensitization to common household fungi in the genus Alternaria, suggested investigators at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, … |
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