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A few home visits by a health care specialist to educate children with asthma about basic strategies for earlier symptom recognition and improving medication use can lead to fewer flare-ups and less frequent trips to the ER, according to research from Johns Hopkins Children's Center published in the December issue of Pediatrics.
Asthma is inhibited by regulatory macrophages, a cell population never previously described.
Too many people suffer needlessly from asthma. Unfortunately, some people with asthma “get by” by avoiding doing things that might make their asthma worse. But people can reduce suffering and live an active life despite asthma.
Editor’s Note: This series is part of an asthma awareness project network in eastern Colorado being done by the High Plains Research Community Advisory Council.
David Beckham has left many a fan breathless through the years with his bending free kicks and shirtless billboards. Now, we come to learn that Becks often is gasping for air at the end of matches because he has suffered from asthma since he was a boy.
SANTA MONICA, Calif.----The Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America , California Chapter will hold its annual Breath of Life Ball on Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at the elegant Fairmont Miramar Hotel located at 101 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica, CA. 90401.
UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found that informed adults can help families stave off complications associated with asthma.
Researchers have found that informed adults can help families stave off complications associated with asthma. The findings suggest that interventions by parent mentors -- caregivers of asthmatic children who have received specialized topical training -- can effectively reduce wheezing, asthma attacks, emergency room visits and missed adult workdays.
A single mother of four, ages 13, 9, 3 and 1, had to quit her job to care for her youngest child, who suffers from severe asthma.
Medical researchers have long known there’s a connection between pollution and asthma. But a new study is among the first to pinpoint some of the exact elements that apparently cause breathing prob....
Only 32 states are currently reporting widespread H1N1 flu activity in the United States, down from 48 states three weeks ago, federal health officials said Monday.
In the emergency room recently, my 14-month-old son got a diagnosis of influenza A, but he wasn't tested for H1N1. He has recovered after nine days of fever and other symptoms, but we are unsure going forward whether to seek the regular or swine flu vaccine for him. Any suggestions?
Sharp Labs in Camas is developing a wearable sensor to help asthma patients monitor their condition
Physician visits related to flu fell “sharply” in the week ended Nov. 21, extending a decline that followed a four- week increase, the Atlanta-based agency said on its Web site today. Thirty-two states reported widespread influenza activity, down from 43 the week before.
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 25 (HealthDay News) -- A mother's depression can worsen her child's asthma, U.S. researchers have found.
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