Article: Allergies and Asthma- an Epidemic of the 21st Century.

Article: Allergies and Asthma- an Epidemic of the 21st Century
Al Bawaba;  December 23, 2008 ;     700+ words ......treasurer of the World Allergy Organization, the prevalence of asthma has increased markedly...Allergy Report of the World Allergy Organization, Prof...worldwide have asthma, approximately...world including the World Allergy Organization, the...Collage of ...

Article: Dubai to host first ME asthma summit.
TradeArabia (Manama, Bahrain);  December 23, 2008 ;     562 words ......000 persons with asthma aged 5 to 34 years...treasurer of the World Allergy Organisation and...the State of the World Allergy Report 2008. She...worldwide have asthma of which approximately...world including the World Allergy Organisation, the...College of Allergy, ...

Article: World Allergy Day, July 8, 2005 - Allergies on the Rise.
PR Newswire Europe;  June 30, 2005 ;     639 words ......disorders such as hay fever, asthma and neurodermitis has...allergologists. According to World Allergy Organization (WAO) president...there are now 300 million asthma patients worldwide. In...teenagers suffer from asthma, which is triggered by...people worldwide die from asthma. ...

Article: An Asthma Handbook For Patients and Families
The Washington Post;  February 10, 1987 ;     700+ words ...Asthma By Allan M. Weinstein, MD McGraw Hill Book Co, 1987, $17.95 Ordinarily it should...special about either the subject or the book. In this particular case, it is both. Asthma is no ordinary disease; in fact, it is not a disease at all. Rather, asthma is the name given to a variety of bronchial tube ...

Article: World Allergy Congress: Superantigens Escalate Asthma.
PR Newswire Europe;  June 29, 2005 ;     323 words ......Ghent, Belgium at the World Allergy Congress in Munich...such as sinusitis or asthma, however, these bacteria...and superantigens. The World Allergy Congress in Munich from...share expertise. The World Allergy Congress is the annual...

Article: Asthma; Key Q&A.(Disease/Disorder overview)
NWHRC Health Center - Asthma;  July 13, 2005 ;     700+ words ...What is asthma? Asthma is a lung condition that makes the primary airways-known as the bronchi-in the lungs swollen and inflamed. People who have asthma are more sensitive than other people to things in the environment, known...

Article: Asthma; Key Q&A.
NWHRC Health Center - Asthma;  March 16, 2005 ;     700+ words ...* What is asthma? Asthma is a lung condition that makes the primary airways-known as the bronchi-in the lungs swollen and inflamed. People who have asthma are more sensitive than other people to things in the environment...

Article: Managing asthma in the classroom.
Childhood Education;  September 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood, affecting...nearly 5 million children under the age of 18. Children with asthma account for 3 million hospital visits and 200,000 hospitalizations...costs (American Academy of Pediatrics, 1999). A child with asthma has three times the number of school ...

Article: Asthma.(Opinion & Editorial)
Manila Bulletin;  August 19, 2003 ;     700+ words ...ASTHMA tends to be regarded as a condition of the young, particularly...as we have seen. But there are some patients who develop asthma for the first time in their later year. Often to their...are identical to those found in the younger patient with asthma except that breathlessness, especially on exertion, ...

Article: Family-centered approach: Caring for a child with asthma
AAACN Viewpoint;  January 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Asthma is the major chronic illness in children. According to statistics published by...an estimated 4.8 million children under the age of 18 live with a diagnosis of asthma. While this is a substantial number of children, the prevalence rate of asthma has been rising with a 52% increase in people ages 5-34 ...

Article: Asthma cases on the rise
The Malay Mail;  August 28, 1999 ;     653 words ...ASTHMA, an insidious disease which often deludes patients into...industralised countries like Malaysia, the prevalence rate of asthma is estimated at five per cent of the adult population and...cent of adults and nearly 30 per cent of the kids have asthma - the highest rate of asthma in the world - ...

Article: Asthma in elderly people.(Life Extension)
Manila Bulletin;  March 4, 2009 ;     700+ words ...ASTHMA tends to be regarded as a condition of the young, particularly...as we have seen. But there are some patients who develop asthma for the first time in their later years, often to their...are identical to those found in the younger patient with asthma except that breathlessness, especially on ...

Article: Practical considerations for managing asthma in adults
Mayo Clinic Proceedings;  August 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Asthma is a common, chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways associated with pronounced health and economic...effective education that promotes an active partnership with patients remains the cornerstone for managing asthma. Identification and control of asthma triggers, regular monitoring of lung ...

Article: Introduction: learning from each other about managing asthma in schools.
Journal of School Health;  August 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...ASTHMA'S EFFECT ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN THE UNITED STATES Asthma is a major public health problem of increasing concern...1,2) between 1980 and 1996, the lifetime prevalence of asthma in the United States increased 45% among children 5 to...