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New guidelines for severe asthma provide an updated definition of the disease …
Medical Xpress Although severe asthma is estimated to account for less than 10% of all asthmatics, these patients have the greatest burden and require a disproportionate amount of healthcare costs to be spent on treating their condition, which is harder to control. |
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6th Grader Laporshia Massey Dies From Asthma Complications With No School …
Medical Daily A sixth grader at Bryant Elementary School in Philadelphia died from asthma complications after she wasn't able to visit a school nurse due to budget cuts. Laporshia Massey's father argues her life may have been saved if a medical professional at the … Girl, 12, dies of an asthma attack because there was no school nurse due to … Sixth-grader dies from asthma complications, no school nurse on duty Sixth-grader's death adds to fears over Philly layoffs of school nurses |
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Fresh advance in the diagnosis and control of childhood asthma
Medical Xpress Dr. Paula Corcuera is an assistant consultant in infant pneumology of the Pediatric Service of the Hospital Universitario Donostia in San Sebastian. Credit: UPV/EHU. In a piece of research run at the Paediatric Service of the Hospital Universitario … |
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Millions treated for asthma may be misdiagnosed
Medical Xpress "It's very logical for general practitioners to assume most breathing problems are asthma, especially in children," said Tod Olin, MD, MSCS, a pediatric pulmonologist at National Jewish Health. "But there are a lot of breathing problems out there, and … |
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Exercise benefits people with asthma
Medical Xpress Appropriate exercise programs can provide valuable benefits to people with asthma, helping to reduce the severity of attacks or prevent them entirely, finds a new evidence review in The Cochrane Library. The review also found that, contrary to fears … |
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Non-Smokers With History of Asthma Sought for Medical Study
The Ledger If CPAP, which stands for continued positive airway pressure, improves asthma by relaxing airways, that could mean less need for inhalers and use of inhaled rescue medications. USF is one of 18 centers in the American Lung Association Asthma Clinical … |
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Two tests in combination can provide better asthma diagnosis
Medical Xpress It was previously thought that the two test methods signalled the same type of asthma. But a new study, led by researchers at Uppsala University, Sweden, shows that the methods actually signal two different inflammatory processes. With the tests used … |
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Protein explains increased asthma severity in children exposed to diesel …
Medical Xpress A new study shows that exposure to diesel exhaust particles from traffic pollution leads to increased asthma severity in children. Moreover, the study finds that this is due to increased blood levels of IL-17A, a protein associated with several chronic … |
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Study uncovers gene's contribution to asthma susceptibility
Medical Xpress New research from the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) has uncovered the role gene ORMDL3 plays in the disease asthma. ORMDL3, a gene recently linked to asthma susceptibility, has now been linked to the body's ability to … |
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Transmitting future asthma by smoking today
Medical Xpress Asthma is a serious public health problem. An estimated 300 million people worldwide suffer from this sometimes deadly lung disease, a number expected to increase to 400 million by 2025. One well-established risk factor for asthma is having a mother … |
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