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Plans Work to Improve Asthma Care, Prepare for Wave of New Cases in 2014
Atlantic Information Services, Inc. Facing the prospect of one in five new members with COPD or asthma, Pearson says, “speaks to the ongoing need that commercial and Medicaid plans will have to focus on disease management” and care coordination efforts. Moreover, she notes that health … |
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Examiner.com |
Doctor sings on social media to help improve asthma treatment
Examiner.com Dr Tapas Mukherjee, who is from Glenfield Hospital in the United Kingdom, has produced and starred in a music video aimed at drawing attention to new guidelines which demonstrate a better way of managing asthma. A study has demonstrated this video … |
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Dallas Morning News |
Health Alerts: Can asthma symptoms improve with age?
Dallas Morning News As part of the Obstructive Lung Disease in Northern Sweden studies program, researchers followed 248 children who had asthma at age 7 to 8 and found that by age 19, 21 percent had experienced no wheezing in the previous three years and had reported … |
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Using Asthma Medication, Scientists Improve Cognitive Function in Mouse …
Medical Daily New research at the Stanford University School of Medicine found that an existing, FDA-approved form of asthma medication called formoterol improved cognitive functions in a mouse model of Down syndrome. Science Daily reports that by activating certain … |
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Bioscience Technology |
Asthma Meds Improve Cognition in Down Syndrome Mice
Bioscience Technology The drug, an asthma medication called formoterol, strengthened nerve connections in the hippocampus, a brain center used for spatial navigation, paying attention and forming new memories, the study says. It also improved contextual learning, in which … |
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Researchers use mobile application to improve asthma outcomes among …
News-Medical.net Researchers at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, IL and The University of Illinois at Chicago are using the Internet and motivational multimedia coupled with positive reinforcement via a smartphone application to try to improve asthma outcomes … |
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NIH-Funded Study Aims to Improve Medication Adherence Using Motivational …
Newswise (press release) Each participant in the study receives a smartphone preloaded with an application that uses a reward system to encourage them to proactively take their daily asthma controller medications. They also receive a free data plan (including unlimited talking … |
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Call to improve asthma care and control
Asian Tribune When there are evidence-based methods to control asthma effectively, then why is the disease burden growing over the past 30 years, particularly in the low- and middle- income countries? This fact is stated clearly in the Global Asthma Report 2011 … |
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Study: Text Messages Improve Outcomes for Children With Asthma
iHealthBeat Daily informational text messages could help improve health outcomes among children with asthma, according to a study by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, FierceMobileHealthcare reports. The study's findings were presented this week … Text messages about asthma could help children breathe easier |
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WellCare Joins Collaboration To Improve Childhood Asthma Management In …
MarketWatch (press release) Asthma is the most common chronic illness among children and youth in the United States and is the third-ranking cause of hospitalization among those younger than 15 years of age. Kentucky has the highest rate of lung disease in the U.S., including … |
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