Asthma News – January 15 to 17, 2019
Current asthma research, announcements and opportunities, collected and distributed by Michigan Department of Health & Human Services Asthma Program Staff.
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ProAir® Digihaler™ contains built-in sensors that detect when the inhaler is used and measure inspiratory flow. This inhaler-use data is then sent to the companion mobile app using Bluetooth® Wireless Technology so patients can review their data over time, and if desired, share it with their healthcare professionals.
A recent observational study examined the link between fertility treatment and asthma risk and found that both parental subfertility and characteristics related to the assisted reproductive technologies procedure itself might increase offspring asthma risk.
New research suggests that the majority of asthma patients will seldom exacerbate and when they do, half of the time it will be a single sporadic event. However, in the other half, having an exacerbation is one of the biggest risk factors for having a subsequent one, even up to 5 years earlier.
Although there are known health care disparities and shortages that impact Latino and African-American adolescents in urban areas, the two groups were found to be at lower risk for undiagnosed asthma than whites.