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Asthma patients may benefit from book's seven principles for managing disease
Washington Post Asthma help Steps for dealing with wheezing and worse “Beating Asthma,” Salveo Media Millions of people struggle with asthma, and though it can't be cured, pediatrician and allergist Stephen Apaliski provides seven principles to help control it. |
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Potential benefits from vitamin D supplementation for children with asthma
HealthCanal.com Several recent studies have suggested that low serum vitamin D can influence the severity of asthma and/or atopy. However age specific relationships of vitamin D were not addressed. In a manuscript in The Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology (JACI) … |
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Our amazing daughter died in my arms from a devastating asthma attack
Herald.ie By Caroline Crawford THE parents of a teenager who died after an asthma attack have spoken of their heartbreak. Amenah Fitzpatrick (17) died suddenly on February 9 after suffering the only severe asthma attack of her short life. |
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Take a breather from asthma
Stockton Record By Joe Goldeen LODI – Roughly 115000 people in San Joaquin County – or about 1 in 6 men, women and children – suffer from asthma, a chronic condition with no cure that starts with inflammation of the airways and can suddenly bring on breathing problems … |
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Stay Away from BPA While Pregnant
dailyRx In a new study, BPA has been linked to increasing the risk of developing asthma in newborns. Using mice, researchers discovered BPA exposure during pregnancy increased the risk of allergic asthma in offspring. Because BPA is such a common contaminant, … |
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Anthony Shadid dies in Syria: How common are deaths from asthma?
Los Angeles Times New York Times foreign correspondent Anthony Shadid died Thursday after suffering an apparent asthma attack while on assignment in Syria. He was 43 years old. According to an Associated Press report, New York Times photographer Tyler Hicks, … At Work in Syria, Times Correspondent Dies Anthony Shadid's death highlights dangers of asthma New York Times correspondent Anthony Shadid dies of apparent asthma attack … |
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Girl Who Borrowed Asthma Inhaler Expelled From School
CBS Local (CBS4) – A girl who borrowed a friend's asthma inhaler at school has now been expelled. The incident happened in January at Lewis-Palmer Middle School in Monument. Both the girls and their families are unhappy with the punishment. |
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Anthony Shadid dies in Syria: How common are deaths from asthma?
Baltimore Sun New York Times foreign correspondent Anthony Shadid died Thursday after suffering an apparent asthma attack while on assignment in Syria. He was 43 years old. According to an Associated Press report, New York Times photographer Tyler Hicks, … Anthony Shadid's death highlights dangers of asthma New York Times reporter dies in Syria New York Times reporter dies of asthma attack in Syria |
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Prenatal Exposure to Bisphenol A and Child Wheeze from Birth to Three Years.
Environ Health Perspect. 2012 Feb 14;
Authors: Spanier AJ, Kahn RS, Kunselman AR, Hornung R, Xu Y, Calafat AM, Lanphear BP
Abstract
Background: Bisphenol A (BPA), an endocrine disrupting chemical that is routinely detected in >90% of Americans, promotes experimental asthma in mice. The association of prenatal BPA exposure and wheeze has not been evaluated in humans. Objective: To examine the relationship between prenatal BPA exposure and wheeze in early childhood. Methods: We measured BPA concentrations in serial maternal urine samples from a prospective birth cohort of 398 mother-infant pairs and assessed parent-reported child wheeze every six months for three years. We used generalized estimating equations (GEE) with a logit link to evaluate the association of prenatal urinary BPA concentration with the dichotomous outcome wheeze (wheeze over the previous six months). Results: Data were available for 365 children; BPA was detected in 99% of maternal urine samples during pregnancy. In multivariable analysis, a 1-unit increase in log-transformed creatinine-standardized mean prenatal urinary BPA concentration was not significantly associated with child wheeze from birth to three years of age, but there was an interaction of BPA concentration with time (p=0.003). Mean prenatal BPA above versus below the median was positively associated with wheeze at age six months [adjusted odds ratio (AOR) 2.3 (95% CI: 1.3, 4.1)], but not at three years (AOR=0.6, 95% CI: 0.3, 1.1). In secondary analyses evaluating associations of each prenatal BPA concentration separately, urinary BPA concentrations measured at 16 weeks gestation were associated with wheeze (AOR 1.2, 95% CI 1.0, 1.5), but not BPA concentrations at 26 weeks of gestation or at birth. Conclusions: Mean prenatal BPA was associated with increased odds of wheeze in early life, and the effect diminished over time. Evaluating exposure at each prenatal time point demonstrated an association between wheeze from six months to three years and log-transformed BPA concentration at 16 weeks gestation only.
PMID: 22334053 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]
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NY Times correspondent Shadid dies in Syria from apparent asthma attack
Fox News The cause of his death apparently was an asthma attack, the Times said. Times photographer Tyler Hicks was with him and carried his body to Turkey, it said. Shadid, a 43-year-old American of Lebanese descent, had a wife and two daughters. At Work in Syria, Times Correspondent Dies New York Times correspondent Anthony Shadid dies of apparent asthma attack … |
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