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Uninsured Kids Unlikely to Get Asthma Diagnosis
MedPage Today Point out that this study suggests that being insured increases the chances that a child with intermittent — but not persistent — asthma symptoms will receive a diagnosis of asthma as well as control medication. Children with intermittent asthma … |
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CHEST: Asthma Combo Works for COPD
MedPage Today Explain that an inhaled corticosteroid/long-acting beta-agonist combination (mometasone and formoterol) approved for asthma improves lung function in patients with moderate to very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) according to two … Mometasone With Formoterol Effective in COPD |
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Asthma Patients Feel Gloomy, Stay Sedentary
MedPage Today Explain that a telephone survey found that depressive symptoms along with unhealthy behaviors are common among individuals with asthma. Note that among those with asthma, depressive symptoms were associated … Diagnosing asthma in young children Depressive symptoms may make asthma control more difficult Lack of Health Insurance Linked to Fewer Asthma Diagnoses in Children |
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CHEST: Poor Quality of Life, Asthma Flares Linked
MedPage Today Explain that for patients with severe or difficult-to-treat asthma, as exacerbation severity increases, quality of life suffers. Point out that an increasing number of asthma triggers (eg, emotional stress, pollen, animals, mold) was associated with … |
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CHEST: Aerobic Exercise Good for Asthma Patients
MedPage Today Poinr out that this review demonstrated that physical training can improve cardiopulmonary fitness and that patients with stable asthma should be encouraged to participate in regular physical activity. HONOLULU — Physical training programs involving … |
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Kids at Increased Risk With Long Acting Beta Agonists
MedPage Today Explain that children with asthma had a five-fold greater risk of adverse events with long-acting beta agonists (LABA) compared with the general population of asthma patients. Point out that the results … |
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Readers Blast Government for Banning OTC Inhaler
MedPage Today More than two-thirds of 1234 MedPage Today readers said the government overreacted by mandating the removal of the last over-the-counter asthma inhaler from the market, according to last week's survey … Reg Wydeven column: New rules less helpful for asthma sufferers Breathtaking lies |
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Algorithm Improves Asthma Care in Pregnancy
MedPage Today Explain that the number of asthma exacerbations was halved among pregnant women when treatment decisions were guided by measurements of their fraction of exhaled nitric oxide (F E NO). … |
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Obesity Complicates Asthma Diagnosis
MedPage Today Note that obesity may be associated with asthma-like symptoms, such as breathlessness and impaired health-related quality of life, which may lead to misdiagnosis. Point out that this study suggests that … Obese patients may be at increased risk for asthma misdiagnosis |
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Critics Slam Asthma Risk, Magnetic Fields Link
MedPage Today Some epidemiologists and risk assessment researchers have attacked a recent study linking children's asthma risk to their mothers' exposure to magnetic fields during pregnancy, calling it short on credibility … EMF exposure during pregnancy apparently triggers asthma risk in offspring Exposure to magnetic fields during pregnancy leads to asthma in offspring |
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