Asthma Risk

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children with the allergic skin condition eczema are at increased Risk of developing Asthma well into adulthood, according to a decades-long study. ...

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Babies born by Cesarean section may have a moderately increased Risk of developing Asthma compared with those born naturally, Norwegian researchers report after investigating this link in a population-wide study. ...

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Mothers-to-be who eat nuts every day may increase their child's Risk of developing Asthma by 50%, claim researchers. ...

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We know that there is a strong connection between allergic disease (called atopy) and Asthma. People with Asthma often have nasal allergies, eye allergies, skin allergies and even food allergies... ...

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Related Articles Identifying high-Risk Asthma with utilization data: a revised HEDIS definition. Am J Manag Care. 2008 Jul;14(7):450-6 Authors: Bennett AV, Lozano P, Richardson LP, McCauley E, Katon WJ OBJECTIVE: To develop a definition of high-Risk Asthma that more precisely identifies patients needing case management than the 2006 Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) definition. STUDY DESIGN: Two-year claims-based study, with cross-sectional phone survey data, for a sample of 769 youths (age 11-17 years) with Asthma. METHODS: The 2006 HEDIS measure defines high-Risk Asthma as meeting any of the following criteria: >1 emergency department (ED) visits, > or =1 hospitalizations for Asthma, > or =4 Asthma medication prescriptions, or > or =4 ambulatory visits for Asthma with > or =2 prescriptions for Asthma medication in 1 year. We created a revised definition (> or =1 ED visits or > or =1 hospitalizations for Asthma or > or =1 oral steroid prescriptions for Asthma) and identified patients with high-Risk Asthma in year 1 according to each definition. We compared the 2 groups on demographic and clinical characteristics, and healthcare utilization and costs in years 1 and 2. RESULTS: The revised definition identified 29% of the sample as having high-Risk Asthma, whereas the 2006 definition identified 67%. Compared with the 2006 definition, the revised definition identified patients with significantly greater Asthma-re ...

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Related Articles Association analysis identifies TLR7 and TLR8 as novel Risk genes in Asthma and related disorders. Thorax. 2008 Aug 5; Authors: Møller-Larsen S, Nyegaard M, Haagerup A, Vestbo J, Kruse TA, Børglum AD BACKGROUND: Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are structurally and functionally related and play important roles in the innate and adaptive immune system. By genome scanning, we have previously obtained evidence of linkage between chromosome Xp22 and Asthma and related atopic disorders. Xp22 harbours the TLR7 and TLR8 genes. METHODS: We investigated the involvement of TLR7 and TLR8 in the aetiology of Asthma and related disorders by a family based association analysis of two independently ascertained family samples comprising 540 and 424 individuals from 135 and 100 families, respectively. Ten affected individuals from families showing evidence of linkage to Xp22 were screened for sequence variations in TLR7 and 8, and 9 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) identified were tested for association. RESULTS: In both samples, significant associations were observed for single SNPs and haplotypes of both TLR7 and 8 in all four phenotypes investigated, Asthma, rhinitis, atopic dermatitis and increased specific IgE. Most significant association was seen for rs2407992 (TLR8) in Asthma (p=0.00023, sample A and B combined, recessive model). In TLR7, rs179008 showed the strongest association. Both rs179008 and rs2407992 are of putative fun ...

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children with the allergic skin condition eczema are at increased Risk of developing Asthma well into adulthood, according to a decades-long study. ...

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Related Articles Prevalence and Risk factors of Asthma and allergic diseases among schoolchildren in Bolu, Turkey. Acta Paediatr. 2008 Apr;97(4):459-62 Authors: Talay F, Kurt B, Tug T, Yilmaz F, Goksugur N AIM: In this study we aimed to detect the prevalence and Risk factors of Asthma and allergic diseases in children aged between 7 and 14 years old at rural and urban areas of Bolu, Turkey. METHODS: Questionnaire of International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) phase one and questionnaire including questions about family, demographic, socio-economic characteristics of children were applied to 931 schoolchildren who were selected by randomized sampling. RESULTS: In children, the prevalence of diseases and symptoms were as follows: wheeze ever: 15.5%, Asthma: 5.6%, nasal symptoms ever: 41.4%, allergic rhinitis: 23.2%, itchy rash ever: 5.9% and eczema: 5.0%. In multivariate regression analysis, presence of allergic disease in the family was Risk factor for wheezing (OR=1.74, 95% CI=1.19-2.76), Asthma (OR=2.19, CI=1.06-4.52), allergic rhinitis (OR=2.68, CI=1.80-3.98) and eczema (OR=2.33, CI=1.17-4.65); living in shanties was Risk factor for allergic rhinitis (OR=5.26, CI=2.1-13.16); a monthly income below $300 was Risk factor for Asthma (OR=2.54, CI=1.06-6.08). CONCLUSION: It was detected that the prevalence of allergic rhinitis and its symptoms was more common in schoolchildren living in Bolu. Presence of allergic disea ...

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Childhood eczema is a Risk factor for incident Asthma in later life, according to results of a 37-year longitudinal Australian study that deals with respiratory health outcomes. Medscape Medical News ...

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Pregnant women who eat nuts or nut products like peanut butter daily raise the Risk their children will develop Asthma by 50 percent, Dutch researchers said on Tuesday. ...

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EXPECTANT mothers who eat nuts daily during pregnancy increase the Risk of their children suffering Asthma by more than 50 per cent compared to those who consume fewer nuts, r ...

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Chemicals in household cleaning products linked to Risk of Asthma in young children. This finding may explain why excessive hygiene is linked to increased Asthma and allergies. ...

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Brunel University researcher suggests that chemicals in household cleaning products explains why excessive hygiene is linked to increased Asthma and allergies. ...

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Paban Yadav (name changed), in his 20s, came to the city from Dhanbad to work in an MNC. But he started suffering from acute Asthma and had to quit his job within three months. ...

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Daily consumption of nut products during pregnancy increases the Risk of childhood symptoms of Asthma, according to research findings. ...

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Babies born by Cesarean section may have a moderately increased Risk of developing Asthma compared with those born naturally, Norwegian researchers report after investigating this link in a population-wide study. ...