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I Had 'Asthma' for 12 Years — Until I Found Out It Was Cancer
Huffington Post Ten months earlier, on the eve of my 27th birthday, what I thought was my asthma had begun acting up. Wheezing and short of breath most days, I sought the treatment of an allergist. She prescribed inhaled steroids and a 3-5 year course of weekly … |
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Leading Allergy & Asthma Patient Advocate Retires After 28 Years of Nonprofit …
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com MCLEAN, Va., Sept. 16, 2013 — /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Allergy & Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics (AANMA) today announced that Nancy Sander, president and founder, has retired after 28 years serving as the nation's premier allergy and … Say 'So Long' To September Asthma Peak |
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Leading Allergy & Asthma Patient Advocate Retires After 28 Years of Nonprofit …
MarketWatch (press release) MCLEAN, Va., Sept. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Allergy & Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics (AANMA) today announced that Nancy Sander, president and founder, has retired after 28 years serving as the nation's premier allergy and asthma … Say 'So Long' To September Asthma Peak |
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Chest x-rays for asthma doubled in 15 years
Family Practice News Digital Network Between 1995 and 2009, the use of chest x-rays for children with asthma significantly increased in emergency departments overall, but dropped in pediatric emergency departments – findings that have implications for savings in health care costs and … |
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Temporal Asthma Patterns Using Repeated Questionnaires over 13 Years in a Large French Cohort of Women.
PLoS One. 2013;8(5):e65090
Authors: Sanchez M, Bousquet J, Le Moual N, Jacquemin B, Clavel-Chapelon F, Humbert M, Kauffmann F, Tubert-Bitter P, Varraso R
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Variable expression is one aspect of the heterogeneity of asthma. We aimed to define a variable pattern, which is relevant in general health epidemiological cohorts. Our objectives were to assess whether: 1) asthma patterns defined using simple asthma questions through repeated measurements could reflect disease variability 2) these patterns may further be classified according to asthma severity/control. Among 70,428 French women, we used seven questionnaires (1992-2005) and a comprehensive reimbursement database (2004-2009) to define three reliable asthma patterns based on repeated positive answers to the ever asthma attack question: “never asthma” (n?=?64,061); “inconsistent” (“yes” followed by “no”, n?=?3,514); “consistent” (fully consistent positive answers, n?=?2,853). The “Inconsistent” pattern was related to both long-term (childhood-onset asthma with remission in adulthood) and short-term (reported asthma attack in the last 12 months, associated with asthma medication) asthma variability, showing that repeated questions are relevant markers of the variable expression of asthma. Furthermore, in this pattern, the number of positive responses (1992-2005) predicted asthma drug consumption in subsequent years, a marker of disease severity. The “Inconsistent” pattern is a phenotype that may capture the variable expression of asthma. Repeated answers, even to a simple question, are too often neglected.
PMID: 23741466 [PubMed – in process]
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Asthma Deaths to Increase in the Next 10 Years – WHO
AllAfrica.com Asthma deaths will increase by almost 20 per cent in the next 10 years if urgent action is not taken, the World Health Organisation says. At the moment, WHO says over 80 per cent of asthma deaths occur in low and lower-middle income countries. Sharlene … |
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Condition: Asthma
Interventions: Drug: CHF1535 pMDI + AC Plus; Drug: BDP + AC Plus; Drug: Formoterol + AC Plus
Sponsors: Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A.; Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A.
Completed – verified May 2013
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The relationship between antibiotic therapy in early childhood and the symptoms of allergy in children aged 6-8 years – the questionnaire study results.
Int J Occup Med Environ Health. 2012 Dec 3;
Authors: Raciborski F, Tomaszewska A, Komorowski J, Samel-Kowalik P, Bia?oszewski AZ, Artur W, Lusawa A, Szyma?ski J, Opoczy?ska D, Dru?ba M, Borowicz J, Lipiec A, Kapalczynski WJ, Samoli?ski B
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INTRODUCTION: Studies based on the ISAAC questionnaire suggest a correlation between the use of antibiotics and the prevalence of asthma and allergy in children aged 6-7 years. The number of courses of antibiotic therapy is an important factor. OBJECTIVES: To investigate the relationship between the use of antibiotics during the first years of life and the prevalence of allergy and asthma among children (aged 6-8 years) in the urban population of Poland. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A survey-based study with a self-completed questionnaire. The respondents were parents of children aged 6-8 years living in Warszawa, Poland. 1461 completed questionnaires were collected. RESULTS: Asthma was declared in 4.3% of the children. Wheezing and/or sibilant rhonchi within 12 months before the study was observed in 13.5% of the cases. Asthma medication was taken by 21.8% of the children. Allergic rhinitis was declared in 18.7% of the children. Problems with sneezing, rhinorrhea, and nasal congestion not associated with cold or fever were observed in 40.7% of the children. The analysis of the odds ratios between the use of antibiotics and the symptoms of allergic diseases revealed a clear correlation. The highest odds ratio was observed between the completion of over three courses of antibiotic therapy prior to the age of 12 months and the declaration of one of the following: asthma (OR = 5.59, 95% CI: 2.6-12.01), wheezing and/or sibilant rhonchi (OR = 4.68, 95% CI: 3.01-7.27) and taking medicines for breathlessness (OR = 5.12, 95% CI: 3.42-7.68). CONCLUSIONS: There is a direct relationship between antibiotic use in the first 3 years of life and asthma and allergy symptoms in children aged 6-8 years old.
PMID: 23212289 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]
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Allergy shots only needed for three years
UPI.com LODZ, Poland, Oct. 7 (UPI) — Polish researchers say long-term control of allergic asthma can occur after only three years of allergy shots — not the recommended three to five years. Dr. Iwona Stelmach of the Medical University of Lodz in Poland and … |
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End your child's allergy suffering within 3 years
Jerusalem Post ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – When children suffer from dust mite induced allergies and asthma, finding relief can seem impossible. While there isn't a complete cure for childhood respiratory allergies, researchers have found that long term control of … You Docs: Back to school with food allergies Rochester ranks as 14th worst city for allergies |
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