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| County agency and friends help kids with asthma - San Bernardino County Sun Posted: 21 Sep 2009 01:06 PM PDT Asthma is rampant among children of San Bernardino County, but help is available. Bunny Kadzomve of San Bernardino is the grandmother of 4-year-old William, who has asthma and other developmental problems. She and daughter Marie Carter, William's mom, conferred with the county Public Health Department and its free Coordinated Asthma Referral and Education, or CARE, program. The CARE program serves children only. It offers free home visits and gets support and financial help from the AQMD and the Children's Fund. Other organizations that help the CARE program are the American Lung Association and Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton, said Scott Rigsby, a Health Department spokesman. "During home assessments," Rigsby said, "if our staff finds that a family needs clothing, bedding or other essential household items, they prepare a request for assistance to purchase those items and submit it to Children's Fund." On occasion, Children's Fund has paid for air-conditioners and even refrigerators. Two women with the Health Department asthma program, Marie Soria, a health education specialist, and Norma Mora, a health services assistant, visited the home of William and his two siblings, Layla, 2, and Ronald, 6. They delivered an air purifier, allergen-resistant covers for pillows and mattresses, other health aids and educational materials all provided by the AQMD. On a recent Thursday, Soria and Mora took the Carter family on a shopping trip to Target on San Bernardino's Orange Show Road, where they bought clothes and bedding for each of the children. The shopping trip was paid for by the Children's Fund.Anyone caring for a child with asthma who hasn't had a home assessment from the CARE program should call (800) 722-3777.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The Frequency And Severity Of Asthma Attacks Can Be Reduced By ... - Medical News Today Posted: 22 Sep 2009 06:53 AM PDT Main Category: Respiratory / Asthma Also Included In: Medical Devices / Diagnostics Article Date: 22 Sep 2009 - 7:00 PDT As the health care reform debate turns to cutting costs and improving treatment outcomes, two professors at Southern Methodist University in Dallas are expanding a study that shows promise for reducing both the expense and suffering associated with chronic asthma. Thomas Ritz and Alicia Meuret, both in SMU's Psychology Department, have developed a four-week program to teach asthmatics how to better control their condition by changing the way they breathe. With the help of a four-year, $1.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, they plan to engage 120 Dallas County patients in four weeks of breathing training by the study's projected end in July 2011. Their co-investigators include David Rosenfield, also of SMU's Psychology Department, and Mark Millard, M.D., of Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. More than 22 million Americans suffer from asthma at an estimated annual economic cost of more than $19 billion, according to the American Lung Association. The number of cases doubled between 1980 and 1995, prompting the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to classify the disease as an epidemic in 2000. During an attack, sufferers tend to hyperventilate, breathing fast and deep against constricted airways to fight an overwhelming feeling of oxygen deprivation. Unfortunately, this makes the problem worse by lowering the body's carbon dioxide levels, which restricts blood flow to the brain and can further irritate already hypersensitive bronchial passages. Patients who "overbreathe" on a sustained basis risk chronic CO2 deficiencies that make them even more vulnerable to future attacks. Rescue medications that relieve asthma symptoms do nothing to correct breathing difficulties associated with hyperventilation. As part of SMU's "Stress, Anxiety and Chronic Disease Research Program," Ritz and Meuret use their biofeedback-based Capnometry-Assisted Respiratory Training (CART) to teach asthma patients to normalize and reverse chronic overbreathing. A hand-held device called a capnometer measures the amount of CO2 exhaled. Using this device, patients learn how to breathe more slowly, shallowly and regularly. CART techniques could have a positive impact on quality of asthma treatment even as they reduce the need for acute care, Ritz says. "The research shows that this kind of respiratory therapy can limit both the severity and frequency of asthma attacks," he says. "That means fewer doctor visits and less frequent use of rescue medications, with the associated savings of both time and money." And for those who count any year without a trip to the emergency room as a year with a good treatment outcome, that means a higher quality of life, says Meuret, who lives with asthma herself. "The training gives patients new ways to deal with acute symptoms, and that helps them to feel more in control," she says. Source:  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Vaccine 'probably did not cause death' - Channel 4 News Posted: 30 Sep 2009 03:30 AM PDT Updated on 30 September 2009 The cervical cancer vaccine was "most unlikely" to have been the cause of death of 14-year-old Natalie Morton. The preliminary finding of the teenager's post-mortem revealed the teenager had a rare, life-threatening health condition which was the most probable cause of death. NHS Coventry told Channel 4 News that Natalie Morton's underlying condition was "grave" and not a common health condition such as diabetes, asthma or epilepsy. The schoolgirl died shortly after receiving the cancer vaccine on Monday. The final results of the post mortem are not expected for several weeks.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Breathing technique can reduce frequency, severity of asthma attacks - Webindia 123 Posted: 21 Sep 2009 02:57 AM PDT Health Breathing technique can reduce frequency, severity of asthma attacks As the health care reform debate turns to cutting costs and improving treatment outcomes, two professors at Southern Methodist University in Dallas in the US are expanding a study that shows promise for reducing both the expense and suffering associated with chronic asthma. Thomas Ritz and Alicia Meuret, both in SMU's Psychology Department, have developed a four-week programme to teach asthmatics how to better control their condition by changing the way they breathe. With the help of a four-year, $1.4 million grant from the National Institute of Health, they plan to engage 120 Dallas County patients in four weeks of breathing training by the study's projected end in July 2011. Their co-investigators include David Rosenfield, also of SMU's Psychology Department, and Mark Millard, M.D., of Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. More than 22 million Americans suffer from asthma at an estimated annual economic cost of more than $19 billion, according to the American Lung Association. The number of cases doubled between 1980 and 1995, prompting the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to classify the disease as an epidemic in 2000. During an attack, sufferers tend to hyperventilate, breathing fast and deep against constricted airways to fight an overwhelming feeling of oxygen deprivation. Unfortunately, this makes the problem worse by lowering the body's carbon dioxide levels, which restricts blood flow to the brain and can further irritate already hypersensitive bronchial passages. Patients who "overbreathe" on a sustained basis risk chronic CO2 deficiencies that make them even more vulnerable to future attacks. Rescue medications that relieve asthma symptoms do nothing to correct breathing difficulties associated with hyperventilation, reports sciencealert.com. As part of SMU's "Stress, Anxiety and Chronic Disease Research Program," Ritz and Meuret use their biofeedback-based Capnometry-Assisted Respiratory Training (CART) to teach asthma patients to normalise and reverse chronic overbreathing. A hand-held device called a capnometer measures the amount of CO2 exhaled. Using this device, patients learn how to breathe more slowly, shallowly and regularly. CART techniques could have a positive impact on quality of asthma treatment even as they reduce the need for acute care, Ritz says. "The research shows that this kind of respiratory therapy can limit both the severity and frequency of asthma attacks," he says. "That means fewer doctor visits and less frequent use of rescue medications, with the associated savings of both time and money." And for those who count any year without a trip to the emergency room as a year with a good treatment outcome, that means a higher quality of life, says Meuret, who lives with asthma herself. "The training gives patients new ways to deal with acute symptoms, and that helps them to feel more in control," she says. pb/dg ( 464 Words) 2009-09-21-14:16:04 (IANS) \'Becket\' wins the main event No specific tsunami threat to India CMS multimedia conducts 2nd Graduation Day ceremony Wipro to open development centre in Melbourne Sibal inaugurates Central Varsity Grow cash crops because of limited season, J&K Minister to farmers Resume stalled peace process, resolve all issue, CPI-M to Indo-Pak Congress dares BJP to challenge closure of Quattrocchi case This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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WHAT many underlying health issues are we talking about?