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Extension sponsoring workshop on controlling asthma and allergy triggers
Daily Journal Online Children may be particularly sensitive to dust mites, the invisible creatures lurking in bedding and furniture. A free workshop hosted by the Missouri Extension in Ste. Genevieve on Dec. 14 will offer attendees information about controlling common … |
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ABC Online |
Asthma costs Australia almost $28b every year, report finds
ABC Online The reported estimated the total cost of asthma in Australia in 2015 was $27.9 billion, comprised of $3.3 billion in economic costs and $24.7 billion in "burden of disease" costs. It defines "burden of disease" costs as those that flow from suffering … Asthma costs Aust $28ba year: report Australia's $28 billion asthma bill |
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ABC Online |
People without asthma can experience breathing difficulties during bushfires …
ABC Online Irritants in the air can trigger people without asthma to experience symptoms of altered breathing during bushfire season. Chair of the National Asthma Council's pharmacist group Marcus Weidinger said it was not just people with diagnosed respiratory … |
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Tasmanian researchers scrutinise athletes' use of asthma treatment as …
ABC Online The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is funding research at the University of Tasmania to improve the testing regime for a common asthma drug suspected of enhancing athletic performance. Dr Glenn Jacobson from the University of Tasmania's School of … |
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GSK's Nucala gets FDA nod in asthma maintenance
BioWorld Online The FDA added another drug to the asthma armamentarium, with the approval of Glaxosmithkline plc's Nucala (mepolizumab) as a maintenance therapy for patients who have a history of severe asthma attacks despite being on treatment. Approval, disclosed … |
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Beliefs about medication predict the misattribution of a common symptom as a medication side effect – Evidence from an analogue online study.
J Psychosom Res. 2015 Oct 13;
Authors: Heller MK, Chapman SC, Horne R
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Some perceived medication side effects may be ‘normal’ symptoms that patients misattribute to the medication. Using an analogue approach, we tested if medication beliefs predict whether participants misattribute a headache as a side effect and subsequently intend to stop medication.
METHODS: We recruited 690 participants, 223 reporting a past asthma diagnosis. They received information about asthma and Molair, a fictitious asthma treatment modeled on a licensed treatment (montelukast). We varied the description of efficacy and side effects (which did not include headache). Pre-exposure to this information, participants completed the Beliefs about Medicine Questionnaire (BMQ)-General and the Perceived Sensitivity to Medicines Scale (PSM), post-exposure they completed the BMQ-Specific. Participants were asked to imagine they experienced a headache while taking Molair. Finally, they rated whether the headache was a side effect (misattribution) and if they would stop taking Molair (behavioral intention).
RESULTS: Nearly a quarter (170) of participants misattributed the headache to Molair and 69 (10%) subsequently intended to stop Molair. Both outcomes were predicted by general and specific medication beliefs. Odds of misattribution (m) and behavioral intention (i) increased with higher General Harm (ORm=1.90, ORi=2.72), General Overuse (ORm=1.74, ORi=1.56) and Molair Concern beliefs (ORm=1.52, ORi=1.78, all p<.01), but decreased with General Benefit (ORm=0.72, ORi=0.53) and Molair Necessity beliefs (ORm=0.72, ORi=0.70, all p<.05).
CONCLUSION: Symptom misattribution and subsequent intentions to stop Molair were predicted by pre-exposure beliefs about medicines in general and post-exposure beliefs about Molair. Patients with negative medication beliefs may be prone to misattribute symptoms and subsequently stop medication.
PMID: 26519128 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]
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ABC Online |
app to track allergy and asthma symptoms unveiled in Tasmania
ABC Online An app that allows people with allergy and asthma issues to track their symptoms and receive air quality alerts has been unveiled in Tasmania. AirRater brings together data from the Environment Protection Authority's air pollution monitors, BOM weather … |
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The Star Online |
Asthma patients suffer under haze
The Star Online PETALING JAYA: The haze has worsened in the west coast of the peninsula, Sarawak and Sabah, forcing asthma patients and those with respiratory ailments to pay more visits to the doctor for treatment. After several days of clear weather, the air quality … |
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FDA approves Boehringer's asthma treatment
Westfair Online Asthma, which affects more than 22 million people in the U.S., can cause a patient's airways to become inflamed and tighten, making it hard to breathe, according to Boehringer. One survey found 55 percent of people with asthma taking at least one … |
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ABC Online |
Mum's high-fibre diet may protect child against asthma
ABC Online Asthma clue Eating a high-fibre diet during pregnancy changes a mother's gut bacteria, which in turn may help protect her unborn child from developing asthma, new research suggests. Bacterial breakdown of fibre in the gut produces chemicals that dampen … |
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