Back-to-School: Asthma Tips
As a pediatrician and mother of three children who battle asthma, Donna Backus is all too familiar with the anxiety parents of asthmatic children face at the start of the school year. “Juggling my career with being a mother of asthmatic children takes a lot of coordination and planning. Using controller medicines is enormously helpful because it eliminates the flare up factor,” says Dr. Donna Backus.
Rochelle Doctor, mother of 10 year old Jordan who has asthma, says she always gets the back to school jitters. “We need to make sure his medications are refilled, we need to make sure the nurse has an ample amount of medication on hand,” says Rochelle.
But, according to a recent poll conducted by the American Lung Association a startling number of parents are not taking basic steps to manage their child’s asthma while at school. “Every year, September and October are number one months for emergency visits and severe asthma related complications so it is important to have that talk before the school season begins,” explains allergist, Dr. Clifford Bassett of Long Island College Hospital.
The data revealed that less than half of the parents polled, spoke with the teacher about their child’s asthma…nor did they make sure the child’s medicine was available at school. “Education is power. If you know how to manage the child's asthma when it's starting you don't get into those extreme flare ups,” says Dr. Backus. (Read more about Back-to-School: Asthma Tips)
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Pulmonary Hypertension
“They told my husband, basically, go find a plot, say goodbye, they called him once in the middle of the night to come say goodbye,” says Cynthia Link. 53 year old Cynthia stared death in the face. Thirteen years ago, she was diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension. It’s a rare lung disease that’s often misdiagnosed and strikes mainly women in the prime of their lives. The condition left Cynthia fighting for her life.
“The problem with pulmonary hypertension is the pressure per se may go on for an extended of time before someone realizes the symptoms and the symptoms really come out of the high blood pressure in the lungs, eventually puts extra work on the right of the heart and in essence what happens is the right side of the heart just gets tired,” explains Dr. Robin J. Barst, New York Presbyterian Hospital. (Read more about Pulmonary Hypertension)
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Air Conditioners and Allergies
The summer heat is on, but we're still suffering terribly from our allergies. And so a lot of us are spending time indoors to escape the heat and the pollen.
But are we jumping from the allergy frying pan into the fire?
You might be if your air conditioner isn't clean!
It’s amazing at how some of the simplest things can cause the biggest problems. But fortunately, the simple things are simple to fix.
So if you'’re suffering from terrible allergies, and you haven’t cleaned your air conditioning filter lately, the answer to your health problems might be quite an easy one: clean the filter! (Read more about Air Conditioners and Allergies)
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Health Wrap - Reports on Obesity Surgery, Asthma and Energy Drinks
A new study shows stomach stapling surgery may reduce one’s risk of heart disease.
Mayo clinic researchers were surprised by the findings.
The estimated 10-year risk for death or cardiovascular events, such as a heart attack, in the surgical group decreased from 37 percent to 18 percent as a result of the study but remained the same for the control group which didn’t get surgery.
Those who underwent bariatric surgery had a more significant improvement in body weight, cholesterol levels, blood pressure and fasting sugar levels, despite a reduction in medications for diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. (Read more about Health Wrap - Reports on Obesity Surgery, Asthma and Energy Drinks)
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Croup Treatment Failure
Croup is one of the most common and potentially serious viral respiratory infections in kids. It’s typically treated with humidified air to sooth the airways.
But does that treatment really work?
In kids, croup is the most common cause of difficulty breathing due to airway obstruction in kids. In fact, it’s diagnosed in up to five percent, or one in twenty kids under the age of six. (Read more about Croup Treatment Failure)
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Work Stress and Metabolic Syndrome
It would make sense at first glance that workplace stress leads to heart disease--no surprise, right?
But the latest research shows chronic stress at work can also leads to diabetes--and that--raises eyebrows.
“Deadlines, they ask you questions all the time, is this done yet, is that done yet,” cries Esteban Chavez.
Do you ever feel like work just wants to make you scream?! (Read more about Work Stress and Metabolic Syndrome)
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LUNG CIRCADIAN RHYTHM
Circadian rhythms, the body’s biological processes that repeat in 24-hour cycles, may have a significant effect on a person’s lung function according to the latest research.
As human beings, we’re in synch with our world- our body clocks linked to the clocks on the wall. There’s no question that our internal clock affects the way many systems function. For example we’re more likely to suffer a heart attack in the early morning hours. Well not only does heart function change throughout the day, according to circadian rhythms, but so does lung function. (Read more about LUNG CIRCADIAN RHYTHM)
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Bronchitis
Bronchitis is the inflammation of the air passages within the lungs. These tubes bring air from the windpipe to the tiny air sacs where the transfer of oxygen takes place. (Read more about Bronchitis)
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SLEEP, ASTHMA, AND ADHD
Are asthma and sleep patterns connected? Can trouble sleeping affect an asthmatic’s condition? Can troubled sleep and asthma-related symptoms cause someone to develop the symptoms of ADHD? Yes, according to new research, which says that lack of sleep can affect symptoms of asthma, as well as increase the likelihood that a person will suffer from ADHD. (Read more about SLEEP, ASTHMA, AND ADHD)
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CHILD PNEUMONIA VACCINE
How safe is a popular pediatric vaccine? New research shows that the side effects of Prevnar, a vaccine which attacks a common bacterium, may be reason for concern. (Read more about CHILD PNEUMONIA VACCINE)
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