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Big city life may not be a key asthma risk: US study
Yahoo News CHICAGO (Reuters) – The simple fact of growing up in a big city may not be a major factor in whether a child develops asthma, according to a new study that contradicts decades of public health assumptions about the so-called inner city asthma epidemic. |
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New York Daily News |
Big city life may not be a key asthma risk: study
New York Daily News The simple fact of growing up in a big city may not be a major factor in whether a child develops asthma, according to a new study that contradicts decades of public health assumptions about the so-called inner city asthma epidemic. Instead … |
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Big city life may not be a key asthma risk, study finds
Fox News CHICAGO – The simple fact of growing up in a big city may not be a major factor in whether a child develops asthma, according to a new study that contradicts decades of public health assumptions about the so-called inner city asthma epidemic. Instead … |
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Big city life may not be a key asthma risk: US study
Reuters CHICAGO (Reuters) – The simple fact of growing up in a big city may not be a major factor in whether a child develops asthma, according to a new study that contradicts decades of public health assumptions about the so-called inner city asthma epidemic. Asthma is not more prevalent in the inner city, researchers say Public Release: 20-Jan-2015 Time to rethink the inner-city asthma epidemic? Researchers Rethink Inner-City Asthma Theory |
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New UW study links asthma, cardiovascular disease
The Courier Life News Asthma that requires daily medication is associated with a significantly higher risk of heart attack or stroke, according to a new study from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. The study was presented recently at the … |
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Medical Xpress |
Rapid weight gain in first three months of life increases asthma risk
Medical Xpress Babies who gain weight rapidly in the first three months of life are more likely to develop asthma and for it to persist into adolescence. This is according to the latest research from the University of Bristol's Children of the 90s study, which … Chubby babies are more likely to suffer from asthma, new studies reveals Big babies increase asthma risk – study Early weight gain 'ups asthma risk' |
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Asthma plan reduces problems
Suburban Life Publications But when the wheezing recurs frequently, plus the patient has allergies, the skin condition eczema, or parents with asthma, we start treating for asthma. Although asthma has no cure, it can be successfully managed. Patients need to discover what … |
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Reported link between early life exposure to paracetamol and asthma 'overstated'
Medical Xpress The seven studies covering the potential link between exposure to paracetamol while in the womb and subsequent childhood asthma reached widely varying conclusions, and only one took account of the potential role of respiratory infections during … |
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Measuring health-related quality of life with EQ-5D-Y instrument in children with asthma.
Acta Paediatr. 2014 Nov 13;
Authors: Bergfors S, Aström M, Burström K, Egmar AC
Abstract
AIM: Asthma is one of the most common chronic paediatric diseases worldwide and affects different dimensions of health-related quality of life. This study tested the feasibility and convergent validity of using EQ-5D-Y instrument on children and adolescents with asthma.
METHODS: A cross-sectional design was chosen and children with asthma, aged from eight to 16-years-of-age, were recruited from clinics in Stockholm, Sweden. To test convergent validity, the EQ-5D-Y instrument was combined with the Paediatric Quality of Life Questionnaire.
RESULTS: The EQ-5D-Y proved feasible as nearly 96% of the 94 respondents completed all items on the questionnaire. High and moderate correlations between the two instruments were found for the dimensions of ‘doing usual activities’ and ‘activity limitations’ and for ‘having pain or discomfort’ and ‘symptoms’. The visual analogue scale of the ED-5D-Y correlated with the Paediatric Quality of Life Questionnaire total score and the self-rated health question. The dimensions on the EQ-5D-Y with most reported problems were ‘usual activities’, ‘pain or discomfort’ and ‘worried, sad or unhappy’.
CONCLUSION: The EQ-5D-Y instrument seemed to provide feasiblity and convergent validity for measuring health-related quality of life in children and adolescents with asthma. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
PMID: 25393977 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]
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Irish Independent |
Breathing for life: Huge progress in asthma treatments
Irish Independent So they came to the conclusion that she was suffering from allergic asthma. It then emerged that her father, Ned Morrissey, a well-known horse breeder, had suffered from asthma when Breda was a child, but she says she "never even saw an inhaler in the … |
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