Articles for Asthma Coalition of Texas

* MYTH: Children outgrow asthma in their teens. Once they hit puberty their asthma disappears, they don’t have the disease anymore so they don’t need to use asthma medications. FALSE! Asthma is a chronic disease. The symptoms of the disease (cough, wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness) may disappear or improve because the patient is following their medication plan (in compliance) or has eliminated their asthma triggers which cause their symptoms to occur, but the disease is ...

Texas faces sobering health care challenges. Despite low immunization rates and numerous public health challenges, state health spending ranks among the lowest in the nation. Nearly 6 million Texans lack health insurance coverage, including 1.5 million children. The CPPP has released a new report that provides an update on major actions on health care access in the 2007 legislative session and the important issues and challenges that remain as we approach the 2009 session.

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Click the link below to read Rx Update October 2008 issue. Texas Health and Human Services Commission Newsletter, October 2008

Click on the link below for letter from the Texas Department of State Health Services on Immunization Requirements: Provisional Enrollment Extension for Students Displaced by Hurrican Ike /attachments/wysiwyg/539/ImmReqs_Hurricane_Ike_10-10-08.pdf

* Asthma is the most widespread chronic disease in children; it affects not only the patient but the whole family. Asthma can result in family friction, stress, irritation, financial worries, resentment in siblings, or, it can strengthen the family unit as everyone works together to support and control the disease. * Sometimes, asthma, like any chronic illness, can blow family problems out of proportion and tensions within the family can ran high. Asthma and family problems can ...

Infants who experience viral respiratory illnesses with wheezing are known to be at increased risk for developing asthma later during childhood. It is not known, however, whether every type of respiratory virus that produces wheezing presents similar risk. Using new molecular techniques to identify different viruses, researchers now believe they have pinpointed the biggest culprit: rhinovirus (RV). "We have found that rhinovirus, the most common cause of colds, contributes a ...

AUSTIN – The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) has received federal approval to increase the amount of emergency food stamps that many Ike victims will receive in October. The new policy applies to low-income households eligible for food stamps in the 29 counties declared federal disaster areas after Hurricane Ike. It doesn’t change the income limits for the program, but it does provide eligible families with additional food stamp assistance in October. “I want to thank the ...

* Researchers have discovered a link between menopause and Adult Onset Asthma. The link is estrogen, a hormone protective of lungs and actively produced in young women of child-bearing years. Menopause reduces or stops the production of estrogen and this estrogen reduction could lead to asthma, especially for thin women. Women that are underweight are four times likely to develop asthma or allergies then women who are in the upper normal weight range. Obesity or being overweight is ...

Nancy Otto, PharmD; Mark T. O'Hollaren, MD Author Information Information from Industry Educate colleagues about resistant pathogens and intervention strategies Show us how you would construct a presentation to educate your colleagues about resistant pathogens and intervention strategies. Participate in this interactive program Editor’s Note: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) released the 2007 NAEPP EPR-3 [National Asthma Education and Prevention ...

The Vendor Drug Program reimburses providers for outpatient prescription drugs only. Drugs administered in the doctor’s office, inpatient hospital, outpatient hospital, or any location other than the client’s home, nursing facility, or extended care facility are not a covered Vendor Drug Program benefit. Physician-administered drugs must be provided by the medical provider at the time of administration. Pharmacies also may provide durable medical equipment (DME) and medical supplies to ...

Healthcare Services for Ike Evacuees The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) anticipates that federal legislation will be filed to provide relief for uninsured Hurricane Ike evacuees who seek medical care. While HHSC awaits Congressional action, providers should be aware of information that may be necessary to process claims for services provided to uninsured Ike evacuees. It is important to understand that unless Congress authorizes funds, there is no guarantee that ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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  ...

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 ...

* More then 22 million Americans now have asthma, a chronic but treatable disease. Asthma is a disease that impacts patients not only with regards to health but also with their work and play options, finances and generally their quality of life. Asthma affects the lives of caregivers and family members of patients in the same ways, too. * But asthma also impacts the whole community. It is the number one cause for both school and work absenteeism. It’s responsible for 25% of all emergency ...