Colourful Asthma: 2008

Friday, August 8, 2008

Childrens asthma journals

ASTHMA UK Scotland is looking for 15-year-old teenagers in South Lanarkshire with the condition to act as ambassadors for the charity and encourage other young sufferers to lead a full and active lifestyle.
In particular, one 15-year-old will be chosen to coordinate innovative activities in their school, sports club or place of worship for other children and young people with the condition, including an event to celebrate World Asthma Day next May.
The successful candidate will receive training and support from Asthma UK Scotland throughout the project and will join a 15-year-old from each of Scotland's 14 health board areas at a party at Murrayfield Stadium in September to mark the charity's 15th birthday.
Shona Haslam, Asthma UK Scotland's national director, explained: 'Scotland has one of the highest rates of childhood asthma in the world. What better way to help address than to encourage young people with asthma to raise awareness of the condition?
'We have recently been running focus groups with young people across the country and one thing we have consistently heard is that they appreciate being able to talk to other youngsters with asthma who understand what it is like, for example, to be bullied because they can't take part in PE.'
Source link: http://iclanarkshire.icnetwork.co.uk/eknews/news/tm_headline=calling-young-asthma-sufferers&method=full&objectid=21466261&siteid=50144-name_page.html

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Physiology of asthma

I know I can count on them with my life.'
Harrington recently graduated from Plymouth North High School, where he was the captain of the sailing team, played soccer and was a member of various other clubs. He also enjoys skiing and hiking. As Jared prepares to leave home and begin the next phase of his life, he is aware of the new challenges he will face regarding his allergies, but he believes those challenges will only continue to make him stronger.
In addition to its annual scholarship competition, the Asthma - Allergy Foundation of America, New England Chapter, provides services and support for individuals and families living with asthma and allergies by sponsoring educational support groups, publishing a newsletter and other materials; training healthcare professionals, childcare providers and school personnel; and providing a telephone resource and referral line. For more information, or free educational brochures, call 781-444-7778 or visit www.asthmaandallergies.org.

Source link: http://www.wickedlocal.com/plymouth/news/x207242625/Honored-by-Asthma-Allergy-Foundation

Hgh and asthma

(PhysOrg.com) -- Asthma is a leading cause of death and disability in children younger than 18 years old, and is one of the leading causes of hospitalization in school-age children. Since children spend up to 30 percent of their day in school, a University of Missouri respiratory therapy expert says it is imperative that every school employee, from teachers to bus drivers, understand the condition and how to treat it.
Source link: http://www.physorg.com/news137168547.html

Prednisone for asthma

Worse allergy seasons. A hotter climate means earlier blooms in spring and a longer season for fall allergens such as ragweed and mugwort. Basically, more warmth means more plants and more pollen, according to the review
Source link: http://www.webmd.com/allergies/news/20080805/global-warming-may-up-allergies-asthma

These discussions encompass once- and twice daily LABAs (long-acting beta agonists), steroids, leukotriene inhibitors, anticholinergics, FLAP, CXCR2 and other mechanisms. The panel also considers each of these approaches in the context of prn vs. maintenance dosing.
There is a lot of commercial development activity aimed at identifying biologicals that have disease-modifying activity, both in asthma and COPD, said
Jeff Berk, the report's author. Our panel sorts through the biologicals in the pipeline, including monoclonals targeting IL-5, IL-9 and IL-13/IL-4, and picks their favorites. Also addressed in this report:
-- What are the key unmet needs in asthma and in COPD, and which compounds/combinations are best poised to fill the need gaps? -- Which of the new biologicals in development show the most promise, and why? Will these be likely to replace current standard of care? -- Will developers be able to show disease-modification benefits in COPD? -- How will the increased mortality seen in the SMART trial affect usage of LABAs in asthma? Companies/Partnerships discussed include: Aerovance (Bayer-Schering), Altair Therapeutics/Isis, Amgen/
Takeda Bio, Boehringer Ingelheim, Ception, Chiesi, Cornerstone BioPharma/Critical Therapeutics/Dey, Forest, GlaxoSmithKline, GSK/Theravance, GSK/Amira, Merck, Merck/Schering- Plough, Novartis, Novartis/Genentech, Novartis/Schering-Plough/SkyePharma, Nycomed/Sepracor, Schering-Plough/ALK-Abello, Sepracor, SkyePharma/Kos/Abbott, Stallergenes/Paladin, Wyeth.
This report can be purchased by contacting MedPredict.
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Source link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/global-pulmonology-thought-leaders-provide,494651.shtml

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Obiesity causing asthma

Chest Journal: August news briefs Public release date: 5-Aug-2008
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Chest Journal: August news briefs
PEOPLE WHO ARE OBESE 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 ratio of 44 obese subjects with asthma with 44 nonobese subjects with asthma. Compared with those who were not obese, those who were obese had poorer asthma control, as well as lower total lung capacity, expiratory reserve volume, functional residual capacity, and residual volume
Source link: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-08/acoc-cja080408.php

Herbs against asthma

Aug. 11, 2008.

Washington -- Two recent analyses on the use of a long-acting beta agonist for treating asthma have renewed a long-running controversy. But at the same time, the studies served to drive home the point that the medication should be used in conjunction with inhaled corticosteroids.
A Cochrane review, published July 15 by the Cochrane Library, found that people with asthma who regularly use the beta agonist, salmeterol, are at greater risk of nonfatal, serious adverse events than those using placebos
Source link: http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2008/08/11/hlsb0811.htm

reathing easy before the GamesNeither asthma, nor her medication to deal with it, will slow fencer Sherraine Schalm down at the Olympics
Source link: http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/sports/story.html?id=99228662-4fee-4378-810d-295467e584b6

Asthma relieve symptom

s Dawn Timmeney and her family, along with the American Lung Association, established a special camp for children with asthma, which just celebrated
Source link: http://www.nbc10.com/health/17089206/detail.html

'A lot is going to depend on weather patterns,' said Kenneth W. Rundell, director of respiratory research and director of the Human Physiology Laboratory at Marywood University in Scranton, Pa.
Olympic athletes are taking precautions that include wearing high-tech masks once they arrive in Beijing and using acupuncture to build up lung function and immune systems.
'The air is a serious concern for all the athletes going over there,' said Dennis Mitchell, a three-time Olympic medalist coaching two members of the Olympic track and field at the National Training Center in Clermont, Fla.
Damu Cherry, one of Mitchell's athletes who will compete in the 100-meter hurdles, was able to stop taking her asthma medications about three years ago because acupuncture treatments were so effective, Mitchell said.
'You try to find as many natural ways to help as you can,' Mitchell said.
High-tech masks, developed in secrecy, are designed so athletes can limit the intake of polluted air once they arrive in Beijing, according to an Olympic spokesman.
'Will we have an edge over other countries that don't wear anything over their mouths? Perhaps. Obviously we want to do all that we can to put our athletes in a position to win medals,' Tim Yount, a U.S. Olympic Committee spokesman, wrote in an e-mail.
Health experts are divided over whether Beijing's air - which had two to three times the particulate matter of Los Angeles as of 2004 - can cause lasting damage to the lungs of those visiting.
But most agree that with air so polluted, athletes could feel a difference in their lungs with only one or two days of exposure and that it will make it harder for them to reach peak performance levels.
'I'd wager times and distance events will be well under previous Olympics and that will be proof right there,' said Dr
Source link: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bal-te.olympics05aug05,0,4443805.story

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Anti-inflammatory corticosteroids asthma

Melody Webb, of Chandler, dropped her freshman son off at Corona for his first day of high school. Webb said she has kept herself informed of the renovations and is pleased to see construction moving ahead. 'I'm very aware because he has asthma,' she said.
If he gets sick, she said she will reassess his school choice. But for now, she remains 'confident' about the district's efforts.

Scottiejo McNulty, of Chandler, dropped her son Travis off at Corona, but then made a trip to the school nurse's office
Source link: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2008/08/05/20080805corona0805.html

Coffee helps asthma

Pollution has been a worry ever since Beijing was picked in 2001 to host the Games in which athletes, many with asthma, will be performing at peak
Source link: http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/1132560.html

Probe into if cough mixture triggered asthma attack
5/08/2008
A coroner yesterday ordered a probe into whether a popular cough mixture triggered a fatal asthma attack.
Schoolboy John Ridehalgh, 15, died after taking a dose of Vick's Vaposyrup.
Within 20 minutes, John - asthmatic from the age of four, collapsed and was rushed to hospital.
He failed to respond to treatment, suffered complications that led to his legs being amputated and died eight days later.
His father Paul, 43, of Bolton, Lancs, said the Vaposyrup carried no warnings.
He added: 'John had never had anything remotely like that attack before.'
Consultant pathologist Charles Padfield said there was no 'statutory evidence' that Vaposyrup could have caused the attack
Source link: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2008/08/05/probe-into-if-cough-mixture-triggered-asthma-attack-115875-20684749/

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