Monthly Newsletter from the Arizona Asthma Coalition |
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Thank You for Another Great Conference!
The 17th Annual Arizona Asthma & Allergy Clinical Conference was a huge success! The AAC Board would like to thank all our sponsors, vendors, speakers, and attendees. We have received great feedback on the presentations and topics, the connections that were made, and the venue. Over 90 people attended this conference; 15 sponsors and vendors were there to make connections, six amazing speakers shared their knowledge, one product theatre presentation, and two $50 Amazon Gift Card Winners! There was time to network, make connections, see colleagues from all over the state, and learn in a beautiful environment. Thank you, Creighton University, for hosting the 17th Annual Arizona Asthma & Allergy Clinical Conference! We cannot wait to see everyone next year at an even bigger conference! We have shared some pictures below from the wonderful day together. To see more, please follow the Arizona Asthma Coalition on Facebook. If you would like to join AAC as a member, please join us on the AAC Website here. |
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[Webinar Recording] What To Do If a Student Has an Asthma Attack
Allergy & Asthma Network
Asthma attacks can (and do) happen at school. Are you prepared to help? This webinar will teach you what to do featuring speaker Dave Stukus, MD, FACAAI, Professor of Clinical Pediatrics in the Division of Allergy and Immunology, Associate Program Director, Pediatric Allergy/Immunology Fellowship Training Program Director, Food Allergy Treatment Center, Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
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Back to School!
EPA
As students and teachers begin the 2023-24 school year, it’s a good time for educators to assess and improve the indoor environment. The health of a school's environment can affect the attendance, concentration, performance and health of both students and educators. Learn more about how to create and maintain healthy learning environments and stay up to date on EPA's latest information regarding school environments and children's health. |
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Unveiling Asthma's Molecular Secrets: How Blood Molecules Influence Airway Processes
Mount Sinai
A new study by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has unraveled the intricate molecular interplay between systemic processes within the blood and localized processes within the airways of individuals with asthma.
This pioneering research opens doors to potential novel treatments targeting specific molecules, with the aim of providing more effective relief for asthma patients. The research findings were published today in Genome Medicine. |
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Uncertainty Regarding Asthma Inhaler Training, Other Barriers Observed Among Health Care Professionals
American Journal of Managed Care The negative effects of hospital-based time pressures and the uncertainty of opinions on who should facilitate the correct form of asthma inhaler technique training for patients are both perceived barriers by both caregivers as well health professionals, according to recent findings from a study published in Pediatric Pulmonology. |
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Researchers Find Association Between Vaping And Asthma Among US Adolescents
Texas A&M University
A new study from the Texas A&M University School of Public Health suggests that vaping increases the risk of asthma in adolescents who have never smoked conventional tobacco products. Vaping, or the use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), among adolescents has grown dramatically over the past several years. Although e-cigarettes have fewer toxins than regular cigarettes, they still contain a mixture of harmful chemicals and raise the risk of respiratory diseases. |
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The Search for a Connection Between RSV and Asthma
Nature
It has been more than a decade, but Rachael Thomas still remembers the early hours of 5 February 2010 as if it was yesterday. She was standing against the wall in a hospital room in Kent, UK, watching a team of doctors fighting to save her 13-week-old child, Alexander. “They were putting tubes in him and silently crying,” she says. “I remember thinking: ‘It must be really bad if the doctors are crying.’” |
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Teen Smokers Have Increased Risk of Passing on Asthma Traits in Fatherhood, Study Finds
American Journal of Managed Care
Epigenetic changes in sites mapped to genes in children of fathers who smoked before the age of 15 years, suggests how fathers’ early teenage smoking may increase the risk of their future children developing asthma, obesity, and low lung function. The study suggests how epigenetic mechanisms of pubertal paternal smoking may increase the risk of respiratory health across generations transmitted specifically through male germ cells. To the researcher’s knowledge, this epigenome-wide association study (EWAS), published in Clinical Epigenetics1 is the first of its kind to investigate the impact of fathers’ smoking in their teenage years on their offspring.
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Follow Our Facebook Page Arizona Asthma Coalition is now on Facebook! Head over to Facebook and like AAC to keep up to date on asthma, allergy and organizational updates in between our monthly newsletters. Follow us here |
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Join the Arizona Asthma Coalition As a nonprofit partnership since 1996, AAC has worked together with concerned stakeholders including public health, environmental quality, managed care, education, individual physicians and nurses, hospitals, foundations, families and other colleagues. Become a member of the Arizona Asthma Coalition or renew your membership and help us continue this important work. Join or renew here |
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