Monthly Newsletter from the Arizona Asthma Coalition |
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17th Annual Arizona Asthma & Allergy Conference Reduced Registration Rates & Special $10 Trainee Rate! |
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The Arizona Asthma & Allergy Conference provides education and networking for clinicians and anyone who cares for patients living with asthma and allergies. Arizona Asthma Coalition is thrilled to bring this conference to you at a significantly reduced rate this year! We are also now offering a $10 Trainee rate with ID.
- AAC Members $45
- Non-Members $55
- Non-Members with added AAC membership $95
- Students/Trainees W ID $10
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MATCH Asthma Study
Join a virtual research study for teens and young adults with asthma
Want an opportunity to assess asthma impact on your activities in a research study with online appointments? And receive up to $150 for your time and effort? If you are 12-35 years old and have asthma, our clinical asthma study might be a good fit for you.
- Virtual telehealth appointments
- Regular asthma surveys
- ⚕️ Monitored inhaler use
- Up to $150 in compensation
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If Asthma Runs in Your Family, Pay Attention to Your Sleep
Very Well Health
New research shows if you have a biological family member with asthma, you may want to pay extra attention to your sleep habits.
The results of the study, published in March in BMJ Open Respiratory Research, showed that people with a high genetic asthma risk who also had poor sleep quality were more than twice as likely to develop asthma than people with better sleep patterns and a low genetic risk. |
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Severe Asthma May Double Health Costs in Young Adults, Danish Study Finds
Pulmonology Advisor
Young adults with asthma have a significant financial burden of disease, with a considerable loss of income observed in patients with severe disease, according to study findings published in BMJ Open Respiratory Research. |
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Bad air quality poses a particular risk to children with asthma. In unequal Philly, those kids are mostly Black and Hispanic.
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Smoke from wildfires in Canada made Wednesday, the most unhealthy day for air quality the city has experienced since 2008, especially risky to children with asthma. And in Philadelphia, Black and Hispanic children are much likelier to develop asthma — and to get sicker from it. |
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Largest cell map of human lung reveals insights into disease
Northwestern Now
Northwestern Medicine scientists helped develop the largest and most comprehensive cell map of the human lung in a study that will be published June 8 in Nature Medicine. Revealing the great diversity of cell types in the lung and key differences between health and disease, the Human Lung Cell Atlas (HLCA) will be an important new resource for lung researchers.
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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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