Articles for Asthma Coalition of Texas

Posted: var wn_last_ed_date = getLEDate("Sept 26, 2008 7:41 PM EST"); document.write(wn_last_ed_date);Sep 26, 2008 06:41 PM CDT Asthma Attack Kills Plainview Teen An asthma attack took the life of a Plainview boy during a homecoming bonfire Thursday evening. Doctors pronounced 14-year-old Brentod Wooley dead at a Lubbock hospital, after he was airlifted from Plainview. The Plainview Daily Herald spoke with Wooley's aunt. ...

Presentation made at the 2008 ACT Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas September 12, 2008

The Communities in Action for Asthma-Friendly Environments is seeking members of the Online Network with experience in asthma education! Do you provide patient and family education as part of your asthma care program? Have you overcome challenges in obtaining reimbursement for education conducted by non-physician providers? Please join a virtual conversation happening now in the Online Network Discussion Forums. Your contribution to the discussion will help others who are facing barriers ...

Visit the Communities in Action for Asthma-Friendly Environments Online Network to get immediate access to the most comprehensive compendium of asthma management resources! Take advantage of this one-stop shopping Resource Bank for quick, easy access to hundreds of up-to-date tools and materials! As part of the transition of the Allies Against Asthma Resource Bank to the Communities in Action Network, resources were updated and catalogued and many are now available for the first time ...

TUCSON, Ariz., Sept. 18 -- Wheezing and bronchial hyperresponsiveness in early childhood may identify patients who will have newly diagnosed asthma at age 22, investigators here concluded. Action Points ---> Explain to patients who ask that this study suggests that certain asthma-like symptoms in early childhood may predict an increased likelihood of physician-diagnosed asthma in early adulthood. Note that the study showed associations but did not prove that the factors ...

ScienceDaily (Sep. 18, 2008) — Researchers at National Jewish Health have shown that glucocorticoids, the primary controller medication for asthma, are 40 percent less effective in overweight and obese asthma patients than in those of normal weight. See also: Health & Medicine Asthma Obesity Allergy Diet and Weight Loss Diseases and Conditions Chronic Illness Reference Overweight Body mass index Wheeze Hypoallergenic The findings identify a potential mechanism ...

ScienceDaily (Sep. 16, 2008) — Asthma researchers have found that a gene variant known to raise the risk of childhood asthma in European children plays a similar role in white American children, but not in African American children. See also: Health & Medicine Asthma Children's Health Diseases and Conditions Allergy Gene Therapy Genes Reference Hypoallergenic Wheeze Huntington's disease Pediatrics The most common chronic illness among children in the developed world, ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) previously stated that prescriptions given to patients that are printed from electronic medical records (EMRs) or ePrescribing applications would need special copy-resistant paper to be in compliance with the tamper-resistant prescription pad regulation. CMS has recently clarified this regulation and has stated that special copy-resistant paper is not a requirement for EMRs or ePrescribing generated prescriptions. These prescriptions may be ...

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Of 30 children in a classroom, 3 are likely to have asthma. Asthma-friendly schools can help assure students’ safety and health by adopting policies and procedures and coordinating student services. The mission of the asthma program at CDC's Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) is to increase the number of asthma-friendly schools across the United States. To support schools and communities in creating asthma-friendly schools, CDC has released Initiating Change: Creating an ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) previously stated that prescriptions given to patients that are printed from electronic medical records (EMRs) or ePrescribing applications would need special copy-resistant paper to be in compliance with the tamper-resistant prescription pad regulation. CMS has recently clarified this regulation and has stated that special copy-resistant paper is not a requirement for EMRs or ePrescribing generated prescriptions. These prescriptions may be ...

AdvairAdvair HFA (fluticasone propionate and salmeterol) Inhalation Aerosol for Oral Inhalation Only Prescribing <http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/safety/2008/Jul_PI/AdvairHFA_PI.pdf> Information Medication <http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/safety/2008/Jul_PI/AdvairHFA_MG.pdf> Guide WARNINGS * The following additional WARNINGS about Advair HFA should be noted: * Pneumonia MEDICATION GUIDE * Who should not use Advair HFA? * Do not use Advair HFA: * to treat sudden ...

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The Austin Tobacco Prevention & Control Program (ATPCP) is a new program of the Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Department, funded by the Texas Department of State Health Services. The ATPCP mission is to reduce the burden of tobacco on the greater East Austin community by addressing tobacco prevention, cessation, and policy enforcement/control.

AUSTIN, Texas, August 7, 2008 (ENS) - With school days on the horizon, The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the Texas Parent Teacher Association said today that they will work together to distribute funding to clean the air and protect school children from harmful particulate matter by retrofitting school buses. The funding will come from a portion of penalties assessed by the commission that is used to support Supplemental Environmental Projects. "I am delighted that the PTA is ...

By Esteban López, M.D. In November 2004, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) launched an ambitious new disease management program called the Medicaid Enhanced Care Program (MECP). MECP was designed to help Texas Medicaid Fee-For-Service (FFS) beneficiaries learn new ways to better manage their chronic illnesses, such as such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic kidney disease, coronary artery disease and diabetes. Primary Care Case Management (PCCM) ...

In a UCLA Health Policy Research Brief released in July, researchers used data from the 2005 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) to examine the burden associated with frequent asthma symptoms among those with current asthma. Researchers also identified key opportunities for reducing and controlling disease activity in these asthma sufferers. Findings showed that California children missed 1.9 million days of school because of asthma and adult workers missed 2 million days of work. In ...

Since she was 5, Jodi Davis has used a generic albuterol inhaler to help control her asthma. Three months ago, Davis, now 13, became one of 40 million Americans with asthma and other respiratory problems making the switch from rescue inhalers containing ozone-damaging chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) to inhalers containing the more environmentally friendly hydrofluoroalkane (HFA). The switch is a result of a Food and Drug Administration ruling making it illegal to manufacture or sell CFC ...

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When it comes to allergies, both the problem and the solution are found within us. Our immune systems respond to foreign substances with an arsenal of cells. Some are programmed to "remember" invaders they've encountered in the past. Normally, anything previously identified as harmless is allowed to pass. Sometimes, however, the immune response goes awry, triggering an allergic reaction.