Asthma-Tracking App Shows Some Promise for Reducing ED Visits
(MedPage Today) -- ANAHEIM, Calif. -- A comprehensive, smartphone app-based program failed to reduce healthcare utilization among asthma patients with private insurance, but did benefit those on Medicaid, a large randomized controlled trial found... (Source: MedPage Today Allergy)
Source: MedPage Today Allergy - November 14, 2023 Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: news
Many Primary Care Docs Unfamiliar With Biologics for Asthma
(MedPage Today) -- ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Many primary care physicians (PCPs) remain unfamiliar with biologic therapy options for uncontrolled asthma, which impacted the rate at which they referred patients to an asthma specialist, a survey-based... (Source: MedPage Today Allergy)
Source: MedPage Today Allergy - November 13, 2023 Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: news
Survey: 42% of PCPs Not Familiar With Biologics for Asthma Survey: 42% of PCPs Not Familiar With Biologics for Asthma
Patients with asthma are regularly seen by primary care providers (PCPs), but a survey found that 82% of PCPs do not order labs, and 90% do not use absolute eosinophil counts to guide care.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - November 11, 2023 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Allergy & Clinical Immunology News Source Type: news
'Uncertain' Link Between Allergic Diseases and Long COVID, Review Finds
(MedPage Today) -- Pre-existing asthma and rhinitis were associated with an increased risk of long-term COVID symptoms in a meta-analysis, though the link was questionable.
Low-certainly evidence indicated that asthma was associated with an increased... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - November 10, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Long Covid diagnosis may mask other illnesses
People who suffer from an illness prior to a Covid-19 infection are more likely to experience a long illness after the infection, a new study has shown. Researchers from King’s College London (KCL) found that individuals with illness before Covid-19 infection were almost twice as likely to suffer a long period of illness after infection... Read moreThe post Long Covid diagnosis may mask other illnesses appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - November 9, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Carolyn Scott Tags: Addiction and mental health Respiratory asthma Long Covid Source Type: news
Gas cookers pump out pollutants linked to childhood asthma, report finds
Scientists find average levels of nitrogen dioxide almost twice as high in homes cooking with gas as in those cooking withoutGas cookers are pumping pollutants linked to childhood asthma into kitchens, living rooms and bedrooms across Europe, areport has found.Dutch scientists measured the air quality in 247 homes and found average levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) were almost twice as high in those cooking with gas as in those cooking without. One in four homes with gas cookers breached hourly pollution levels set by the World Health Organization, while none of the homes in the control group, which used electric cookers, b...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 8, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Ajit Niranjan Tags: Air pollution Asthma Gas stoves Environment Science Europe World news Source Type: news
Gas cookers pump out toxic particles linked to childhood asthma, report finds
Scientists find average levels of nitrogen dioxide almost twice as high in homes cooking with gas as in those cooking withoutGas cookers are pumping toxic particles linked to childhood asthma into kitchens, living rooms and bedrooms across Europe, areport has found.Dutch scientists measured the air quality in 247 homes and found average levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) were almost twice as high in those cooking with gas as in those cooking without. One in four homes with gas cookers breached hourly pollution levels set by the World Health Organization, while none of the homes in the control group, which used electric cooke...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 8, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Ajit Niranjan Tags: Air pollution Asthma Gas stoves Environment Science Europe World news Source Type: news
Phytoestrogens May Ease Late-onset Asthma in Older Women Phytoestrogens May Ease Late-onset Asthma in Older Women
Phytoestrogens show potential as a treatment for menopausal women with late-onset asthma that may relieve symptoms of both conditions.MDedge News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - November 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pulmonary Medicine News Source Type: news
What is PM2.5 and the AQI?
Discussion
Air quality standards are made, measured and monitored by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) through the Clean Air Act. All potential pollutants are not necessarily monitored. Some of the most commonly monitored and studied are fine particulate matter, ground-level ozone, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, and sulfur dioxide.
Common fine particulate matter < 2.5 µm (PM2.5) sources include the natural sources of biomass burning, coal burning, road and soil dust, sea spray aerosols, wildfire particles, and volcanic dust. Human sources of PM2.5 include residential cooking and heating, farming, ...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - October 30, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
How to Get RSV Vaccines to Those Who Need Them Most
The world is entering a new era of vaccines. Following the success of COVID-19 mRNA shots, scientists have a far greater capacity to tailor shots to a virus’s structure, putting a host of new vaccines on the horizon.
The most recent arrivals are several new immunizations against respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV.
These shots are welcome since RSV can be dangerous, even deadly, in the very old and very young. But the shots, produced by Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline, are also expensive, costing about $300 for those directed at adults, and up to $1,000 for one of the shots, a monoclonal antibody rather than a tradi...
Source: TIME: Health - October 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elisabeth Rosenthal Tags: Uncategorized Drugs Source Type: news
Woman's health 'sliding backwards' after drug coverage pulled
For Janice Namiesniowski, living with asthma was like breathing "through a straw." An expensive drug called Xolair was starting to work wonders, but her coverage was suddenly cut off when Canada Life took over the Public Service Health Care Plan in July. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - October 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Ottawa Source Type: news
Severe Asthma in Sexual and Gender Minoritized Adults: What Can We Do?
(MedPage Today) -- Sexual and gender minoritized (SGM) adults are at increased risk for severe asthma, according to an analysis of a nationally representative study presented at the CHEST annual meeting hosted by the American College of Chest Physicians... (Source: MedPage Today Allergy)
Source: MedPage Today Allergy - October 25, 2023 Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: news
Biotech startup with connections to Genentech, Gilead lands $245M Series A
The company licensed its first drug, aimed at asthma, from a China biotech company. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - October 24, 2023 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Ron Leuty Source Type: news
Canadian Wildfire Smoke Linked to ED Visits in New York Canadian Wildfire Smoke Linked to ED Visits in New York
The increase in emergency department visits related to asthma syndrome was especially pronounced among working-age adults.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - October 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pulmonary Medicine News Source Type: news
