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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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Mayo Clinic study analyzes asthma outcomes after patients step down daily …
News-Medical.net Stepping down asthma medicines can be done safely and at less cost for patients says a new Mayo Clinic study published this week in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. It is common for patients and doctors to test out if taking less daily … |
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Educational intervention improves clinical outcomes for patients with asthma
Healio Vicente Plaza, MD, PhD, of the department of respiratory medicine at Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, in Barcelona, Spain, and colleagues evaluated 230 patients with mild to moderate uncontrolled asthma. Researchers randomly assigned some … |
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Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adult Health Outcomes Among Veteran and Non-Veteran Women.
J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2015 Sep;24(9):723-9
Authors: McCauley HL, Blosnich JR, Dichter ME
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Women veterans represent a vulnerable population with unique health needs and disparities in access to care. One constellation of exposures related to subsequent poor health includes adverse childhood experiences (ACEs; e.g., physical and sexual child abuse), though research on impacts of ACEs among women veterans is limited.
METHODS: Data were drawn from the 2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System for the 11 states that included the ACE module (n=36,485). Weighted chi-squared tests and multivariable logistic regression were used to assess the prevalence of ACEs among women veterans compared with women non-veterans and differences in the following outcomes, controlling for ACEs: social support, inadequate sleep, life satisfaction, mental distress, smoking, heavy alcohol use, obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease symptoms, asthma, and disability.
RESULTS: Women veterans (1.6% of the total sample) reported a higher prevalence of 7 out of 11 childhood adversities and higher mean ACE score than women non-veterans. Women veterans were more likely to be current smokers and report a disability, associations which were attenuated when controlling for ACE.
CONCLUSIONS: Despite women veterans’ higher prevalence of ACE, their health outcomes did not differ substantially from non-veterans. Further research is needed to understand the intersections of traumatic experiences and sources of resilience over the lifecourse among women veterans.
PMID: 26390379 [PubMed – in process]
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Study Reveals Factors indicating Better Clinical Outcomes in Asthma Patients
Lung Disease News For asthma patients, not all inhaler devices are created alike. Satisfaction with their inhaler was just one of several factors that predicted a positive outcome in asthma patients, according to a recent study by David Price, MD at the University of … |
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Inhaler satisfaction improves clinical outcomes for patients with chronic asthma
Healio Patients with allergic rhinitis and those with smoking history appeared associated with less optimal asthma control, results showed. David Price, MD, of the division of applied health sciences at University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom, and … |
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Condition: Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Intervention:
Sponsors: Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust; Pfizer
Not yet recruiting – verified August 2015
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Table 1. Main clinically relevant outcomes to assess asthma therapies
Medscape ACQ, Asthma Control Questionnaire; ACSS, Asthma Control Scoring System; ACT, asthma control test; BAL, Bronchoalveolar lavage; EBC, exhaled breath condensate; FEF, Forced expiratory flow; FENO, fractional exhaled nitric oxide; FEV1, forced expiratory … |
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The Hispanic health paradox across generations: the relationship of child generational status and citizenship with health outcomes.
Public Health. 2015 May 19;
Authors: Balcazar AJ, Grineski SE, Collins TW
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: In examining the Hispanic health paradox, researchers rarely determine if the paradox persists across immigrant generations. This study examines immigrant respiratory health disparities among Hispanic children in terms of current asthma, bronchitis, and allergies using an expanded six-group immigrant cohort framework that includes citizenship and the fourth-plus generation.
STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional primary survey data from 1568 caretakers of Hispanic schoolchildren in El Paso, Texas (USA), were utilized.
METHODS: Data were analyzed using generalized linear models.
RESULTS: Results indicate that a healthy immigrant advantage lasts until the 2.5 generation for bronchitis and allergies (P < 0.05), and until the third generation for asthma (P < 0.10). Citizenship was not an influence on the likelihood of a child having a respiratory health condition.
CONCLUSIONS: Findings demonstrate the utility of the expanded six-group cohort framework for examining intergenerational patterns in health conditions among immigrant groups.
PMID: 26002345 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]
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Condition: Asthma
Intervention: Dietary Supplement: Black seed oil
Sponsors: University College, London; King Abdulaziz University
Not yet recruiting – verified March 2015
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