Allergies & Asthma

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A recently published review finds a significant link between hay fever and a raised risk of anxiety and depression in adolescents. They also appear to be more impulsive and have less resistance to stress. Hay fever is more than just an itch. Allergies, such as hay fever, affect an estimated 50 million people in the

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Point-of-care C-reactive protein (CRP) testing conducted to inform antibiotic prescribing in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations was associated with lower overall antibiotic use, and with no evidence of increased harm, according to U.K. researchers. Fewer patients with acute COPD exacerbations in the CRP-guided treatment group were prescribed antibiotics at initial general medical

Assessment of patient blood eosinophil count and smoking status may help optimize treatment with inhaled corticosteroids (ICS), a post-hoc analysis of the pivotal IMPACT trial found. Prospective modeling of blood eosinophil count as a continuous measure, rather than a single cut-off eosinophil threshold, showed greater response to ICS in terms of exacerbation reduction with increasingly

The recent FDA decision to put the metered-dose epinephrine inhaler Primatene Mist™ back on drugstore shelves was met with alarm by asthma specialists and respiratory health groups who warned that the move will place asthma patients at risk. Pulled from the market in 2011 along with other asthma inhalers due to environmental concerns about their

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Stress is a common trigger of asthma symptoms. Stress and anxiety can also cause asthma attacks. Asthma is a condition in which the airways become inflamed, making it difficult to breathe. Symptoms typically come and go with triggers, such as irritants, humid weather, and exercise. According to Asthma UK, 43% of people with asthma report

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Intermittent asthma is a type of asthma wherein a person has symptoms on no more than 2 days per week and nightly flares on no more than 2 nights per month. If a person experiences asthma symptoms more frequently, they may receive a diagnosis of persistent asthma. Intermittent asthma can range in severity and is

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Deaths from exposure to air pollution levels above those recommended by the American Thoracic Society (ATS) have fallen by nearly half in the U.S. during the last decade, primarily due to reductions in particulate-matter exposure, researchers reported. Improvements in mortality attributable to lower levels of particulate matter of 2.5 microns or smaller (PM2.5) were seen

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Note that some links may require subscriptions. The CDC might have forever ruined appetites for poppy-seed muffins with this Facebook reminder about the potential health hazards of tick bites. (Fox News) A severe allergic reaction to tomatoes forced singer Ariana Grande to postpone several performances in her world tour. (CNN) One Los Angeles police officer

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A wheeze is a whistling noise from the airways. Often the sound is high-pitched and occurs as a result of the airways narrowing, which causes their walls to vibrate. People may wheeze due to a long-term condition, such as asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), or a short-term condition, such as bronchitis or pneumonia.

Colonization with the Staphylococcus aureus bacterium was significantly and independently associated with food allergy in young children with eczema enrolled in a pivotal peanut allergy prevention study. S.aureus is a marker for severe eczema, and early eczema is a widely recognized risk factor for developing food allergies in young children. But the findings from the

Researchers from Germany and Switzerland have recently investigated the possible associations between conditions relating to mental health, such as depression and anxiety, and the presence of different types of allergy. Their findings, they say, should prompt scientists to pay more attention to these links. New research identifies an association between generalized anxiety and the presence

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Poor sleep quality, assessed using a validated sleep questionnaire, was associated with higher COPD exacerbation risk over 18 months of follow-up in a Canadian prospective cohort study. Among 141 people with physician-diagnosed COPD, each 2-point increment in Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) scores was associated with a 9% increased risk of symptom-based exacerbations (adjusted relative