Kids Diagnosing ThemselvesReported September 17, 2009 LAS VEGAS (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- "Mommy, I don't feel good." Many parents hear that and think their child is whining. One kid diagnosed herself with a scary disease before the adults noticed anything wrong. Josie Somerlott is usually bouncing around, but the spring was taken out of her step while watching a movie. … [Read more...]
Asthma & Allergies News
New Discovery Could Offer Allergy Relief
New Discovery Could Offer Allergy Relief Reported March 31, 2005 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A molecule made up of cat and human proteins to block cat allergies successfully prevented allergic reactions in laboratory mice and in human cells. Researchers say this discovery could lead to a new therapy for cat allergies as well … [Read more...]
Smoking Vaccine Being Developed
Smoking Vaccine Being DevelopedReported June 18, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) For smokers who are having trouble kicking the habit, science is working to find help. Although its still in the very early development stage, research on an antinicotine vaccine is in preliminary trials. The vaccine stimulates the immune system to develop antinicotine antibodies. … [Read more...]
Asthma Treatment Guidelines in Six Months
Asthma Treatment Guidelines in Six Months Reported May 05, 2009 DUBAI - The UAE is expected to come out with guidelines to manage asthma treatment and diagnosis within six months, according to a senior health official. The guidelines are also expected to be unified at the GCC level at a?later stage. The guidelines will be based on those outlined by the Global Initiative … [Read more...]
Fitness News : Women Fitness>Asthma Toxins
Asthma Toxins Reported December 2, 2005 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- New research is reinforcing the link between dust exposure in the home and asthma. Researchers from the University of Iowa in Iowa City compared asthma symptoms of 2,400 residents to dust samples from 800 homes. They found endotoxins in bedding dust correlated strongest with asthma symptoms, like wheezing, in … [Read more...]
Fitness News : Women Fitness> Brain Structures Contribute to Asthma
Brain Structures Contribute to Asthma Reported August 31, 2005 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Could just being exposed to the word "wheeze" make an asthmatic's symptoms worse? That's what researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are saying. By using functional magnetic resonance imaging scans of the brains of asthmatics, researchers were able to see which parts of the … [Read more...]
Fruit Juices Hamper Drugs Benefits
Fruit Juices Hamper Drugs BenefitsReported August 20, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Washing down your medicine with fruit juice may be a bad idea. You may have heard that grapefruit juice can increase the absorption of certain drugs and potentially turn normal doses into toxic ones. Now, the scientist who first identified this problem finds grapefruit and other … [Read more...]
Obesity Dangerous for Asthmatics
Obesity Dangerous for AsthmaticsReported September 08, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Asthma and obesity is a dangerous combination. New research conducted by Kaiser Permanente shows obese people with the condition are nearly five times more likely to end up in the hospital with an asthma flare up compared to people of normal weight. The finding held true even … [Read more...]
HIV infections on the rise in Sweden
HIV infections on the rise in Sweden Reported January 03, 2008 A record number of Swedes were infected with HIV in 2007. Stockholms intravenous drug users suffered a major outbreak which added to the high infection statistics. The virus strain is new and appears to have come from Finland. Through the middle of … [Read more...]
Americans Living Longer Thanks to Cleaner Air
Americans Living Longer Thanks to Cleaner AirReported January 23, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Americans can thank fresh air for increasing their life spans. Over recent decades, the average life expectancy in 51 cities across the United States increased by almost three years. Five months of that time is thanks to cleaner air. "Such a significant increase in … [Read more...]
Botox Sponge Replaces Needles for Rhinitis Patients
Botox Sponge Replaces Needles for Rhinitis Patients Reported October 16, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- German researchers may have found a pain-free treatment for sneezing and sniffling rhinitis patients, replacing needles with soft sponges. Millions of American rhinitis patients suffer from an inflamed inner lining of their nose, causing itching, … [Read more...]
Health care fails to meet demands
Health care fails to meet demands October 9, 2006 When Kevin stopped attending the Asthma Reading and Advocacy Program at the King/Drew Medical Center six months ago, I figured that he would return soon. Kevin was one of my students in the South Central L.A. program. Its mission was to help youth with … [Read more...]
How to Kick the Smoking Habit
How to Kick the Smoking HabitReported August 26, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- New research shows statewide tobacco control programs may be the most effective option to reduce the financial and health burden of smoking. Results of a University of California, San Diego, study show California saved $86 billion on personal health care costs between the start of its … [Read more...]
More Peanut Butter, Please!
More Peanut Butter, Please!Reported May 05, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- If youre one of the 1.5 million people in the United States suffering from a peanut allergy, theres good news. Experts anticipate some form of immunotherapy for peanut allergy to be available within the next five years. Peanut allergy is becoming more common, but it is … [Read more...]
Welsh mums-to-be ‘more likely to smoke’
Welsh mums-to-be 'more likely to smoke' November 05, 2007 Welsh mums-to-be are more likely to smoke than any of their counterparts in other parts of the UK, it has been revealed. Figures released by Dr Tony Jewell, Wales' chief medical officer, show nearly four in ten pregnant women in Wales smoke at some stage during their pregnancy, with more than one … [Read more...]
Cat Allergen Wreaks Havoc on Asthmatic Lungs
Cat Allergen Wreaks Havoc on Asthmatic LungsReported November 30, 2005 Women living in country Victoria will now have access to state-of-the-art cancer technology, thanks to a $1.9 million grant from the Bracks Government. The funding will go to BreastScreen Victoria's Regional Digital Mammography Project, which will see women across … [Read more...]
Smokers Kicking The Butt
Smokers Kicking The Butt Reported August 24, 2008 With statistics coming in from all around, there is an encouraging piece of good news for the anti-smoking groups, thanks to whose campaigns, the smoking rates for adult smokers has dropped down a teeny bit, this year, to 21.9% from the earlier 23%. In a survey conducted by the Gallup Korea on behalf … [Read more...]
New Guidelines for Pregnant Women With Asthma
New Guidelines for Pregnant Women With Asthma Reported January 12, 2005 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- New guidelines for managing asthma during pregnancy reflect medications that have recently emerged and update treatment recommendations. The guidelines, established by the National Asthma Educational Prevention Program, … [Read more...]
Fitness News : Asthma More Severe in Obese Patients
Sniffing Out Asthma Reported May 23, 2007 SAN FRANCISCO (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- An "electronic nose" may one day be used to diagnose asthma, say researchers out of the Netherlands and Italy presenting the results from a new study. The device contains chemical vapor sensors that react to volatile organic compounds in a person's exhaled breath that may be used as markers of … [Read more...]
Asthma can be controlled, not cured
Asthma can be controlled, not curedReported July 10, 2009 HOUSTON -- (July 10, 2009) -- Medications and lifestyle changes help manage asthma, but they will not actually cure it, according to an expert at Baylor College of Medicine. "You still have airway inflammation that needs to be treated," said Dr. Nicola Hanania, associate professor of medicine at BCM. Environment, … [Read more...]
Acid Reflux Treatment Does Not Improve Asthma
Acid Reflux Treatment Does Not Improve AsthmaReported April 13, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- While symptoms of asthma and acid reflux often overlap, treating acid reflux may not help asthma patients feel better. New research from the Ohio State Universitys Medical Center finds a common treatment for acid reflux among asthmatics doesnt actually improve their … [Read more...]
Controlling Asthma Attacks
Controlling Asthma Attacks Reported February 18, 2005 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Montelukast, a leukotriene-receptor antagonist (leukotrienes mediate inflammation in the body and play a role in allergic reactions), decreased incidents of asthma in young children by about 32 percent … [Read more...]
Gender Impacts Asthma Severity
Gender Impacts Asthma SeverityReported August 21, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Girls and boys deal with asthma differently. A new report from Brigham and Womens Hospital and Harvard Medical School shows even though boys are more likely to have childhood asthma than girls, they are also more likely to outgrow it in adolescence and have fewer incidents after … [Read more...]
Higher asthma rates in first-born kids linked to pregnancy conditions: study
Higher asthma rates in first-born kids linked to pregnancy conditions: studyReported May 20, 2008 TORONTO - First-born children are known to have a higher risk for developing asthma and allergies than their younger siblings, and researchers suggest part of the reason may lie in the womb. A study of 1,200 children on the U.K.'s Isle of Wight, followed from birth into … [Read more...]
Peanuts: The Cure for Peanut Allergies
Peanuts: The Cure for Peanut Allergies Reported December 01, 2009 DURHAM, N.C. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- 12-million Americans suffer from food allergies. More than three-million of them are allergic to peanuts. While there are drugs to treat an allergic reaction, there's nothing that can fix food allergies for good. Now, doctors are using peanuts themselves … [Read more...]
Smokers die sooner, live with more disease
Smokers die sooner, live with more disease Reported May 26, 2009 STOCKHOLM, Sweden, May 11 (UPI) -- A 30-year study of 54,000 men and women in Norway found smoking had a tremendous impact on mortality and cardiovascular disease. Haakon Meyer of the University of Oslo and Norwegian Institute of Public Health said the … [Read more...]
Breast not Best for Asthma
Breast not Best for AsthmaSeptember 14, 2007 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- There may be lots of good reasons to breastfeed your baby, but protecting him from asthma apparently isn't one of them. A large study conducted by European investigators reveals breastfeeding has no effect on the development of asthma and allergies in the children at the age … [Read more...]
Doctors Heat Up Asthma
Doctors Heat Up Asthma Reported October 12, 2009 ST. LOUIS (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Fifteen-million Americans have asthma -- narrowing and inflammation of the airways that can be uncomfortable, even fatal in the most serious cases. This fall, the FDA is looking at a new drug-free treatment for patients with severe, uncontrolled asthma doctors are using … [Read more...]
Improving Lung Function
Improving Lung Function Reported July 17, 2006 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- If asthmatic smokers break the habit, their lung function will improve. A study released this week reveals after just a week without cigarettes, smokers with asthma can expect to be breathing much easier. … [Read more...]
Mothers-to-be Need Vitamin E
Mothers-to-be Need Vitamin E Reported September 4, 2006 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A child's risk of developing asthma may be established long before he ever takes his first breath. According to a new study out of the Scotland, kids born to mothers who consumed the lowest levels of vitamin E while … [Read more...]