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Asthma hurts academics, school funding in valley
• Asthma • Dec 19 04
A third of children with asthma in the San Joaquin Valley miss a day or two of school each month, and the valley’s asthmatic…
Asthma Shouldn’t Spoil Winter Fun
• Asthma • Dec 19 04
Falling temperatures can present a daunting challenge to even die-hard exercise enthusiasts, and they pose a special risk for people with asthma because cold…
Citrus Oils May Treat Asthma
• Asthma • Dec 16 04
Citrus oils contain a compound that could help treat asthma, new research shows.
Israeli researchers have already had success in lab tests with…
Mental distress linked with asthma flares
• Asthma • Dec 13 04
Frequent mental distress is relatively common among adults with asthma and is associated with unhealthy behaviors that raise the risk of disease flare-ups, a…
Study Links Children’s Asthma To Hog Farms
• Asthma • Dec 12 04
A University of Iowa study released Thursday said children living on hog farms are more likely to have asthma. The prevalence of asthma is…
Dry powder asthma inhalers often used incorrectly
• Asthma • Dec 08 04
The pressurized metered-dose inhalers familiar to people with asthma and other respiratory problems are frequently not used in the right way, and this is…
School program can help identify asthma early
• Asthma • Dec 07 04
A screening process in a preschool education program can help identify children who probably have asthma, according to researchers.
“Few studies have addressed asthma…
Asthma in UK children quadrupled since 70s - study
• Asthma • Dec 01 04
Asthma rates among UK children have quadrupled since the 1970s and more than doubled in the past decade, according to a study published on…
ED intervention helps increase asthma education
• Asthma • Nov 26 04
An approach aimed at referral of patients requiring emergency department (ED) treatment for asthma to an education program has shown considerable success, Canadian researchers…
Low dose steroids good for asthma
• Asthma • Nov 25 04
People with asthma can manage the condition just as well by inhaling a lower dose steroid puffer, a study has found.
A study by…
Asthmatics often have reflux, but don’t know it
• Asthma • Nov 22 04
People with asthma often have gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD), but typical symptoms such as frequent heartburn may be absent, according to Finnish doctors.
Dr.…
Asthma attack halts Fordham
• Asthma • Nov 21 04
Darts champion Andy Fordham was forced to withdraw from the clash of the world champions after suffering an asthma attack during the game.
Fordham,…
Air pollution not linked to asthma flares in kids
• Asthma • Nov 17 04
Ambient levels of air pollution during the winter months are not associated with asthma flare-ups in urban minority children with moderate-to-severe disease, according to…
Nebulizers improve asthma outcomes in kids
• Asthma • Nov 15 04
Following an asthma flare-up, children who are given inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) with a nebulizer are less likely to be re-hospitalized or need to go…
Dietary fatty acids may help prevent asthma
• Asthma • Nov 04 04
Increased dietary intake of omega-3 fatty acids may help prevent allergies and asthma in children, researchers have shown. Avoiding exposure to dust mites…
Asthma takes a toll on teens’ emotional health
• Asthma • Oct 28 04
Dealing with asthma can be hard on teenagers’ emotional well-being, with problems such as worry and anger being related to poorer asthma control, new…
Heat harms mailed asthma drugs
• Asthma • Oct 27 04
Environmental heat exposure may degrade mail-order prescriptions of the asthma drug formoterol, researchers at Carl Hayden Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Phoenix report.
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Under-tongue immunotherapy cuts asthma in kids
• Asthma • Oct 19 04
Children with grass pollen allergy are prone to develop asthma. Now researchers have shown that seasonal allergy symptoms and the subsequent risk of asthma…
What is Asthma?
• Asthma • Oct 16 04
Asthma is a long-lasting (chronic) disease of the lungs and airways (bronchi) that affects 5 people in every 100. In children, this figure is…
You can be an asthmatic without actually suffering from asthma
• Asthma • Oct 16 04
3,500,000 UK people with mild to moderate asthma currently suffer daily or weekly symptoms and are vulnerable to potentially life-threatening asthma attacks.1 But a…
U-M hospital improves care for asthmatic kids
• Asthma • Oct 16 04
A team of physicians from the University of Michigan’s C. S. Mott Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor, says comparing their treatment of asthma patients…
Difficult asthma can often be well controlled
• Asthma • Oct 15 04
Most people with uncontrolled asthma can achieve good control over their disease using a combination of the inhaled steroid fluticasone and the long-acting beta-2-agonist…
Parents may not know when asthma inhaler is empty
• Asthma • Oct 11 04
Many parents can’t tell when a child’s asthma inhaler is empty, a study released Monday suggests.
Metered-dose inhalers, which send asthma medications directly to…
Early breathing problems linked with asthma
• Asthma • Oct 04 04
Infants who experience lung disease shortly after birth have an increased risk of hospital admission for asthma in later childhood, UK investigators report. They…
Metal and plastic inhalers equal for asthma in kids
• Asthma • Sep 30 04
Although NebuChamber, a metal inhaler device, may deliver more aerosolized drug to children with asthma, it is no more effective than Aerochamber, a plastic…