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Dr. Barry Dworkin

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  • Lots of questions remain and it is too early to conclude that asthma is not associated with increased risk of hospitalization among Covid-19 patients

    July 14, 2020

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for July 14, 2020 Source: Does asthma raise Covid-19 risk? Research points to complex connection Reference:ASTHMA NOT ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED RISK OF HOSPITALIZATION AMONG COVID-19 PATIENTS

  • Many methodological confounding factors and alternate hypotheses dampen study authors contention that cleaning product exposure during infancy increases risk of asthma.

    February 19, 2020

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 19, 2020 Source:Infants exposed to cleaning supplies more susceptible to asthma, study finds Reference:Association of use of cleaning products with respiratory health in a Canadian birth cohort

  • Flu shot can reduce the risk the flu poses to asthmatics.

    October 21, 2019

    Health Headlines Commentary for October 21, 2019 Source:Asthma sufferers are putting themselves at risk by not getting free flu jab this winter, study warns

  • Sunday House Call, #712, October 6, 2019: It’s Federal election time and no politician has the courage to discuss the meaningful changes to health care required to reduce suffering.

    October 6, 2019

    Sunday House Call, #712, October 6, 2019: It’s Federal election time and no politician has the courage to discuss the meaningful changes to health care required to reduce suffering. Topics today include:The hypocrisy of government health care policy is plain to see yet on all levels our politicians bury their heads in the sand waiting…

  • The relationship between a child’s weight and the risk of developing asthma reviewed in this study but causality is unclear.

    November 28, 2018

    Health Headlines Commentary for November 28, 2018 Source: Overweight, obese kids have higher asthma risk Reference: Being Overweight or Obese and the Development of Asthma Comments: People that write headlines should be careful about how the use descriptive terms. We do not label children who have developed tumours Cancer Children, we say children with cancer.…

  • Another observational food study (please make it stop!!) that tries to link fast food consumption and in particular, hamburgers, with increased asthma and allergy risk.

    July 6, 2018

    Health Headlines Commentary for July 6, 2018 Source: Linked between Consumption of fast food and asthma, other allergic diseases Reference: Is the consumption of fast foods associated with asthma or other allergic diseases? Respirology, 2018; DOI: 10.1111/resp.13339

  • New scan may help some asthmatics understand their illness – maybe

    April 5, 2018

    Health Headlines Commentary for April 5, 2018 Source: New scan could help patients with asthma finally see their illness  

  • New asthma pathway discovery may lead to new approaches to treatment

    March 8, 2018

    Health Headlines Commentary for March 8, 2018 Source: New molecular target could help ease asthma Reference: Xiaofei Shen, Muhammad Asghar Pasha, Kelsi Hidde, Adil Khan, Mingwei Liang, Wenxian Guan, Yitao Ding, Angela Haczku, Qi Yang. Group 2 innate lymphoid cells promote airway hyperresponsiveness through production of VEGFA. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2018; DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2018.01.005

  • Testosterone studied for its possible role in asthma development

    November 29, 2017

    Health Headlines Commentary for November 29, 2017 Source: Testosterone could explain why asthma is more common in women than men Reference: Testosterone Attenuates Group 2 Innate Lymphoid Cell-Mediated Airway Inflammation

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