Asthma Treatment and Symptoms

Low Sodium Diet Not Impacting Asthma Patients Much

Following a low-sodium diet does not appear to have any appreciable impact on asthma control, according to new research. Contrary to past studies – which have suggested a link between low-sodium diets and improved asthma control — a new study by researchers at The University of Nottingham found no evidence that cutting back on salt [...]

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Nuts During Pregnancy Lead To Childhood Asthma

Mothers eating nut products regularly during pregnancy increase the risk for their children to develop asthma. A team of researchers from University of Utrecht examined 4000 pregnant women and followed their children for eight years. The women were asked to complete food questionnaire about food taken during pregnancy. Mothers eating at least one nut product [...]

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Asthma Costs California 3.9 Million Days Of Work

California’s children missed 1.9 million days of school and the state’s adult workers missed 2 million days of work due to asthma, according to new research from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Asthma, a chronic inflammation of the air passageways in the body, is also to blame for a half million – and [...]

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Asthma Inhalers: Do You Need It?

Asthma inhalers allow a person that is facing asthma to experience what is happening to them with a bit of protection along the way. Asthma is not a condition that can be predicted. There are going to be times when something that you did not know was there causes a trigger in the person that [...]

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Inhalers – Are They The Guardians Of Asthma Sufferers?

Asthma inhalers have been genuine life savers. They are to asthmatics what anti-venom is to snake bites. An asthma inhaler is part of the management process and sufferers always have them at the ready if an asthma attack is imminent. The best known inhaler is a canister that delivers a metered dose. This is used [...]

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Summer: Time To Update Asthma Action Plan

Summer is a time when many families have the chance to enjoy their children’s time off from school with picnics, days at the pool and vacations. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services would also like families to use a little of that time updating their children’s asthma action plans. Health officials say the [...]

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Obese People May Carry Asthma Trait

A new study suggests that people who are obese with asthma may carry a specific trait or phenotype that causes them to have poorer asthma control than people who are not obese with asthma. Researchers from Quebec, Canada compared pulmonary function changes, methacholine challenge scores, sputum induction cell counts, symptom perceptions, BMI/waist circumference, and waist-to-hip [...]

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How Gastric Reflux May Trigger Asthma

Researchers at Duke University Medical Center appear to have solved at least a piece of a puzzle that has mystified physicians for years: why so many patients with asthma also suffer from GERD, or gastroesophageal reflux disease. Clinicians first noted a relationship between the two diseases in the mid-1970s. Since then, studies have shown that [...]

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Back To School With Asthma

A new Utah Department of Health (UDOH) report outlines the impact of asthma on children as they head back to school this fall. The Utah Youth Asthma Report shows that 8.9% – or about 76,000 – children in Utah ages 0 to 17 are currently under medical care for asthma. It also details the total [...]

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Program To Dispel Misconceptions About Asthma In Montana

Every day, thousands of individuals across Montana struggle to breathe due to a common chronic disease: asthma. Though asthma is a widespread illness, many Montana residents, and even healthcare providers in the state have misconceptions about the scope and magnitude of the illness. A new program at the Montana Department of Public Health and Human [...]

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Asthma And Childhood Abuse Are Linked

A new study reports intriguing findings linking childhood abuse to asthma rates in urban Puerto Rican children. Neighborhood violence, in contrast, was not associated with an elevated asthma rate, suggesting a specificity of mechanism. The differential effect of types of violence suggests that the negative effects have to do with the social context and/or personal [...]

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Parents Urged To Prepare Children For Fall Asthma Season

Don’t let asthma slow you down this fall. Hospitalization rates for childhood asthma can more than triple between August and September, as weather changes, kids spend more time indoors, and respiratory infections become more common. In anticipation of this year’s asthma upsurge, the Health Department is urging parents of affected children to work with their [...]

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