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Challenges in the Management of Hereditary Angioedema in Urban and Rural Settings: Results of a US Survey
CONCLUSION: Our findings illustrate the challenge of diagnosing HAE, especially HAE C1nl-INH, and the economic challenges of treatment, which can be compounded for those living in rural areas. We provide a call to action for addressing several of these real challenges.PMID:36918110 | DOI:10.1016/j.anai.2023.03.005
Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology - March 14, 2023 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: J Allen Meadows John Anderson Richard G Gower Source Type: research
Real-World Versus Guideline-Based Treatments For Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria Among Commercially-Insured Versus Medicaid Patients In The United States
Guideline-recommended treatments for patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) have evolved. We sought to identify how real-world treatments align with current guidelines among commercially-insured and Medicaid patients.
Source: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology - February 1, 2023 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Vincent Garmo, Arpamas Seetasith, Sheila Reddy, Eunice Chang, Marian Tarbox, Michael Holden, Thomas Casale Source Type: research
Effects of Insurance Status on Infantile Atopic Dermatitis Severity and Parental Quality of Life
The association between insurance status and infantile atopic dermatitis (AD) severity is not fully understood. We hypothesized that parents of infants with Medicaid coverage would report increased AD severity as compared to parents of privately insured infants. We also performed exploratory analyses of associations between insurance status and quality of life (QOL).
Source: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology - February 1, 2023 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Megan Bannon, Abigail Lang, Rajesh Kumar Source Type: research
Asthma-related disparities in emergency department use and clinical outcomes among Spanish-speaking Hispanic patients
Asthma is the most common chronic respiratory disease in the world, affecting more than 270 million people in 2017.1 The impact of asthma morbidity is notable with lower quality of life indices and higher rates of anxiety and depression than those with well-controlled or no asthma.2 Health literacy is defined as “the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health care decisions.”3 Groups at high risk for low health literacy include the elderly, people with limited education, ethnic minorities, indiv iduals who spok...
Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology - November 6, 2022 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Benjamin Greiner, Kelly Cronin, Leonardo Salazar, Micah Hartwell Tags: Letters Source Type: research
Asthma related disparities in emergency department usage and clinical outcomes among Spanish speaking Hispanic patients.
Asthma is the most common chronic respiratory disease in the world, affecting over 270 million people in 2017.1 The impact of asthma morbidity is notable with lower quality of life indices and higher rates of anxiety and depression than those with well controlled or no asthma.2 Health literacy is defined as "the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health care decisions."3 Groups at high-risk for low health literacy include the elderly, people with limited education, ethnic minorities, individuals who spoke a langua...
Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology - November 6, 2022 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Benjamin Greiner, Kelly Cronin, Leonardo Salazar, Micah Hartwell Tags: Letters Source Type: research
Hospitalists Join in Sustainability Efforts
Ms. Wohlford is the director of sustainability for Carilion Clinic. The Roanoke, Va.-based health system has numerous awards and recognitions for its sustainability efforts that include everything from installing solar-power receptors to hiring sheep to keep the lawn. Carilion Clinic.
In a world transformed by environmental degradation and the effects of climate change, hospitals can be major generators of greenhouse gases, energy consumption, and waste. But they are also important centers for health and wellness promotion, not just for the patients they serve but also for staff and their communities. That is why a growi...
Source: The Hospitalist - October 3, 2022 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Ronda Whitaker Tags: Practice Management Source Type: research
What to Know About the Latest Advances in Managing Severe Asthma
Graphs and charts don’t always tell the whole story. Numbers can be deceiving. But anyone who looks at U.S. trends in asthma mortality can see, without squinting, that things are moving in the right direction.
A 2019 analysis in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine found that from 1999 to 2015, asthma mortality fell by 43%. “The decrease in asthma-related mortality was consistent in both sexes and in all race groups, with the largest decrease in patients older than 65 years,” the authors concluded. Figures from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that the...
Source: TIME: Health - June 23, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Markham Heid Tags: Uncategorized Disease freelance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Why Acupuncture Is Going Mainstream in Medicine
When the opioid addiction crisis began to surge in the U.S. about a decade ago, Dr. Medhat Mikhael spent a lot of time talking to his patients about other ways to heal pain besides opioids, from other types of medications to alternative treatments.
As a pain management specialist at MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center in Fountain Valley, Calif., he didn’t anticipate leaving behind the short-term use of opioids altogether, since they work so well for post-surgical pain. But he wanted to recommend a remedy that was safer and still effective.
That turned out to be acupuncture.
“Like any treatment, acupuncture...
Source: TIME: Health - April 29, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Millard Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate medicine Source Type: news
Docs Must Prepare for Impending Medicaid Enrollee Drop: Experts Docs Must Prepare for Impending Medicaid Enrollee Drop: Experts
Fifteen million people with Medicaid are expected to lose coverage after the Public Health Emergency ends. Therefore, patient outreach is a must, according to experts.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - March 23, 2022 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news
Real-world effectiveness of benralizumab: results from the ZEPHYR 1 Study
CONCLUSION: Patients with severe asthma treated with benralizumab experienced significant clinical and economic benefits in the real world, as demonstrated by the reduction in exacerbations and HCRU.PMID:35247595 | DOI:10.1016/j.anai.2022.02.017
Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology - March 5, 2022 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Yen Chung Rohit Katial Fan Mu Erin E Cook Joshua Young Danni Yang Keith A Betts Donna D Carstens Source Type: research
Allergic Rhinitis Co-morbidity on Asthma Outcomes in City School Children
Conclusions: Among a large school-based cohort of minoritized children with asthma, we found that the majority of children have comorbid allergic rhinitis, which was associated with increased asthma morbidity. Inadequate recognition and treatment for allergic rhinitis likely represents substantial preventable morbidity for this group.PMID:35195499 | DOI:10.1080/02770903.2022.2043363
Source: Journal of Asthma - February 23, 2022 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Jessica Stern Michael Chen Maria Fagnano Jill S Halterman Source Type: research
