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Asthma Treatment Before School Cuts Exacerbations
MedPage Today Inner city children with asthma had fewer exacerbations when pretreated prior to the start of school, according to a randomized clinical trial. The trial, published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, found that adding omalizumab to … |
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Time to Accept Asthma 'Hygiene Hypothesis'?
MedPage Today One theory of asthma, dubbed the hygiene hypothesis, holds that it stems from lack of exposure to immune-tolerizing microbes early in life. This theory appears to have gotten a big boost from a Swedish registry study published this week. In this 150 … |
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Exercise Aids Some Outcomes in Asthma
MedPage Today MONTREAL — A supervised aerobic exercise program for asthmatic adults led to significant reductions in symptoms, medication use, waist circumference, and depression versus usual care, a small, randomized trial showed. The significant improvements in … |
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Asthma: LABA + Steroids Not a Winning Combo for Blacks
MedPage Today Asthma exacerbations were not reduced in black adults when a long acting beta-agonist (LABA) was added to treatment with inhaled corticosteroids (ICS), a randomized trial concluded. The mean number of exacerbations was 0.42 exacerbations per … Study compares combination treatments for black adults with asthma The JAMA … |
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FPs Find FeNO Useful in Asthma Exacerbations
MedPage Today MONTREAL — Family physicians (FPs) managing symptomatic asthma found a test for airway inflammation useful for clinical decision making but still preferred lung function results, a small clinical study showed. Providing physicians with patients … |
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Project Establishes Distinct Asthma Phenotypes
MedPage Today A new report, unveiled at the European Respiratory Society International Congress 2015, identifies the signature characteristics of asthma patients with frequent exacerbations compared with those with more indolent disease, along with a taxonomy of … |
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Asthma Sending More Kids to California ERs
MedPage Today Statewide, the rates of ER visits for asthma symptoms rose by about 18% for California children ages 5 to 17 and by 6% for children under 5 between 2005 and 2012, according to a Kaiser Health News analysis of the latest available rates by county. |
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Poor Sleep May Exacerbate Asthma in Urban Kids
MedPage Today In a group of young children living in an urban setting, digital sleep and pulmonary function trackers showed children with asthma were waking up at least once a night, and 40% were waking five times per night, even though 41% of kids and 43% of … |
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Tapering Asthma Meds Saves Money in Stable Patients
MedPage Today In a group of nearly 5,000 individuals with stable asthma who were eligible to step down from asthma medications, those who chose to step down saved $34 per month for total asthma-related healthcare costs without increased hospitalizations or emergency … |
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Asthma in the City: Rx Adherence Barriers
MedPage Today In a close look at medication adherence for over 200 Baltimore children with asthma, only 54% of caregivers were able to locate all of the prescription medications in the home, and only 23% had non-expired, filled prescriptions in the home, Michelle N … |
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