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Asthma, Heart Disease, Cancer and General Illness Found in Kentucky …
PR Newswire (press release) BEREA, Ky., March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — A study published in the Journal of Rural Health reveals that people living in communities where mountaintop removal (MTR) mining occurs experience higher levels of illness compared to … |
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Asthma, Heart Disease, Cancer and General Illness Found in Kentucky …
Sacramento Bee Data shows higher reported incidences of asthma; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; illnesses involving multiple organs; and general illness. MTR community residents also reported more serious illness and cancer deaths in family members, than … |
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New Developments in Extraesophageal Reflux Disease.
Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y). 2012 Sep;8(9):590-599
Authors: Saritas Yuksel E, Vaezi MF
Abstract
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) can present with a wide variety of extraesophageal symptoms that are usually difficult to diagnose because of the absence of typical GERD symptoms (ie, regurgitation or heartburn). The diagnostic process is further complicated by the lack of a definitive test for identifying GERD as the cause of extraesophageal reflux symptoms. Due to the low predictive value of upper endoscopy and pH testing-as well as the lack of reliability of the symptom index and symptom association probability-extraesophageal reflux disease is still an area of investigation. This paper discusses recent developments in this field, with special emphasis on new diagnostic modalities and treatment options.
PMID: 23483833 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]
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Thomson Reuters Launches Asthma Disease Partnership Program
PR Newswire (press release) PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters, the world's leading provider of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced the launch of MetaMiner™ Asthma, … |
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Meditation May Relieve Arthritis, Asthma And Other Chronic Disease
RedOrbit Meditation may carry with it the connotations of otherworldly mysticism, high-minded elitism, or a discipline of the slightly aloof, but studies have also shown that it can convey real-world benefits for personal health. According to a new study in the … Mindfulness Meditation Reduces Pain Associated With Arthritis, Asthma Meditation relieves chronic inflammation Meditation can ease pain from stress-related conditions like IBS and arthritis |
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Asthma: Know all about the chronic inflammatory disease
Zee News Asthma: Know all about the chronic inflammatory disease Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways. Caused by environmental and genetic factors, it is characterized by variable and recurring symptoms, reversible airflow obstruction and … |
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Big Data Takes on Chronic Disease
Government Technology A chronic disease that follows sufferers throughout their lives, asthma brings respiratory symptoms like shortness of breath, coughing, wheezing and chest tightness, which can limit daily activities, and therefore quality of life. Most symptoms can be … |
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Protracted bacterial bronchitis: reinventing an old disease.
Arch Dis Child. 2012 Nov 22;
Authors: Craven V, Everard ML
Abstract
Chronic cough is common in the paediatric population, yet the true prevalence of this condition remains difficult to define. Protracted bacterial bronchitis (PBB) is a disease caused by the chronic infection of the conducting airways. In many children the condition appears to be secondary to impaired mucociliary clearance that creates a niche for bacteria to become established, probably in the form of biofilms. In others, immunodeficiencies, which may be subtle, appear to be a factor. PBB causes persistent coughing and disturbed sleep, and affects exercise tolerance, causing significant levels of morbidity. PBB has remained largely unrecognised and is often misdiagnosed as asthma.
PMID: 23175647 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]
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Adult Asthma and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease, Cerebrovascular Disease, and Heart Failure: A Prospective Study of 2 Matched Cohorts.
Am J Epidemiol. 2012 Nov 8;
Authors: Iribarren C, Tolstykh IV, Miller MK, Sobel E, Eisner MD
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Asthma has been associated with increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. The authors ascertained the association of asthma with CVD and the roles that sex, concurrent allergy, and asthma medications may play in this association. They assembled a cohort of 203,595 Northern California adults with asthma and a parallel asthma-free referent cohort (matched 1:1 on age, sex, and race/ethnicity); both cohorts were followed for incident nonfatal or fatal CVD and all-cause mortality from January 1, 1996, through December 31, 2008. Each cohort was 66% female and 47% white. After adjustment for age, sex, race/ethnicity, cardiac risk factors, and comorbid allergy, asthma was associated with a 1.40-fold (95% confidence interval (CI): 1.35, 1.45) increased hazard of coronary heart disease, a 1.20-fold (95% CI: 1.15, 1.25) hazard of cerebrovascular disease, a 2.14-fold (95% CI: 2.06, 2.22) hazard of heart failure, and a 3.28-fold (95% CI: 3.15, 3.41) hazard of all-cause mortality. Stronger associations were noted among women. Comorbid allergy predicted CVD but did not synergistically increase the CVD risk associated with asthma. Only asthma patients using asthma medications (particularly those on oral corticosteroids alone or in combination) were at enhanced risk of CVD. In conclusion, asthma was prospectively associated with increased risk of major CVD. Modifying effects were noted for sex and asthma medication use but not for comorbid allergy.
PMID: 23139248 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]
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OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE AND EXPOSURE TO BURNING BIOMASS FUEL IN THE INDOOR ENVIRONMENT.
Glob Heart. 2012 Sep 1;7(3):265-270
Authors: Diette GB, Accinelli RA, Balmes JR, Buist AS, Checkley W, Garbe P, Hansel NN, Kapil V, Gordon S, Lagat DK, Yip F, Mortimer K, Perez-Padilla R, Roth C, Schwaninger JM, Punturieri A, Kiley J
Abstract
It is estimated that up to half of the world’s population burns biomass fuel (wood, crop residues, animal dung and coal) for indoor uses such as cooking, lighting and heating. As a result, a large proportion of women and children are exposed to high levels of household air pollution (HAP). The short and long term effects of these exposures on the respiratory health of this population are not clearly understood. On May 9-11, 2011 NIH held an international workshop on the “Health Burden of Indoor Air Pollution on Women and Children,” in Arlington, VA. To gather information on the knowledge base on this topic and identify research gaps, ahead of the meeting we conducted a literature search using PubMed to identify publications that related to HAP, asthma, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Abstracts were all analyzed and we report on those considered by the respiratory sub study group at the meeting to be most relevant to the field. Many of the studies published are symptom-based studies (as opposed to objective measures of lung function or clinical examination etc.) and measurement of HAP was not done. Many found some association between indoor exposures to biomass smoke as assessed by stove type (e.g., open fire vs. liquid propane gas) and respiratory symptoms such as wheeze and cough. Among the studies that examined objective measures (e.g. spirometry) as a health outcome, the data supporting an association between biomass smoke exposure and COPD in adult women are fairly robust, but the findings for asthma are mixed. If an association was observed between the exposures and lung function, most data seemed to demonstrate mild to moderate reductions in lung function, the pathophysiological mechanisms of which need to be investigated. In the end, the group identified a series of scientific gaps and opportunities for research that need to be addressed to better understand the respiratory effects of exposure to indoor burning of the different forms of biomass fuels.
PMID: 23139916 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]
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