... were robust even after controlling for markers of baseline asthma severity." "This study suggests that there may be added health ... evidence that vitamin D insufficiency may worsen asthma severity, and we suspect that giving vitamin D ...
... technique and stickers on the medication can lead to improved asthma control in the patients. Woolcock Institute of Medical ... score was significantly greater in the active group, and asthma severity was significantly improved. Professor Reddel ...
... and household income, parent mental health, asthma severity and medications used. The researchers also assessed physical ... and 77 percent had moderate to severe asthma, with the rest having mild asthma. Inclusion in the study required ...
... of visits to doctors and the emergency room. Asthma Severity Asthma severity was defined as the intensity of treatment ... control. This was very confusing, and it meant that asthma severity could not be re-assessed once treatment had started ...
... nitric oxide, making it an unreliable indicator of asthma severity in smokers," she said. Current smokers ... . "These pathological findings were associated with the severity of phlegm production reported by the asthma patients, suggesting a causal ...
... , Canada, worked with a team of researchers to study asthma severity in a group of 871 adult patients ... colleagues hope that once all the mechanisms of the poverty-asthma relationship have been identified, interventions can be developed to improve ...
... . Below are several noteworthy presentations. Vitamin D May Boost Effectiveness of Corticosteroids in Asthma Vitamin ... , days per week with daytime symptoms, asthma severity, and need for steroid bursts. They conclude ...
... the effect of active and passive household smoking on asthma severity and obstetric/neonatal outcomes. Of the women ... �. PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS PREVALENT AMONG PATIENTS WITH ASTHMA Psychological disorders, such as anxiety and depression, are twice ...
... guiding questions going into the study. First, is asthma severity, as measured by pulmonary testing and by reported ... is on top of their situation," she said. When all this occurs, children with asthma may begin to see their symptoms as less threatening ...
... the activity of corticosteroids, the most effective controller medication for asthma. "Asthmatic children in our study who had low levels ... vitamin D levels contribute to increasing asthma severity, which requires more corticosteroid therapy. Or, it may be that vitamin ...
... suggests that violence and stress may influence the severity of a child's asthma. To explore this association further, researchers ... , such as a poor environment, or may be contributing to asthma severity in a way yet to be explored, said Dr. Gupta, who will be presenting ...
... which type. Health information, patient demographics, asthma severity and control were then compiled. The findings ... that alternative and complementary medicine has not been proven effective in asthma and that it may interfere with effective conventional therapy: they should ...
... on available clinical trial data for children with severe asthma. Anti-IgE treatment reduces ... agonists. "We found omalizumab to be equally effective at all levels of asthma severity and all ages evaluated. Secondly, the addition ...
... outcomes after accounting for age, gender, ethnicity and asthma severity. Those who were male African-Americans, experiencing ... to findings that will help physicians care not only for patients with asthma but also for those with other chronic illnesses to ensure the best outcomes ...
... overly anxious about the disorder, it may impair their ability to manage the asthma effectively. A new, effective tool to assess ... highlight two key factors—anxiety about asthma severity and about disease-related restrictions—that are good ...
