Asthma News This Week – June 14, 2019

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CONTENTS

In the NEWS

• Thompson, Alexandra. Fathers who smoke around their pregnant partners 'increase their unborn babies’ risk of asthma by a THIRD'. Daily Mail. June 13, 2019.

• Hein, Ingrid. Immune Booster Celebrated for Asthma Prevention. Medscape. June 13, 2019.

• Reddy, Sumanthi. New Thinking on Longstanding Asthma Treatments. The Wall Street Journal. June 10, 2019.

• Elliott, Jennifer. It’s time to mandate asthma screenings for school children | Opinion. PennLive. June 7, 2019.

• Coxworth, Ben. App diagnoses children's illnesses, based on their cough. New Atlas. June 6, 2019.

• Farr, Christina and Steve Kovach. Apple bought a start-up that was working on monitoring asthma in children. CNBC. May 24, 2019.

• Baskin, Morgan. Doctors Blame D.C.'s High Asthma Rates in Part on Poor Housing. Washington City Paper. May 22, 2019.

• Hein, Ingrid.  Childhood Asthma May Begin Before Birth. Medscape. May 22, 2019.

• Rapaport, Lisa. Improved air quality tied to fewer new childhood asthma cases. Reuters. May 21, 2019. 

JOURNAL ARTICLES

• Health Promoting Financial Incentives May Help Mothers Quit Smoking

• Asthma Severity is Associated with Less Physical Activity Among Children

• Paid Family Leave May Help Reduce Asthma Prevalence

• Mexican Immigrant Children More Often Undiagnosed, Receive Different Care

• Home-Based Asthma Interventions Shown To Be Effective Across the Literature

• Children with Asthma More Likely to Have BD-Resistant Airflow Limitations than Children with Other Pulmonary Conditions

• Limited English Not Associated with Worse Asthma Outcomes in One Hospital

• Accelerated Epigenetic Aging Associated with Current Childhood Asthma

• Group Visits Are Viable Means to Improve Asthma Management

• DNA Methylation May Provide Asthma Biomarkers

• Asthma Burden Attributable to Traffic-Related Air Pollution Drops to 18-36%

• Bronchodilator Response to SABAs Differs by Population as well as Genetics

• Exposure to Alternaria Mold in Schools May Trigger Asthma Symptoms

• Asthma Clusters in More Non-White and Poorer Areas of St. Louis, MO

• Inconclusive Study of Cannabis Smoke in Home’s Effect on Asthma, etc. Health

• Decreases in Ambient Nitrogen Dioxide, PM2.5 Lead to Lower Asthma Incidence

• PROMIS Model Reliably Predicts General Health Among Children with Asthma

• Asthma Phenotypes Vary According to Underlying Pathophysiology

• Model Estimates that Reducing OCS dose 5 mg/day Increases PBE Count 41%

• School-Based Program Promoting Coping Skills Improves Asthma-Related Stress

Asthma News This Week – May 20, 2019

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In the NEWS

• Little, Corris. Breathe Easy: InterContinental San Francisco Partners with Molekule to Improve Air Quality. Hotel Business. May 20, 2019. 

• Wyckoff, Alyson Sulaski. Seafood and children’s health: Report summarizes research. AAP News. May 20, 2019.

• Demobosky, April. Gold Standard Asthma Treatment May Not Be Effective for Most Patients With Mild Asthma.KQED. May 19, 2019.

• Roos, L.L., Wall-Wieler, E., and J. B. Lee. Poverty and Early Childhood Outcomes. Pediatrics. May 2019.

• Adams, Stephen and Laurence Laluyaux. Parents demand that prominent warnings are added to a powerful asthma drug that can trigger suicidal thoughts and night terrors in children. Daily Mail. May 19, 2019.

• Baraniuk, Chris. How going hungry affects children for their whole lives. Independent. May 18, 2019.

• Rubiello, Jennifer and Lynn Ringenberg. Toll roads bill on Gov. DeSantis’ desk puts kids’ health at risk | Opinion.Tallahassee Democrat. May 15, 2019.

• Barnett, Bruce A. Asthma affects youngest patients the hardest. Toledo Blade. May 12, 2019.

• Clopton, Jennifer. Frustration Mounts as EpiPen Shortage Hits 1 Year. WebMD Health News. May 10, 2019.

• Rothbard, Gary. Minority Children Have More Prevalent Asthma and Utilize Emergency Care More Than White Children. Pulmonology Advisor. May 9, 2019.

• New Children's Hospital program helps give kids with asthma healthier homes. ABC 6 Action News. May 9, 2019.

• Altavena, Lily. Arizona schools can stock inhalers. Here's why that matters. AZ Central. May 7, 2019.

• Asthma sufferers need to be ultra-wary of air pollution. UN Environment. May 7, 2019.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

• Childrens’ Self-Report of Asthma Symptoms May Improve Records

• Asthma Self-Monitor App Improves Pediatric Outcomes

• CHWs May Close Gaps Between Home-, School-, and Primary Asthma Care

• Childhood Atopic Dermatitis and Asthma May Affect Emotions and Behavior

• Variation in Epinephrine Auto-injector Needle Length May Affect Safety

Asthma News This Week – April 26, 2019

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CONTENTS

In the NEWS

• Anti Asthma Drugs Market Shares Analysis, Key Development Strategies and Forecasts Till 2023. Market Research Future Reports. April 26, 2019.

• Eakin, Michelle. Pediatric Asthma Medication Readiness in the Home. Physician’s Weekly. April 26, 2019.

• Cimons, Marlene. Your car's exhaust is giving kids asthma. Popular Science. April 25, 2019.

• Haelle, Tara. Inhaler Errors Common Among Kids Hospitalized for Asthma. Medscape. April 25, 2019.

• Barcelona Institute for Global Health. Particulate matter takes away 125,000 years of healthy life from Europe's child population. Medical Xpress.

• Bodkin, Henry. Asthma-causing bugs found in e-cigarettes for the first time. The Telegraph. April 24, 2019.

• City releases second Pittsburgh Equity Indicators Report. South Pittsburgh Reporter. April 23, 2019.

• Trice Edney, Hazel. Environmental racism grows as environmental groups turn increasingly white. The Louisiana Weekly. April 23, 2019.

• University of Wisconsin, Madison. Study identifies why some colds cause asthma attacks in children. Medical Xpress. April 23, 2019.

• Gardiner, Beth. How Scientists Discovered What Dirty Air Does to Kids’ Health. CityLab. April 22, 2019.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

• Ventilators May Provide Treatment for Childhood Asthma Attacks

• Focus on Asthma Phenotyping and Management in School-Aged Children

• Selecting Treatment Approach Based on Phenotype for Children with Asthma

• Childhood Trauma Linked to Increased Risk of Asthma

Asthma News This Week – April 15, 2019

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CONTENTS

In the NEWS

• Schlein, Zach. South Florida Class Action Alleges 'Inhumane' Conditions at Low-Income Apartment Complex. Daily Business Review. April 15, 2019.

• McKinsey, Darrell. Health and Security Requirements worsen in US-subsidized housing. Fairfield Current. April 15, 2019.

•  EH News Bureau. Breastfeeding Highest Form Of Immunity Child. Express Healthcare. April 15, 2019.

• Chen, Eli. Childhood asthma rates highest in North St. Louis, Wash U study finds. The St. Louis American. April 11, 2019.

• Nationwide shortage of school nurses called a "crisis" that may be putting kids' lives at risk. CBS This Morning. April 11, 2019.

• Carrington, Damian. Vehicle pollution 'results in 4m child asthma cases a year'. The Guardian. April 10, 2019. 

• Gander, Kashmira. Air Pollution: U.S. Ranks World's Third Worst In Study On Asthma In Children. Newsweek. April 10, 2019.

• Giordano, Rita. 1 in 4 kids in West Philly suffers from asthma. And many common triggers lurk in their homes. Philadelphia Inquirer. April 10, 2019.

• Guy, Jack. London gets world's first 24-hour air pollution charge zone. CNN Business. April 8, 2019.

•  Vergano, Dan. People Are Getting Sick From A US Steel Factory That Is “Grossly Violating” Health Standards, Experts Say. Buzzfeed News. April 6, 2019.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

• Pediatric Psychologists May Support Asthma Treatment Adherence

• New Research on Associations Between Asthma, Comorbidities, and Risk Factors

• Traffic Pollution May Cause 4 Million Cases of Childhood Asthma Worldwide

• Evaluation Identifies Two Best Asthma Management Apps

• Review of Method to Identifying Best Initial Medication Treatment Approaches

• Group Visits May Help Improve Asthma Management Among High-Risk Patients

• Secondhand Smoke Exposure At Home Reduces Health-related Quality of Life

• Asthma Associated with Chronic Absenteeism

• New Clinical Trial Studies Efficacy of CHWs and Asthma Educators in Chicago

• Lancet Editorial Announces UK Study of Biologics for Childhood Asthma

Asthma News This Week – April 1, 2019

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CONTENTS 

In the NEWS

• Press release: A Healthy School For Every Child. Digital Journal. April 1, 2019.

• Furfaro, Hannah. Asthma in parents shows slim link to autism in children. Spectrum. April 1, 2019.

• Tanna, Shreyas. The Role Played By Omega-3 And Omega-6 In Childhood Asthma. Health Gazette. April 1, 2019.

• Mole, Beth. Bogus medical exemptions sought by anti-vaxxers may get revoked in Calif. ARS Technica. March 28, 2019.

• Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Pediatric cell atlas will map single-cell changes for a deeper view of child health and disease.Science Daily. Mar 28, 2019.

• Guardian staff and agencies. Green New Deal: Senate defeats proposal as Democrats unite in protest. The Guardian. March 26, 2019.

• McQuaid, John. Asthma takes a hard toll on African-Americans. Can precision medicine ease the burden? Stat News. March 26, 2019.

• Moeller, Bryant. Childhood Asthma Not Affected by High-Dose Vitamin D Given in Pregnancy. Pulmonolgy Advisor. March 22, 2019.

• May, Brandon. Childhood Asthma Risk May Be Affected by Umbilical Artery Flow. Pulmonolgy Advisor. March 22, 2019.

•  Lisa Rapaport. Asthma medication use varies among Latino youth. Reuters Health News. March 19, 2019.

 JOURNAL ARTICLES

• Montelukast linked to neuropsychiatric events in children

• Tertiary interventions may be necessary to target individual asthma triggers

• Healthy lifestyles may help prevent and control asthma symptoms

• Wheezing phenotypes vary but consistently predict poorer lung function

• As treatment options for childhood asthma emerge, a need for efficacy evidence

• Chicago trial links families to home-based asthma CHW interventions

• Need identified for methods to predict severe therapy-resistant childhood asthma

• Indoor particulate matter (PM) may be a worse asthma trigger than outdoor PM

• Certain antioxidant flavonoids may reduce lung inflammation

• Poor methodologies in environmental allergen control intervention research

• Reverse causation unlikely to confound asthma risk factors

• Vitamin D may mitigate correlation between maternal and child asthma

• Condition-response interactions identified between health outcomes and pollution

• AAP highlights disparities in child hospitalization outcomes

• AAP updates clinical report on maternal and infant diet and asthma/allergy

• Indoor cannabis smoke might exacerbate childhood asthma symptoms