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Pediatricians improved their knowledge of environmental triggers for asthma
Healio “Following a brief, targeted education intervention, physicians reported a significant increase in knowledge about environmental triggers of asthma and a willingness to incorporate exposure history questions and remediation recommendations in their … |
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Asthma development tied to genetic makeup, wheezing illness
Healio All of the 200 children in the COAST cohort had at least one parent with asthma, respiratory allergies or both. The 297 Danish children in the COPSAC cohort were born to mothers with asthma. Both groups of children were evaluated for asthma from aged 6 … |
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Hay fever, asthma slightly reduced risk for death from colorectal cancer
Healio Also assessed were 174,917 patients in the CPS-II Nutrition Cohort subgroup, which was conducted from 1992 to 2007. All participants were aged 30 years and older upon enrollment, and the presence of hay fever and/or asthma was self-reported at baseline … |
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Single inhaler as maintenance, reliever therapy viable for poorly controlled …
Healio Patients with poorly controlled asthma at risk for exacerbations can benefit from a single combination inhaler maintenance and reliever therapy regimen, according to two studies published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. In a multicenter, double … |
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Household exposure to smoke still problematic for children with asthma
Healio Brian K. Kit, MD, MPH, medical officer in the CDC's Division of Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, and colleagues reviewed National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data on 2,250 patients aged 4 to 19 years who had asthma. The researchers … |
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School-based asthma intervention effective in reducing school absences
Healio Katia Noyes, PhD, MPH, of the department of surgery at the University of Rochester in New York, and colleagues analyzed data on 525 children aged 3 to 10 years who were enrolled in the School-Based Asthma Therapy program. Children in the program … |
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M. pneumoniae IgM higher in children with asthma
Healio Tamar A. Smith-Norowitz, PhD, of the department of pediatrics and the Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, N.Y., and colleagues published data on specific anti-M. pneumoniae immunoglobulin M, IgG and … |
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Stricter smoking regulations resulted in fewer asthma hospitalizations
Healio Christopher Millett, MD, of the School of Public Health at Imperial College London, and colleagues looked at data on a set of children aged 14 years and younger who were seen at an ED for asthma from April 2002 to November 2010. Before a ban on … |
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Low birth weight not associated with increased risk for childhood asthma
Healio Researchers in Rochester, Minn., conducted a retrospective cohort study of 3,933 children born between January 1976 and December 1979 to compare incidence of childhood asthma between low birth weight and normal birth weight newborns. One hundred … |
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Improved clinician access, private insurance reduced asthma exacerbations
Healio Auger KA. Pediatrics. 2012;doi:10.1542/peds.2012-1055. December 26, 2012. Children with access to a medical home and private insurance were least likely to require readmission to the hospital for their asthma, according to study findings published online. |
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