SOS Allergies

Improving paediatric asthma outcomes in primary health care: a randomised controlled trial.

admin — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:21:58 +0000

CONCLUSIONS: The PACE Australia program improved GPs' asthma management practices and led to improvements in some vital patient outcomes. Trial registration: Australian Fresh Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12607000067471.
PMID: 21978349 [PubMed - in action] (Source: Med J Aust) More information: More infos...

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Obese Mothers Put Children at Higher Risk of Asthma

admin — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:17:00 +0000

Pregnant women who are obese place their children at higher risk of developing asthma compared to mothers of normal weight, a large study in Sweden has found.

Source: Reuters Health
Related MedlinePlus Pages: Asthma in Children, Obesity, Pregnancy (Source: MedlinePlus Health News) More information: Click here...

Tags: study in sweden, children obesity, Reuters, related, Health, weight

Home-based educational interventions for children with asthma.

admin — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:12:00 +0000

CONCLUSIONS: We found inconsistent evidence for house-based asthma educational interventions compared to average attention, education delivered outside of the house or a less intensive educational intervention delivered at house. Although education remains a key component of managing asthma in children, advocated in numerous guidelines, this review does not contribute further data on the fundamental content and optimum setting for such educational interventions.
PMID: 21975783 [PubMed - in action] (Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews) More information: action=profile;u=58415">More info...

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Aspirin Desensitization: A "Lifechanger" For Patients With Aspirin And NSAID Allergies; Cardiovascular Disease

admin — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:07:00 +0000

Beth Moore can immediately keep up with her children. The suburban Philadelphia mother of two had suffered from allergies and chronic sinusitis since her teens. With age her symptoms became more severe, turning into bronchitis and eventually asthma, diminishing her ability to breathe and sapping her of her energy. The only complete relief came from aspirin; and the aspirin desensitization that allowed her to overcome her aspirin allergy and end her decades-extended battle with sinusitis. John R... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Sponsor Message:</i></b> Please support the <a href="http://www.doctorsinchains.org/">DoctorsInChains.org</a> campaign for the health workers in Bahrain. #FreeDoctors</p></div> More information: Check this...

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New Study Aims to Cure Food Allergies

admin — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:21:57 +0000

Researchers at Northwestern University may have found a path to trick the body of peanut-allergic human beings into believing the aliment is no threat. More information: More info...

Tags: food, study, Health, cure, aliment, northwestern university

Efficacy in asthma of once-daily treatment with fluticasone furoate: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial

admin — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:00:13 +0000

Background:
Fluticasone furoate (FF) is a novel extended-acting inhaled corticosteroid (ICS). This double-blind, placebo-controlled randomized study evaluated the efficacy and safety of FF 200 mcg or 400 mcg once daily, either in the morning or in the evening, and FF 200 mcg twice daily (morning and evening), for 8 weeks in patients with persistent asthma.
Methods:
Asthma patients maintained on ICS for [greater than or equal to]3 months with baseline morning forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) 50-80% of predicted normal value and FEV1 reversibility of [greater than or equal to]12% and [greater than or equal to]200 ml were eligible. The primary endpoint was mean alter from baseline FEV1 at week 8 in pre-dose (morning or evening [depending on regimen], pre-rescue bronchodilator) FEV1.... More information: Full article...

Tags: asthma patients, regimen, Health, FEV, value, trial

Bronchial asthma Unmasked With Tumor Necrosis Factor–Obstructing Drugs.

admin — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:55:03 +0000

We report five cases of bronchial asthma unmasked by anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α-obstructing drugs. Bronchial asthma signs and symptoms made an appearance within typically 4 several weeks (range 1-24 several weeks) after beginning the anti-TNF-α strategy to inflammatory disease. The patients didn't seem to be predisposed to bronchial asthma aside from one patient who had bronchial asthma throughout childhood. Four patients stopped anti-TNF-α-obstructing drugs by having an improvement of signs and symptoms within 1 to five several weeks. Within the patient with past childhood bronchial asthma, respiratory system signs and symptoms recurred when another anti-TNF-α therapy was began. Bronchial asthma control was accomplished with breathed in anabolic steroids, permitting anti-TNF-α treatment to carry on. The biotherapy was maintained for that fifth patient in colaboration with breathed in anabolic steroids. The pathophysiologic systems are ... More details: More infos...

Tags: childhood asthma, Health, 4 months, 5 months, asthma control, asthma

The result of secondhand smoke exposure on markers of elastin degradation.

admin — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:50:03 +0000

CONCLUSIONS: Results indicate a tissue matrix effect of degradation of body elastin from SHS exposure and imaginable lung structure injuries, which might lead to COPD. Extended-term studies of people uncovered to SHS to add mass to COPD are warranted.

PMID: 21415130 [PubMed - in action] (Source: Chest) More details: More infos...

Tags: chest, lung, effect, Source, matrix, Health

A Regional Health Collaborative Created By NewYork-Presbyterian Aims To Enhance The Healthiness Of A Largely Hispanic Community [Innovations In Care]

admin — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:45:02 +0000

Towns of poor, low-earnings immigrants with limited British proficiency and disproportionate health burdens pose unique challenges to health companies and policy makers. NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital developed the Regional Health Collaborative, a population-based health attention imitation to enhance the healthiness of the citizens of Washington Levels&shInwood. El born area is really a mainly Hispanic community in Fresh You are able to Megalopolis rich in rates of bronchial asthma, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and depression. NewYork-Presbyterian made a built-in network of patient-centered medical houses to create a "medical village" associated with other companies and community-based assets. The initiative locate outdoors to document the priority health needs from the community, target high-prevalence conditions, improve cultural compe... More details: More info...

Tags: limited english proficiency, hispanic community, community innovations, target, Health, regional health

New kids on the market: the emerging role of apolipoproteins within the pathogenesis and management of bronchial asthma.

admin — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:40:12 +0000

Authors: Yao X, Remaley AT, Levine SJ

Abstract

Fresh remedies are essential for patients with severe bronchial asthma. We hypothesized that the scientifically relevant experimental imitation of house dust mite (HDM)-caused murine bronchial asthma could be employed to learn fresh paths that regulate disease severity. In HDM-challenged rodents, genome-wide expression profiling from the asthmatic lung transcriptome recognized apolipoprotein E (apoE) like a steroid-unresponsive gene with regularly upregulated expression despite dexamethasone treatment. ApoE and low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) knockout rodents were utilised to show that apoE, that is created by lung macrophages, functions inside a paracrine fashion by binding to LDLRs expressed on ciliated airway epithelial cells, to adversely modulate airway hyper...<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Sponsor Message:</i></b> Please offer the <a href="http://www.doctorsinchains.org/">DoctorsInChains.org</a> campaign for that health employees in Bahrain. #FreeDoctors</p></div> More details: <a href="http://www.forum.dosstom.ru/index.php?topic=51359.new#new">Full article...</a>

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