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Children with mild asthma can use inhalers as needed

As-Needed Inhaler Use an Option for Children With Mild Asthma

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Study in African-American children shows symptom-based adjustment of inhaled corticosteroids is feasible
More than one-third of U.S. nonsmoking youth are exposed to secondhand smoke from tobacco

CDC: Over One-Third of U.S. Youth Exposed to Secondhand Smoke

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SHS-exposed youth increased with decreasing family income
Advertising current local health-related research using large TV monitors in emergency department waiting rooms can increase the short-term interest in health-related research

Advertising Can Promote Interest in Health-Related Research

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Short-term interest significantly increased for those viewing large TV monitors in ED waiting room
Use of non-hospital-based provider-to-patient telehealth grew almost 1

Non-Hospital-Based Provider-to-Patient Telehealth Use Growing

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2014 to 2018 saw increase of 1,393 percent from 0.007 to 0.104 percent of all medical claim lines
Nearly two-thirds of actively practicing physicians are still carrying medical school debt

One-Third of Physicians Will Take 10+ Years to Pay Off Debt

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Survey shows that taking extra shifts is one strategy to help doctors pay off medical school debt
Spending associated with essential medicines grew substantially from 2011 to 2015 for Medicare Part D beneficiaries

Medicare Spending on Essential Medicines Up 116 Percent From 2011 to 2015

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22 percent of increased total spending due to higher per-unit cost of existing drugs
Brand-brand competition in the U.S. pharmaceutical market has not lowered drug list prices

Brand-Brand Competition Has Not Cut Prices in Pharma Market

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Review shows evidence that brand-brand competition was mediated by quality of competing drugs
An estimated 0.49 percent of the U.S. population reports a current sesame allergy

0.49 Percent of U.S. Population Reports Current Sesame Allergy

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Overall, 81.6 percent of patients with convincing sesame allergy reported at least one additional food allergy
Worldwide

Asthma Negatively Impacts Work Productivity Worldwide

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Findings based on international survey of patients using long-term maintenance medication

July 2019 Briefing – Allergy

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Allergy for July 2019. This roundup includes the latest...