Caesarean sections and chronic infection may be factors in the development of asthma according to two studies in the April Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology (JACI).
Babies born by Caesarean section at risk of asthma in adulthood.
Allergy, Asthma, and Sinus Resource Center USA
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Can asthmatics still exercise?
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Can asthmatics still exercise?
MERCK & CO USA
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Canadian Thoracic Society Guidelines for occupational asthma
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To provide broad guidelines and principles to help primary care physicians, occupational physicians, allergists and respirologists with the recognition, diagnosis and management of patients with occupational asthma (OA).
Canadian Respiratory Journal Canada
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Challenges For Parents of Asthmatics: Barriers To Cooperation at School; Part I
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A lot has been written about the importance of parents coordinating health and educational plans for their asthmatic children with teachers, school nurses, and their doctors. Statistics report that asthma is the number one cause of school absenteeism, accounting for at least 125 million school days lost each year. Parents say they are frustrated by inflexible school policies in their attempts to help their children perform up to their potential in a safe, encouraging and productive learning atmoshere.
Louise H. Bethea, M.D., P.A.
Allergy & Asthma Care and Prevention for the Family USA
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Challenges For Parents of Asthmatics: Barriers To Cooperation at School; Part II
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There are over three million schildren in the United States that have been diagnosed with asthma, which means that it is the respnosibility of close to six million parents to deal with, and manage, their child's ailment. The obvious goal is to prevent suffering, and allow asthmatic children to mature into healthy, normal adults. But what is not nearly so obvious at the outset are some of the barriers that lie in wait, and threaten to prevent the asthmatic child from leading a full life.
Louise H. Bethea, M.D., P.A.
Allergy & Asthma Care and Prevention for the Family USA
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Check your Asthma 'I.Q.'
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Check your Asthma "I.Q." as prepared by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
The Salinas Allergy Clinic USA
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Check Your Asthma IQ Quiz
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Check what you do not know!
Healthtouch Online USA
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Child Asthmatics 'Silently Suffering'
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Many children with asthma are not using the appropriate medication or communicating regularly with healthcare providers about their symptoms, new US research has shown.
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