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• Asthma Parents, Let’s Not Forget Global Warming

  Published: April 8, 2008, 2:02 pm

  Tags: Air Quality, Airborne Irritants, Asthma News Amp Amp Research, Asthma Parents, Asthma Triggers, Children S Asthma, Children S Health, Environment, Al Gore Environment, Al Gore Slide Show, Asthma Deaths Ozone, Asthma Deaths Smog, Asthma Olympics Hillary Clinton Enviro

  for human health. I think asthma parents and patients in particular, have a responsibility to keep global warming on the national—really the international—agenda. World Health Day and National Public Health Week are doing it, but we should, too. Here’s the thing. I’ve noticed too many parents of asthmatics consider

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• The Friday List: Four Surprising Asthma Statistics

  Published: April 4, 2008, 10:03 am

  Tags: Asthma Causes Risk Factors, Asthma Facts, Asthma Girl, Asthma News Amp Amp Research, Children S Asthma, Children S Health, The Friday List, Asthma Death Rates, Asthma Hospitalizations, Asthma Numbers, Asthma Prevalence U S, Asthma Puerto Ricans, Asthma Rates States

  and Texas have the most asthma sufferers. 2. Puerto Ricans have the highest lifetime asthma rates of all ethnic groups. - 80% higher than non-Hispanic whites, in fact - Combine that number with Mr. Asthma Mom’s family history of allergies and my daughter’s premature birth. Even if you tried to conceive a child with spazzy lungs,

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• My Thoughts on Singulair and Suicide

  Published: April 2, 2008, 1:12 pm

  Tags: Asthma Girl, Asthma Meds, Asthma News Amp Amp Research, Asthma Parents, Bio, Children S Asthma, Children S Health, Fda Issues, Healthcare Issues, Fda Singulair, Medicine Anecdotal Evidence, Merck Side Effects, Merck Singulair, Singulair Anecdotes, Singulair Controversy

  American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology and the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology: Leadership from the American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology and the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology released the following statement in response to the Thursday announcement of a Food and Drug

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• Saturday Links: Singulair and Suicide, Smoking

  Published: March 29, 2008, 7:20 am

  Tags: Airborne Irritants, Asthma Meds, Asthma News Amp Amp Research, Asthma Triggers, Children S Asthma, Children S Health, Saturday Links, Singulair Suicide Link, Smoking Car Fine, Smoking Fine Australia

  If you’re a Blog of Inferior Breathing regular, you know I never post on Sundays but this weekend, I won’t be around in the comments, either. I’m in New Orleans, one my favorite cities ever, and that’s why you see only two links today. I’ll be back Monday morning afternoon, tired and carrying a few extra pounds

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• Friday List: 3 Reactions to the Denmark Dust Mite Review

  Published: April 18, 2008, 10:47 am

  Tags: Allergens, Asthma News Amp Amp Research, Asthma Triggers, Children S Asthma, Children S Health, The Friday List, Asthma Dust Mites, Dr Harold Nelson, Dust Mite Covers, Dust Mite Reactions, Dust Mite Tools, Dust Mite Trigger, Hypoallergenic Bedding Covers, Mike Tringal

  clinic who supports the research. 2. UK: We need new tools for dust mites. The UK’s National Health Service explains reviews and research for us regular folks, and it has a good article on the dust mite review that also questions the quality of some of the research studied. Also this article states that the Cochrane researchers

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• Have Asthma? Give Up the Dust Mite Fight

  Published: April 17, 2008, 10:48 am

  Tags: Allergens, Asthma Girl, Asthma News Amp Amp Research, Asthma Parents, Asthma Triggers, Children S Asthma, Children S Health, Allergen Mattress Covers, Allergen Pillow Covers, Cochrane Collaboration, Dust Mite Trigger, Hepa Vacuum, Hypoallergenic Bedding, Nordic Cochra

  to cause flares. Plus, the research shows no reduction in flares for lots of people even when dust mites were cut by 90%. Usually when I read about asthma research, I approach changes in AG’s treatment or environment with a skeptical eye, not because I don’t believe the studies, but because lots of times the evidence simply points

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• Saturday Links: Beta Blockers for Asthma, Scary Monsanto, Randy Pausch

  Published: April 12, 2008, 9:12 am

  Tags: Asthma Meds, Asthma News Amp Amp Research, Children S Asthma, Children S Health, Environment, Politics, Saturday Links, Asthma Treatment, Beta Blockers Asthma, Clean Energy Profits, Economy Climate Change, Fred Krupp, Harvest Of Fear, Heirloom Seeds, Randy Pausch Lectu

  Research: Improve Your Breathing By First Making it Worse Here’s even more startling asthma research, this time from University of Houston professor Richard Bond, who’s been experimenting with beta blockers as asthma therapy. It’s a pretty revolutionary idea when you consider beta blockers are antagonists while the meds of

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• Discovery of One Genetic Variation that Ups Asthma Development

  Published: April 10, 2008, 10:59 am

  Tags: Asthma Causes Risk Factors, Asthma News Amp Amp Research, Asthma Discovery, Asthma Gene, Carole Ober Asthma, Chi3l1 Asthma Gene, Gene Asthma Link, Gene Asthma Risk, Genetic Research Asthma, Hutterites Asthma, Hutterites Research Group, Serena Gordon, University Of Ch

  in some people. In lead researcher Carole Ober’s words, found here in Serena Gordon’s story for ABC, While there won’t be one silver bullet for all asthma, we can start to think about tailoring medications to get at the cause, rather than just alleviating asthma symptoms. New England Journal of Medicine abstract: April 9,

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• Saturday Links: Air Pollution, Insulin, Women’s Health, Walking

  Published: April 26, 2008, 9:55 am

  Tags: Air Quality, Asthma Meds, Asthma News Amp Amp Research, Asthma Triggers, Children S Asthma, Children S Health, Environment, Healthcare Issues, Saturday Links, Air Quality Asthma, Asthma Inhaled Insulin, Barefoot Shoes, Health U S Women, Life Expectancy Drop, U S Air As

  nice and stringent for my Asthma Kid, and yours. (rolls eyes) Asthma Treatment and Severity Might Affect Inhaled Insulin I know nothing about insulin or endocrine disorders, so you should probably go straight to the link on this one if you have asthma and also use inhaled insulin. As for the non-asthma health links. . . . Some U.S. Women

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• American Lung Association Releases 2008 Air Report - L.A. Improves and Pittsburgh Worsens

  Published: May 1, 2008, 10:26 am

  Tags: Air Quality, Airborne Irritants, Asthma News Amp Amp Research, Asthma Triggers, Children S Asthma, Children S Health, Environment, Ala State Grades, Ala State Rankings, American Lung Association, Asthma Awareness Month, Bernadette Toomey, How S Your Air, State Of The

  in time for May, which is Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month. The ALA’s State of the Air tracks short-term and year-round particle pollution and ozone pollution throughout the country. This year, the report shows one in 10 of us lives where all three kinds of pollution are at unhealthy levels. One-third of us live with unhealthy ozone

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• Friday Links: Protective Trees, Asthma Awareness Month

  Published: May 2, 2008, 10:28 am

  Tags: Air Quality, Asthma News Amp Amp Research, Children S Asthma, Children S Health, Environment, Friday Links, Self Pimpage, Asthma Awareness Month, Asthma Trees, Celsias, Disneynature

  of the article. 2. Trees = Asthma Protection? At least one analysis suggests a correlation. Read the whole thing, but here’s the best quote: Professor Irwin McLean, who studies asthma at the University of Dundee, said it was a “very interesting study” but he urged caution in interpreting the results. “It shows that there

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• Asthma Worldwide

  Published: May 5, 2008, 10:47 am

  Tags: Asthma Facts, Asthma News Amp Amp Research, Children S Asthma, Children S Health, Healthcare Issues, Burden Of Asthma, Gina Asthma, Gina Asthma Report, Wad 2008, World Asthma Day

  With World Asthma Day tomorrow, I’ll be blogging about awareness all week. Today, the theme is Asthma Worldwide and based on GINA’s Burden of Asthma report. You can access the entire pdf through the link here, but I’m throwing out my usual quick and easy summary. First, my favorite passage: The burden of asthma in many countries

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• Friday Links: Singulair Effectiveness, Suicide and Asthma, Medical Texting

  Published: May 16, 2008, 9:46 am

  Tags: Asthma Girl, Asthma Meds, Asthma News Amp Amp Research, Asthma Parents, Children S Asthma, Children S Health, Environment, Friday Links, Healthcare Issues, Self Pimpage, Cincinnati Research, Eco Cities, Eco Friendly Rebuilding, Make It Right, National Jewish Research

  effects, but this is good news for asthma patients who can tolerate it. National Jewish researchers have noted how well girls and children exposed to nicotine smoke respond to Singuliar, but they also think they figured out some biomarkers that more accurately identify which patients will respond to Singulair. There’s a great quote about

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• Midweek Links: HFA Inhalers, New Asthma and Environment Report, Celsias

  Published: May 13, 2008, 2:31 pm

  Tags: Air Quality, Airborne Irritants, Asthma Meds, Asthma News Amp Amp Research, Asthma Triggers, Asthma In The School, Children S Asthma, Children S Health, Environment, Self Pimpage, Breathing Easy Report, Celsias Article, Cfc Inhalers, Hfa Inhalers, Ny Times Article, Poli

  Triggers of Childhood Asthma. It’s a report that advocates a comprehensive approach to reducing asthma triggers. You know, through things like smart growth, considering health effects when making city planning decisions, raise awareness about global warming’s health risks, and promoting reduced car emissions through higher use

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• Friday Links: Mother’s Day - Sierra Club Style, Inhaler Abuse

  Published: May 9, 2008, 9:30 am

  Tags: Air Quality, Airborne Irritants, Asthma Girl, Asthma Meds, Asthma News Amp Amp Research, Asthma Triggers, Children S Asthma, Children S Health, Environment, Friday Links, Edf, Environmental Defense Fund, Ozone And Asthma, World Asthma Day

  Says Stop Idling for World Asthma Day That’s “idle” as in your car, not your personal habits. Ozone’s bad for asthma so no news there, but in the face of everything we can’t change on our own as average citizens, this is a good, easy-to-implement contribution towards better air quality. Sierra Club Taking on Toxic

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