Showing posts with label Linked. Show all posts
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Wednesday, July 17, 2013

COPD Linked to Insomnia, Hospital Stays

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) was associated with increased risks of insomnia symptoms and hospitalizations, researchers reported here.

Based on survey data of noninstitutionalized participants, roughly half of those with COPD had insomnia symptoms (48.1%), twice the rate of those without COPD, according to Maurice Ohayon, MD, PhD, of the Stanford Sleep Epidemiology Research Center in Palo Alto, Calif.

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Mom's Worrying Linked to Kid's Asthma (CME/CE)

Adolescents with asthma reported worse symptoms of breathlessness when they had anxious mothers, and the link may have more to do with genes than environment, researchers suggested.

Findings from a Swedish twin study shows that maternal anxiety was significantly associated with adolescent asthma (odds ratio 2.02, 95% CI 1.15-3.55) reported by the mother on one anxiety measure, and it was significantly associated with breathlessness (OR 1.74, CI 1.04-2.91) reported by the adolescent on several anxiety measures, according to Catarina Almqvist, MD, PhD, from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, and colleagues.

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