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Andrea Jensen: supermom, asthma education advocate, employee of the year
Daily Herald She's an environmental health educator at the Utah County Health Department; her primary focus is asthma education. She's a coordinator of the Utah County Asthma Coalition, an “Open Airways” instructor, and the new chair of the statewide Utah Asthma … |
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Preparing students with asthma for new school year
Moscow Villager It's back-to-school time! Getting your child prepared to start school is always easier when you have a plan, especially if your child has asthma. The American Lung Association gives tips to implement before the school year starts to keep children with … |
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American Lung Assoc. prepares students with asthma for new school year
Daily Local News HARRISBURG>> It's back-to-school time! Getting your child prepared to start school is always easier when you have a plan, especially if your child has asthma. The American Lung Association gives tips to implement before the school year starts to keep … |
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Doctors on Call: Preventing asthma symptoms can allow for a better school year
Florida Times-Union Just as it must have been for these three champions, going to school in the fall is always a stressful time for children, but even more so for those who suffer with chronic health conditions such as asthma. About 10 percent of children have asthma and … |
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Opioid substitution treatment in New Zealand: a 40 year perspective.
N Z Med J. 2014;127(1397):57-66
Authors: Deering D, Sellman JD, Adamson S
Abstract
We provide an overview of the history and philosophy of the treatment for opioid dependence, which has been dominated by methadone substitution treatment for the past 40 years in New Zealand. Although changes in approach have occurred over this time, influenced by various sociopolitical events and changing ideologies, opioid substitution treatment has still “not come of age”. It remains undermined by stigma and risk concerns associated with methadone and has struggled to be accessible and attractive to illicit opioid drug users, comprehensive and integrated into mainstream health care. However, the introduction in 2012 of Pharmac-subsidised buprenorphine combined with naloxone (Suboxone) in the context of an emerging trend towards a broader recovery and well-being orientation could signal a new era in treatment. The availability of buprenorphine-naloxone may also facilitate a further shift in treatment from primarily siloed specialist addiction services to integrated primary care services. This shift will help reduce stigma, promote patient self-management and community integration and align opioid substitution treatment with treatment for other chronic health conditions such as diabetes and asthma.
PMID: 24997702 [PubMed – in process]
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Antibiotic use in first year of life associated with asthma by age 3
Healio There was a significant relationship between antibiotic use in the first year of life and the development of asthma and wheeze in children by age 3 years, which was possibly due to confounding respiratory infection, according to recent study results. |
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Warning as cost of treating asthma reaches Dh130m a year in Dubai
The National There needs to be a “global strategy in the UAE to reduce the impact [of asthma] in many ways – lifestyle, quality of life, cost, and morbidity and mortality”, said Dr Pierre Majdalani, specialist in paediatric pulmonology at Dr Sulaiman Al Habib … |
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First Year May Be Critical for Lowering Asthma and Allergy Risk
New York Times (blog) Childhood exposure to allergens and germs is generally believed to protect against the development of asthma and allergy, but a new study suggests that this effect happens only with exposure in the first year of life. Researchers studied 560 children … Study: Home That's Too Clean Could Leave Newborn Vulnerable To Asthma … Newborns exposed to dirt have lower allergy, asthma risk Too-clean homes may encourage child allergies, asthma |
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Dirtier' Homes Lower Asthma Risk In Infants During Their First Year Of Life
Medical Daily The evidence suggests that early exposure to a range of bacteria and allergens during the first year of life was associated with lower asthma rates. However, greater exposure to those same pathogens during the course of the first three years of life … |
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Asthma costs New York state $1.3 billion each year, study shows
Brooklyn Daily Eagle ALBANY— Asthma is costing New York's Medicaid system more than half a billion dollars a year, according to a report released Friday that urges the state to do more to help those affected by the respiratory illness. The study by state Comptroller … |
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