SEARCH RESULTS

asthma in that geographic area. The advocate would conduct research and identify gaps in the research. They may even participate i...

(HealthyPeople.gov, 2012)? All parents who have children with asthma will be invited to a meeting at the school. At that meeting,...

childhood asthma from the public health department. Meetings will be 30 minutes long. At the end of the two-week course, parents w...

In a paper of four pages, the author reflects on the views in existing studies on the best approaches for asthma care. There are ...

This research paper offers an overview of childhood asthma, which forces specifically on its incidence and prevalence among Africa...

This research paper describes the issue of pediatric asthma and how this problem may be addressed by epidemiological research stud...

In a paper of three pages, the author reflects on questions about different types of medications. The author answers questions ab...

authors found a correlation between the anaphylactic reaction and a history of asthma and atopic dermatitis. There are abou...

treatments available to them in fighting the disease. Their reactions are significantly reduced by using oral corticosteroids, eno...

international trade, has also increased pollution from diesel engines (Bostwick, 2004). A 20 parts-per-billion increase in ozone l...

(Haz-Map, 2003). There are two general categories that cause occupational asthma: 1. Low-molecular weight compounds, which are c...

of increasing costs still further and marginalizing greater numbers of individuals and families who no longer can afford the highe...

and the effect on the occupational arena. Both articles, however, emphasize that asthma takes a tremendous economic toll in the U...

and a very important factor is a lack of medical attention. All of these things culminate in a situation where people are more vul...

reduce hyper responsiveness and inflammatory changes in the airways. Patients with daily symptoms tend to benefit more from regula...

typical medical interventions in treating illness. Yoga can be can be performed in absence of health care professionals, complex e...

subjected to stressful experiences, such as performing "mental arithmetic tasks, watching emotionally charged films and listening ...

this may not improve sleep quality (Mulcahy, 2004). One study has indicated that treatment with melatonin may aid sleep (Barry, 20...

effective methods for control in place for asthma and how have treatment measures changed over time? 4. What is the cost of asthm...

deemed insane but they did try to keep inebriates out of their institutions (2002). Dr. Thomas Kirkbride explained in 1840 why h...

in the prevalence of asthma. Akinbami, Rhodes & Lara (2005) suggest that "many studies have demonstrated that these large disparit...

reality of asthma. In the first article to be examined the topic covers the respiratory system itself. The author notes that, "Ea...

through counseling or psychotherapy has been found to be effective in reducing the asthmatic symptoms. However, for the m...

health of the children. This is absolutely tragic. Asthma is obviously a problem of significant concern in this area but physicia...

over those ten years it will add to the current level of air pollution in the state. This results in negative effects in terms of ...

of these differences, nursing professionals should identify separate roles for school and community nursing professionals. For ex...

chests as well as wheezing and coughing. The physiological reasons for these responses include spasms in the smooth muscle tissu...

an obstruction of the airway and can involved any or all of the following factors: "smooth muscle bronchoconstriction, mucous secr...

events (Owen, 2007). This action includes "presentation of antigen by dendritic cells" as well as the "degranulation of mast cells...

In six pages this paper presents a detailed examination of asthma. Nine sources are cited in the bibliography....