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Women more likely to be hospitalised after asthma emergency care
News-Medical.net US research shows that women who attend the emergency department (ED) with acute asthma are almost twice as likely to be admitted to hospital than men despite several measures of asthma control, treatment and severity being more favourable in women. |
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Men with a history of asthma less likely to have aggressive prostate cancer
News-Medical.net In what they are calling a surprising finding in a large study of men who completed questionnaires and allowed scientists to review their medical records, Johns Hopkins researchers report that men with a history of asthma were less likely than those … Does asthma protect against lethal prostate cancer? |
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Asthma Ally app allows patients to connect with allergist's office for assistance
News-Medical.net The adage, "There's an app for that" is even more true in light of an app that sends an alert to your allergist's office when your asthma may be out of control. An article in the May issue of Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, the scientific … |
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Men with asthma less likely to develop lethal prostate cancer
News-Medical.net In what they are calling a surprising finding in a large study of men who completed questionnaires and allowed scientists to review their medical records, Johns Hopkins researchers report that men with a history of asthma were less likely than those … |
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Spirometry underutilized for asthma management in U.S. adults
News-Medical.net Researchers from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have found, for the first time, that spirometry was underutilized for asthma diagnosis and management in U.S. adults from 2001 to 2011, despite it's accuracy, cost effectiveness and … UTMB study shows cost-effective, expert recommended asthma test … |
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Montefiore and Einstein researchers to present data on obesity, asthma and …
News-Medical.net Researchers from the Children's Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) and Albert Einstein College of Medicine will present data from more than 50 studies that explore topics including obesity, asthma and autism at the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic … Despite guidelines, half of children with asthma do not receive a management plan |
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Children exposed to adverse childhood experience more likely to develop asthma
News-Medical.net Robyn Wing, M.D., an emergency medicine physician at Hasbro Children's Hospital, recently led a study that found children who were exposed to an adverse childhood experience (ACE) were 28 percent more likely to develop asthma. The rate of asthma … Association Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Pediatric Asthma … |
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Scientists identify rhinovirus C receptor associated with severe asthma attacks
News-Medical.net Scientists funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, have identified a cellular receptor for rhinovirus C, a cold-causing virus that is strongly associated with severe asthma … |
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Study can aid in developing patient-centered interventions for seniors with asthma
News-Medical.net Although often considered a childhood health problem, asthma – a chronic inflammatory disease that causes recurrent cough, wheezing and chest tightness or shortness of breath – can cause serious illness for people age 60 and older, and little is known … |
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AIR Louisville to use digital health technology to improve asthma
News-Medical.net Today marks the start of AIR Louisville, the first-of-its-kind data-driven collaboration among public, private and philanthropic organizations to use digital health technology to improve asthma. Kentucky has the fourth highest adult asthma prevalence … Louisville To Use Technology and Innovation to Reduce Burden of Asthma |
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