Prevent Asthma Attacks

Lower asthma risk in chubby tots who slim down: study

2011-12-20T18:30:19Z

(Reuters) - Overweight preschoolers who keep their extra weight as they grow have a greater asthma risk at the age of seven, but the baby fat doesn't seem to matter for children who later slim down, according to a study.

Researchers writing in Pediatrics found that of more than 2,000 Swedish children they followed to the age of eight, those who were overweight or obese at age seven were more likely to ha...

Lower asthma risk in chubby tots who slim down

2011-12-20T16:00:09Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Overweight preschoolers who keep the extra pounds have a heightened asthma risk at age seven, but the baby fat doesn't seem to matter for kids who slim down, a new study suggests.

Researchers found that of more than 2,000 Swedish children they followed to age eight, those who were overweight or obese at age seven were more likely to have asthma than their thinner ...

Even low pollen levels can trigger kids' asthma

2011-12-01T12:30:24Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Kids with asthma and pollen allergies were more likely to wheeze, cough and have shortness of breath and other asthma symptoms -- even when pollen levels were considered "low" -- in a new study that suggests parents need to be careful in all seasons.

Yale and Brown University researchers ...

Asthma drugs may increase attacks in kids: report

2011-10-25T14:30:36Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - One class of drugs used to prevent wheezing and shortness of breath in people with asthma may increase kids' risk of being hospitalized for an asthma attack, according to a new analysis from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

However, researchers said, it's pos...

Workplace pollutants tied to kids' asthma risk

2011-10-07T12:30:10Z

(Reuters) - A mother's exposure to airborne pollutants at work during her pregnancy may increase the likelihood that her unborn child will later develop asthma, a Danish study said.

The review of registry data on 45,658 seven-year-old children and their mothers found that 18.6 percent of children of mothers who were exposed to low-molecular-weight particles at work during pregnancy developed asthma, comp...

Hospital asthma grades not linked to healthier kids

2011-10-04T15:00:14Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Hospitals that meet performance standards for treating kids with asthma aren't any better at keeping those kids from showing up in the emergency room with asthma problems in the future, according to new research.

The results call into question whether the standards, used to grade the hospitals on their asthma care, are helpful if they don't translate into real pat...

'Telemonitoring' may not help with severe asthma

2011-09-23T10:30:48Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A device that allows doctors to remotely monitor children with poorly controlled asthma may not help reduce serious asthma attacks, a small study finds.

The study, reported in the European Respiratory Journal, included 45 French children with poorly controlled asth...

FDA bans CFCs in some inhalers from next year

2011-09-22T08:30:09Z

(Reuters) - Health officials are banning the only asthma inhaler sold over the counter in the United States starting from next year to prevent the use of products that harm the environment.

The Food and Drug Administration said on Thur...

Obese kids have more asthma flare-ups

2011-09-02T13:30:26Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Shaving off extra pounds might help asthmatic kids prevent flare-ups of the disease, according to a study that found obese children have a harder time controlling their symptoms.

The work is the first to show that even after taking race and social factors into account, heavier kids use more drugs to control their asthma and curb flare-ups than their slimmer peers....

Magnetic field exposure linked to asthma risk

2011-08-01T16:00:16Z

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Children whose mothers had high exposure to electromagnetic fields while pregnant may have an increased risk of developing asthma, U.S. researchers said on Monday in a study that adds to an ongoing debate.

Many prior studies have failed to consistently show that chronic exposure to electromagnetic fields -- from p...

Parents underestimate kids' asthma symptoms

2011-07-15T09:01:47Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Parents of kids with asthma don't always realize when their children's treatment is inadequate, a new drugmaker-funded survey suggests.

While more than seven out of every 10 parents interviewed described their child's asthma as "mild" or "intermittent," the disease was adequately treated in only six in 10 kids.

Based on stricter guidelines, the number of kid...

Australian botox tests for asthma patients

2011-06-28T04:30:20Z

It is more celebrity than respiratory, but botox could prove a breath of fresh air for asthmatics if an Australian trial of the toxin launched Tuesday is successful.

Botox, or botulinum toxin type A, is usually used to smooth wrinkles by temporarily paralysing the muscles around the eyes and brow, but researchers at Melbourne's Reuters Health) - One out of six kids with asthma receives an antibiotic they don't need, according to new study findings.

The researchers found that doctors prescribe roughly 1 million unnecessary antibiotics to U.S. kids with asthma each year, potentially encouraging the spread of "superbug" infections that are resistant to even the most powerful drugs.

Another...

Asthma pills as good as inhaler: study

2011-05-05T09:00:23Z

LONDON (Reuters) - Rarely prescribed asthma pills made by drugmakers such as AstraZeneca and Merck are easier to use and just as effective as conventional inhaler treatments, according to research by British scientists.

In a study in the United States Wednesday suggests they work just as well and are easier for patients to manage.

Researchers at Britain's University of East Anglia (UEA) followed 650 chronic ...

Astra, Merck asthma pills as good as inhaler: study

2011-05-04T14:30:48Z

In a study in the United States have risen 12.3 percent since 2001, and nearly one in 12, or almost 25 million Americans, are stricken with the chronic respiratory disease, the government said Tuesday.

The extra 4.3 million cases over the past decade also cost more to the US economy -- from $53 billion for medical expenses and lost productivity in 2001 to $56 billion in 2009, the CHICAGO (Reuters) - About 25 million Americans, or 1 in 12 people, have asthma, a figure that is rising despite efforts to control key asthma triggers such as indoor smoking, U.S. government researchers said on Tuesday.

According to the Reuters Health) - Asthma is known to be a major health issue for children in inner cities, but a new study suggests that it may be an even bigger problem for poor rural children.

Looking at data on 117,000 Tennessee children on Medicaid, researchers found that 13 percent of childr...

FDA orders safety studies for some asthma drugs

2011-04-18T11:00:53Z

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators have ordered drugmakers to conduct clinical trials involving a total of 53,000 patients to test the safety of a controversial class of inhaled asthma drugs that are already on the market.

The trials are being required to demonstrate the safety of medicines known as long-acting beta-agonists (LABAs) when used in combination with inhaled s...

Puerto Rico baffled by high asthma rate

2010-12-26T21:30:15Z

Puerto Rico, puzzled about high asthma rate, finds few solutions

Six-year-old Jaycco Paris has only tossed the ball toward the basket for a few minutes when he plunks himself down on a bench to rest before he starts wheezing.

Jaycco is one of tens of thousands of children with asthma in Puerto Rico, which has one of the highest asthma prevalence rates in the world. His mother, Rosa Agosto, ra...

Young kids with asthma may lag in reading skills

2010-12-15T16:00:57Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Young children who start school with asthma may lag behind their peers in developing reading skills, a new study suggests.

The findings, according to researchers, do not prove that asthma per se is the reason for the gap. But they say it is possible that the lung disease affects young children's ability to keep up with their peers when it comes to reading.

T...

Incense burning tied to asthma risk in some kids

2010-12-08T15:01:55Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children from homes with regular incense burning have a higher risk of developing asthma, according to a Taiwanese study that hints a particular gene variant could be involved.

Among nearly 3,800 middle-school children, researchers found three percent had current asthma and more than five percent had wheezing during exercise. By comparison, nearly one in 10 kids i...

Study casts more doubt on acetaminophen-asthma link

2010-12-03T12:31:31Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Swiss researchers have tied asthma risk to several common painkillers, adding to ongoing controversy about the role of such drugs in the worldwide upswing in the disease.

But they say their work hints that painkillers aren't at the root of the problem, but rather a consequence of it.

Earlier studies have found that kids who commonly take acetaminophen, a lea...

How to Handle an Asthma Attack Without an Inhalor

2010-11-29T14:38:24Z

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Self-education for Asthma Patients

2010-11-29T14:31:41Z

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Directions for the Use of Envoy Invacare Nebulizers

2010-11-29T14:37:58Z

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Facebook peeks spark asthma attacks in dumped boy

2010-11-19T08:00:20Z

Dumped boy has asthma attacks after peeking into ex's Facebook page, Italian doctors say

Beware unhappy asthmatics: Italian doctors warn that Facebook could trigger an attack in some susceptible users.

Gennaro D'Amato and colleagues treated an 18-year-old man whose asthma attacks were apparently sparked by logging into Facebook and seeing how many men his ex-girlfriend had friended.

Facebook rejection 'triggered asthma attack'

2010-11-19T07:30:33Z

Can virtual friends give you asthma? The question is put in an unusual case study reported on Friday by the medical journal The Lancet.

Italian doctors describe how a 18-year-old man with a history of asthma suddenly experienced bouts of breathlessness during the summer months, when he was normally free from these symptoms.

The teen's worried mother learned that he was depressed after breaking up with his girlfriend, who ha...

Facebook unfriending 'triggered asthma attack'

2010-11-19T06:30:42Z

Can virtual friends give you asthma? The question is put in an unusual case study reported on Friday by the medical journal The Lancet.

Italian doctors describe how a 18-year-old man with a history of asthma suddenly experienced bouts of breathlessness during the summer months, when he was normally free from these symptoms.

The teen's worried mother learned that he was depressed after breaking up with his girlfriend, who ha...

How to Clean a Nebulizer Machine

2010-11-29T14:37:12Z

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Case study: Could Facebook trigger asthma?

2010-11-18T16:30:37Z

Can virtual friends give you asthma? The question is put in an unusual case study reported on Friday by the medical journal The Lancet.

Italian doctors describe how a 18-year-old man with a history of asthma suddenly experienced bouts of breathlessness during the summer months, when he was normally free from these symptoms.

The teen's worried mother learned that he was depressed after breaking up with his girlfriend, who ha...

Did Ex-Girlfriend's Facebook Page Trigger Man's Asthma?

2010-11-29T14:35:09Z

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Did Facebook Trigger an Asthma Attack?

2010-11-29T15:01:52Z

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Catching Your Breath

2010-11-29T14:47:12Z

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Canadian Kids Seem More Likely to Be Sidelined by Asthma

2010-11-29T14:42:28Z

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Drug Combo Tied to Higher Costs in Mild Asthma

2010-11-29T14:46:39Z

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Many Coaches Unprepared for Student-Athletes' Asthma

2010-11-29T14:42:27Z

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Pharmaxis Previews New Bronchial Challenge Test at the Annual Meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

2010-11-29T14:35:04Z

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Puerto Rico Asthma Enigma

2010-12-27T08:00:23Z

This Nov. 16, 2010 picture shows Jaycco Paris, 6, inside the public housing complex where he lives in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Jaycco's chronic asthma has forced him to miss several weeks of school this year. This U.S. Caribbean territory has a per capita incidence of asthma among the highest in the world, and children are nearly 300 percent more l...

Child Receives Breathing Treatment

2010-04-08T15:06:17Z

Nov 22, 2008 - Laguna Niguel, California, USA - A 2 year old girl from southern california receives breathing nebulizer treatment from her mother. A nebulizer also called a breathing machine is a way to give children thier asthma medications and treatments instead of using an inhaler. California has the worst air in the country, a...

Salt Cave That ÔTreats AsthmaÕ

2010-04-17T22:17:34Z

Mar 17, 2009 - London, England, UK - A London clinic has become the first in Britain to offer asthma and allergy sufferers salt therapy. Patients will be treated at a ''salt cave'' in a former church in Wandsworth. The therapy is being piloted by the Allergy and Asthma Drug Free Tr...