Asthma explained by common allergy to milk and dairy products
by Dani Veracity
The link between asthma and cows’ milk is familiar to many young asthma sufferers and their parents. I first became aware of the connection through my cousin’s experiences with his four-year-old son. Since infancy, my cousin’s son has experienced severe asthma attacks and has been hospitalized twice for asthma-related pneumonia. When his asthma […]
Serevent really is the ‘true asthma miracle drug’
Today I wish to channel my energy better than I did in my previous post. Today I wish to talk to you from an asthmatic/RT perspective. The topic for today is Serevent and Advair. What I write about today should not only benifit asthma patients and parents, but provide useful information for RTs and Drs […]
Augusta Families, University Hospital Work To Raise Childhood Asthma Awareness
Augusta, GA — Eleven-year-old Carissa Taylor was full of life. She loved to play outside and had a ton of friends at Diamond Lakes Elementary, but she suffered from asthma, a disease that would eventually take her life.
Lori Taylor, Carissa’s mother: “The unusual thing about it was that she had asthma, but she played so […]
ASTHMA DEATH BOY HAD ‘TOUCHED LIVES OF SO MANY PEOPLE’
A teenage boy died after suffering an asthma attack at his brother’s home, an inquest heard.Brandon Jennings, 13, a student at Tiverton High School, died on October 27 after collapsing at the home of his older brother Casey Wheeler, in Lime Road, Tiverton.Brandon, described by school principal Andrew Lovett as a boy “fizzing with energy […]
Aerocrine Soars Most Ever on FDA Approval for Asthma Treatment
By Jakob Lindstroem
March 4 (Bloomberg) — Aerocrine AB, the Swedish developer of airway inflammation detection equipment, surged the most ever in Stockholm trading after gaining approval to sell an asthma product in the U.S.
Aerocrine rose as much as 11.4 kronor, or 84 percent, to 25 kronor, and traded at 24.5 kronor as of 10:28 a.m. […]
Indoor allergens trigger asthma attacks
The study showed that 52 percent of homes surveyed had at least six detectable allergens with 46 percent having three or more allergens at increased levels, Sciencedaily reported.
Indoor allergens are of ‘great importance in relation to asthma because most people spend a majority of their time at home’, said Darryl Zeldin of the National Institute […]
Pediatric asthma linked to traffic
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Children who live close to traffic-clogged roads are more likely to have asthma than children who live farther from heavily traveled streets, according to a new state report that focuses on six Merrimack Valley communities.
The report also states that the prevalence of asthma in children in Andover, Dracut, Haverhill, Lawrence, […]
