Sentences with phrase «focus on asthma»

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«We focus on prevention through education,» says Lindsey, «as cavities are even more common than asthma.»

My goal is to start a blog that will have a partial focus on supporting parents to kids living with allergies, asthma, and eczema (something else me and the kids face).

but im still need to focus on him cuz he having an asthma..

The researchers decided to focus on genes that have been linked to asthma risk.

The NIHR Leicester Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit — a partnership between the University of Leicester and Leicester's Hospitals — focuses on promoting the development of new and effective therapies for the treatment of respiratory diseases including severe asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

While this study focused on testosterone, Newcomb hopes to expand further studies to explore the effects of more sex hormones on asthma.

The team studied more than 4,000 patients (adults and children) who were taking daily asthma medicines and focused their analysis on two groups: patients who had stable asthma for at least one year who stayed on their same daily asthma medicine and patients who had stable asthma for at least one year who stepped down their daily asthma medicine.

The new study will focus on four areas of high public health concern: obesity, birth defects and other early outcomes, neurodevelopmental disorders (such as autism and depression), and airway diseases (such as asthma and allergies).

Unlike the sprawling NCS, ECHO will focus on just four disease areas: obesity; airway conditions such as asthma and allergies; neurodevelopment, including diseases such as autism; and prenatal and postnatal outcomes, such as birth defects.

Current clinical management for asthma focuses on reducing lung and airway inflammation triggered by allergens, such as house dust mites, mold, etc..

This study focused on ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSCs) such as diabetes, alcoholism, asthma and dementia, where the provision of better care outside hospital, by GPs and other healthcare professionals, can potentially reduce the need for admission.

Fuentes» doctoral work focuses on sex - specific mechanisms of inflammation in asthma and allergic diseases.

This will focus on reducing exposure through improved forecasting and systems for giving an early warning to vulnerable populations, in particular children with asthma and adults with atrial fibrillation.

Research Focus: My research projects are focused on the roles of TNF family members linked to fibrotic disorders associated with scleroderma, atopic dermatitis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and asthma.

While the initial research has focused on a very specific asthma allergen, Professor Steptoe believes the process could be applied to many other severe allergic responses, such as peanuts, bee venom and shell fish.

Research Focus: My research focuses on studying the role of different TNF super family members in controlling allergen induced asthma exacerbations and airway remodeling.

Dr. Freeman's laboratory focuses on the identification and function of T cell costimulatory and coinhibitory pathways in regulating T cell activation and application of this knowledge to the development of more effective immunotherapies for cancer, infections, asthma, and autoimmune diseases.

While Pollard's research focuses on understanding the microbiome through bioinformatics and modeling, other projects study human disorders such as diabetes and asthma, the impact of the ocean and soil on climate change, and the influence of plants, animals, and water on food production.

From its onset, the AAF initiated a new approach to disease - related research by recruiting and supporting top investigators in other fields to focus their expertise on asthma.

In addition to our comprehensive asthma clinic, we also offer a specialized Children's Asthma Wellness Program, designed for children who have had repeat emergency department visits for asthma, with a focus on supporting the patient's family and the primary care provider in managing the child's asthma in decreasing emergency room visits and hospitalizaasthma clinic, we also offer a specialized Children's Asthma Wellness Program, designed for children who have had repeat emergency department visits for asthma, with a focus on supporting the patient's family and the primary care provider in managing the child's asthma in decreasing emergency room visits and hospitalizaAsthma Wellness Program, designed for children who have had repeat emergency department visits for asthma, with a focus on supporting the patient's family and the primary care provider in managing the child's asthma in decreasing emergency room visits and hospitalizaasthma, with a focus on supporting the patient's family and the primary care provider in managing the child's asthma in decreasing emergency room visits and hospitalizaasthma in decreasing emergency room visits and hospitalizations.

Such resources provide critical support to its scientists as they focus on achieving medical breakthroughs in numerous areas, including autoimmune diseases such as type 1 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis; infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, malaria and influenza; cancer; heart disease; allergy and asthma.

January 20, 2015 Drug - development grants focus on sleep apnea, asthma research Two research teams based at the University of Chicago have received prestigious grants from the National Institutes of Health to develop novel medications to treat sleep apnea and asthma.

«Keeping everyone free of allergy and asthma flare - ups helps keep the focus on romance this Valentine's Day.

Schuchat said she believes that the decline in asthma attacks is due at least in part to better - educated kids and parents, and to community efforts that focus on high - risk children.

Studies have focused particularly on the potentially beneficial effects of antioxidants, following the hypothesis that a declining intake of antioxidants in Westernised countries has led to a reduction in pulmonary antioxidant defences, and hence to an increase in prevalence of asthma and atopy in recent decades [2].

Makeup artist Sasha Plavsic's brother Zachary suffered from severe asthma growing up, prompting their mother to search for a cure primarily through diet, so the line's focus on non-toxic ingredients — the skin is the body's largest organ, after all — has been critical to the business.

Money spent on providing access to fresh drinking water, improving air quality and lighting, and reducing noise levels in schools would benefit students by helping prevent asthma and other health risks, as well as provide healthier learning environments where children can concentrate and focus more easily.

During residency, Dr. Lee - Fowler earned her Master's degree with research focusing on feline asthma.

Once your pet is diagnosed with asthma, veterinarians can work to ease their asthma through corticosteroid, and other treatments focused on treating the underlying airway inflammation that results from asthma.

I am very interested in feline medicine, therefore my senior project will focus on CT imaging of cats with feline asthma.»

However, treating asthma as a disease should focus on controlling breathing allergies and inflammation, with the ultimate goal of preventing a bronchoconstrictive crisis.

To prevent both acute and chronic clinical signs, asthma treatment must focus on inflammation prevention.

Therapeutic asthma treatments usually focus on suppression of inflammation and reversal of bronchoconstriction.

Assisted active duty personnel in health management initiatives, focused primarily on asthma, immunizations and annual health physicals.

Dr. Boergers» research program focuses on sleep patterns of children with chronic illnesses (including cancer, inflammatory bowel disease and asthma), as well as the effect of childhood sleep disruption on family and academic functioning.

She has focused much of her research on pediatric asthma health disparities, given the prevalence of asthma in urban settings and ethnic minority groups.

Turning now to focus on some of the health and developmental problems asked about at 46 months, Table 3.9 shows some small, but statistically significant, differences between parental reports of problems with allergies, asthma and other health problems by area deprivation.

Children of mothers who are depressed or who have depressive symptoms are at increased risk for developmental delay, 1 behavioral problems, 2 depression, 3 asthma morbidity, 4 and injuries.5 Depressed mothers are less likely to engage in preventive parenting practices6 and are more likely to use child health care services.7 Though research initially focused on postpartum depression, it is clear that maternal depressive symptoms often persist after the postpartum period, 8 and this persistence further increases the effect on children's health.9 As a result, the pediatric role in identifying and addressing maternal depressive symptoms has received increasing attention.10 - 13

Limited work has begun to establish that interventions focused on the quality of maternal child - relationship may influence asthma symptoms [45].