Asthma News This Week – June 14, 2019

Click here to read the latest asthma news and research. PDF contains full citations, summaries, and links to journal articles.

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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