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FDA issues warning on OTC 'homeopathic' asthma products
Healio The FDA advises consumers to consult with a health care provider on how to better treat and manage their asthma. The agency also advises consumers and physicians to report any adverse reactions related to OTC asthma products labeled as homeopathic … |
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Proximity to moisture damage, mold in early infancy linked with asthma
Healio Moisture damage in living rooms, kitchens and children's bedrooms were associated with an increased the risk for physician-diagnosed asthma ever, persistent asthma and respiratory symptoms among children during their first 6 years. |
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Prenatal parental depression, some antidepressant use increases pediatric risk …
Healio Prenatal maternal and paternal depression were associated with an increased risk for asthma in children, though parental use of antidepressants did not generally increase children's risk for asthma, according to study findings in Pediatrics. |
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Weight loss improves asthma severity in obese patients
Healio “This study demonstrated that a behavioral weight-reduction program was associated with significant improvements in PC20, (forced expiratory volume in 1 second [FEV1]), (forced vital capacity [FVC]), asthma control, and quality of life in obese people … |
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Smoking during pregnancy increases asthma risk in school-age children
Healio “We do now show that the adverse effects of maternal smoking during pregnancy on wheezing patterns and asthma extends into school age, independent of paternal smoking, smoke exposure in childhood and birth characteristics,” Herman T. den Dekker, … |
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Early childhood pneumonia may increase risk for asthma in adulthood
Healio Participants with pneumonia in their first 3 years of life had a higher risk for active physician-diagnosed asthma (OR = 1.95; 95% CI, 1.11-3.44) and wheeze (OR = 1.94; 95% CI, 1.28-2.95) during the past year up to age 29 years compared with those with … |
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Obesity associated with bronchodilator unresponsiveness in asthmatic minority …
Healio The researchers conducted a cross-sectional study using data from the Study of African Americans, Asthma, Genes & Environment (n = 867) and the Genes-Environments & Admixture in Latino Americans (GALA II; n = 2, 096). Thirty-six percent of the cohort … |
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Tiotropium improved asthma control as add-on therapy to ICS
Healio “Our findings show that in patients with moderate asthma who are receiving medium-dose inhaled corticosteroids, addition of once-daily tiotropium significantly improves lung function and asthma control compared with placebo, and has similar efficacy … |
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Reduced airway lumen area, poor symptom control linked in smokers with asthma
Healio Neil C. Thomson, MD, of the Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation at the University of Glasgow, and colleagues conducted a cross-sectional study on 93 participants with asthma, including 46 smokers, to determine if symptom control in … |
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Aerospan improved pediatric asthma outcomes, regardless of prior therapy
Healio “The study findings indicate Aerospan is an effective treatment option for patients that require an inhaled steroid, such as those with mild to moderate asthma,” Karafilidis said. “This, coupled with our other data that suggest Aerospan did not … |
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