Studies & Reports
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Effects of Medication Adherence on COPD and Asthma Patients
Respiratory Research’s December 2018 edition contains a study investigating how medication adherence will impact quality of life “and symptom control in a typical population of patients with chronic lung disease.” Researchers used a cohort of 165 asthma and COPD patients who were taught correct application of inhaler devises using “pre-defined checklists of each inhaler type.”…
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Study Examines Links Between Pets and Respiratory Illness
In the October 2018 edition of the Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research an article investigates “the prevalence of asthma and lung function status among dog and cat owners.” Subjects were divided into groups of cat owners, dog owners and people with no pets. “Subjects underwent spirometry, bronchial challenge test with mannitol, skin prick…
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Article Examines Potential Targeted Therapies for Obesity-Related Asthma
The Journal of Immunology Research contains an article in its June 2018 edition examining potential targeted therapies for immune regulation in obesity-related asthma. The researchers note “obesity-related asthma is poorly controlled using conventional therapies,” so “alternative and complementary therapies are urgently needed.” In the article, researchers “describe the immune regulators of lipid metabolism in obesity…
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Influence of Obesity on New Pediatric Asthma Cases
Pediatrics released an article in November 2018 examining the link between obesity and pediatric asthma. Researchers compared asthma incidence among overweight and obese children with that of healthy-weight children aged two to seventeen. The study estimates that 23% to 27% of new asthma cases in children are directly caused by obesity. Researchers suggest that reducing…
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Center for Cities + Schools Releases Brief on School Facilities and Equity
The University of California Berkeley’s Center for Cities + Schools has released a policy brief that examines “how and why the conditions and qualities of public school facilities affect education and community equity.” Education Equity Requires Modern School Facilities describes how school facility conditions – some of which can create poor indoor air quality and…
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Impacts of Cesarean Delivery on Childhood Asthma
Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology contains an article in its September 2018 edition which conducted a meta-analysis of the effects of caesarean delivery and sex on asthma in children ages 2 through 6. In addition, researchers compared their conclusions with previously published results. In the study, researchers found “caesarean delivery was associated with… higher asthma risk…
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Study Investigates Pollution’s Impact on Children’s Health
The Science of the Total Environment includes an article in its February 2019 edition investigating the effects of pollution on children’s health. The article cites the Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health noting pollution was responsible for “940,000 deaths in children worldwide” in 2016. Researchers note that “pollution prevention presents a major, largely unexploited opportunity…
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Effects of Cardiovascular Exercise on Children with Chronic Respiratory Disease
BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine contains an article in its October 2018 edition evaluating the “effects of exercise training on health outcomes in children with chronic respiratory disease.” Researchers conducted a literature review and found twenty-seven articles examining “outcomes of cardiovascular fitness, lung function, and quality of life.” The analysis of the studies found…
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Article Examines Economic Burden of Pediatric Asthma
An article in the October 2018 edition of PharmacoEconomics examined the economic burden of pediatric asthma. Researchers conducted a literature review of articles “reporting on healthcare resource utilization and/or healthcare costs of pediatric asthma.” After reviewing the articles, researchers found “costs for children with asthma were significantly greater than for children without,” and “pediatric asthma…