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Omalizumab reduces exacerbation rate in children with asthma
Healio Teach and colleagues conducted a double blind, double placebo-controlled study of 478 children with asthma aged 6 to 17 years old who lived in the inner city. Study participants — all of whom had a recent asthma exacerbation — were randomly assigned … |
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Higher reported cat dander sensitization rate may explain asthma prevalence in …
Healio Reports of sensitization to cat dander were found to be higher among patients with IBS, which may explain the high prevalence of asthma in this population, according to data presented at the AGA's 2015 James W. Freston Conference in Chicago. |
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Clinton accurately says black children with asthma have 500% higher mortality rate
PolitiFact Asthma is a chronic lung disease — an inflammation of the airways that causes coughing, wheezing, and shortness of breath. Around 25 million Americans have asthma, and the rate of asthmatics has been steadily increasing since the early 1980s. Some Good News About American Children |
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EWC professor's research addresses asthma rate in Jacksonville's black …
Florida Times-Union Brian Seymour, director of EWC's Center for the Prevention of Health Disparities, found that 64 percent of the study's black participants have high levels of antibodies in their blood that would indicate an allergic disease, including allergic asthma. |
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Higher rate of asthma seen in toddlers who share a bed with their parents
Medical Xpress This finding could suggest that, rather than bed-sharing causing asthma, parents may take the decision to share a bed with their child if they notice asthma symptoms as a way of monitoring their children. However, this hypothesis was not confirmed by … Bed-sharing toddlers in asthma link Toddlers sharing a bed with parents 'risk asthma' Asthma linked to bed-sharing by toddlers |
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Children Often Rate Their Asthma Worse Than Parents Report
Medscape ATLANTA — Parental assessment of a child's asthma severity can sometimes underestimate the child's level of discomfort and control, according to the results of a study presented here at the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology 2014. How an orange connected asthma to dangerous food allergies American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, Nov. 6-10 Mice worse for asthma than cockroaches |
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Asthma mortality rate highest in older women
Clinical Advisor An increased risk of osteoporosis, glaucoma, cataracts, and adrenal suppression in older women using inhalers; an increased rate of depression and more severe depression with severe asthma; and a diminished awareness of breathlessness are common … Asthma Outcomes Worse in Older Women Take control, asthma sufferers urged Asthmatics 'don't know they are in danger' |
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Nemours aims to lower asthma rate
The News Journal With her son being an asthma sufferer, Cain figured keeping him away from the fumes of cleaning products would help him avoid having an attack. That night, however, Amir woke up complaining about a headache. Cain said the fumes had lingered and were … |
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Use of asthma inhalers may be linked to reduced growth rate in children
YottaFire Drugs found in inhalers used by asthmatic patients impede the growth rate in children, two recent scientific reviews suggest. Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) are commonly used in long-term control of asthma, and are considered the most effective medicine … |
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