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Healthcare workers risk getting asthma on the job
• Asthma • Mar 24 05
Healthcare workers are at risk for occupational Asthma, according to new data from four state-based surveillance systems that monitor work-related asthma cases. Latex and…
Control of childhood asthma often overestimated
• Asthma • Mar 21 05
Children with Asthma and their parents often overestimate the level of disease control and commonly restrict activities to control symptoms, according to the results…
Xolair ‘add-on’ useful in uncontrolled asthma
• Asthma • Mar 17 05
Individuals with severe persistent Asthma who fail to gain adequate control despite standard treatment with multiple anti-asthma drugs, may benefit from the addition of…
Exhaled nitric oxide predicts asthma relapse
• Asthma • Mar 10 05
Among asthmatic children who are in clinical remission, measuring the amount of nitric oxide in their breath could help predict how likely they are…
Kids’ asthma often returns in early adulthood
• Asthma • Mar 09 05
Children with asthma that goes into remission commonly experience a relapse before age 26 years, according to a new report.
Potential employers of…
Think cats make your kid sneeze? Try cockroaches
• Asthma • Mar 09 05
Cockroaches worsen asthma symptoms in children far more than furry pets or dust mites, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
High-rise apartments in…
Drug curbs asthma flares tied to the common cold
• Asthma • Mar 02 05
Young children with occasional mild bouts of asthma triggered largely by catching the common cold may be helped by treatment with the asthma drug…
Mother’s Asthma or Allergies May Increase Risk of Autism in Her Children
• Asthma • Mar 01 05
Asthma or allergies in an expectant mother may increase the likelihood that her child will exhibit symptoms of autism, according to a Kaiser Permanente…
Kids often skip asthma drugs
• Asthma • Feb 21 05
Children with asthma who are prescribed daily medication frequently miss scheduled doses, investigators report in the Journal of Pediatrics. Authors of a second paper…
Writing out feelings helps, but not for asthma
• Asthma • Feb 17 05
Although expressing ones emotions through writing has numerous documented health benefits, it appears to do little to ease asthma, new study findings show.
This…
New study: Knoxville is ‘asthma capital’
• Asthma • Feb 17 05
A new study from the Allergy and Asthma Foundation of America is calling Knoxville the asthma capital in the U.S. for 2005.
Memphis came…
Mouse allergen in inner city linked to asthma
• Asthma • Feb 10 05
Levels of airborne mouse allergen in inner-city homes are often comparable to those seen in animal facilities, new research shows. “We were somewhat surprised…
Patient factors predict asthma therapy response
• Asthma • Feb 08 05
Specific patient characteristics may help guide doctors in selecting the asthma medication most likely to lead to favorable responses in children with mild-to-moderate persistent…
Black asthma patients seen less responsive to drugs
• Asthma • Feb 07 05
Steroid therapy for asthma appears to be less effective for African Americans than whites, which may help explain why asthma often seems more severe…
Asthma inhaler ‘step-down’ may be unnecessary
• Asthma • Jan 25 05
Starting people with moderate asthma on a high dose of the inhaled steroid fluticasone and then stepping down to a low dose is no…
UK minorities more likely to be hospitalised for asthma
• Asthma • Jan 21 05
Ethnic minorities in Britain are up to three times more likely to be admitted to hospital for asthma than other Britons, researchers said on…
Inhaled budesonide safe for infants with asthma
• Asthma • Jan 14 05
Budesonide inhalation suspension (BIS) is a safe asthma treatment for infants, according to a new study.
Although previous trials have shown that BIS can…
Control asthma while pregnant
• Asthma • Jan 11 05
Pregnant women need to keep their asthma under control, because if they cannot breathe properly, neither can the unborn baby, according to new U.S.…
Allergies up healthcare use by asthmatic children
• Asthma • Jan 07 05
Children with both asthma and hay fever (allergic rhinitis) incur greater asthma drug costs and are hospitalized more often than similar children who have…
Magnesium infusion helps kids with asthma attacks
• Asthma • Jan 07 05
For children who need to go to the ER because of a severe asthma attack, giving them an intravenous infusion of magnesium sulphate along…
Tacrolimus curbs aspirin-induced asthma
• Asthma • Dec 31 04
The immune-suppressant drug tacrolimus, usually used to prevent rejection of transplanted organs, can also help people who suffer from aspirin-triggered asthma, Japanese researchers report.
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Cleaning Products Link To Asthma
• Asthma • Dec 28 04
A new British study has linked common household cleaning chemicals to childhood Asthma.
Researchers found children born into households that made significant use of…
Link found between cleaning products and asthma
• Asthma • Dec 24 04
There is a connection between exposure of domestic cleaning products and wheezing in toddlers, which is an early sign of asthma, according to new…
Smelling citrus oils prevents asthma in rats
• Asthma • Dec 21 04
A key ingredient in the aroma from citrus fruits such as oranges and lemons appears to protect rats from the symptoms of asthma, new…
Asthma therapy compliance poor in many patients
• Asthma • Dec 21 04
Despite the high risk of exacerbation and even death, high-risk patients discharged after asthma hospitalizations often prematurely stop using prescribed corticosteroids, researchers report…