ON THE HEALTH WATCH, A
WARNING FOR THOSE WHO SUFFER
FROM ASTHMA.
THE STEROIDS THAT HELP YOU
BREATHE COULD ACTUALLY BE
PUTTING YOUR HEALTH AT RISK.
A NEW STUDY SHOWS SOME PATIENCE
MAY BE TAKING HARMFUL DOSES OF
STEROIDS.
DR. MALIKA MARSHALL IS HERE.
HOW DO STEROIDS WORK?
ORAL STEROIDS DECREASE
INFLAMMATION IN THE LUNGS AND
MAKES IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE WITH
ASTHMA IN THE THROES OF AN
ATTACK TO BREATHE MORE EASILY.
IF YOU TAKE THEM FOR A
PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME OR YOU
TAKE EXCESSIVE DOSES, THEY CAN
PUT YOU AT RISK FOR DIABETES,
OSTEOPOROSIS, ABNORMALITIES.
RESEARCHERS IN THE NETHERLANDS
STUDY 2000 PATIENTS WITH SEVERE
ASTHMA ON HIGH DOSES OF INHALED
STEROIDS.
THOSE THAT TRY TO PREVENT
PEOPLE FROM TAKING TOO MANY
ORAL STEROIDS.
THEY FOUND ALMOST 1/3 OF THEM
ALSO TAKING HARMFULLY HIGH
DOSES OF ORAL STEROIDS.
MANY PATIENTS WEREN'T USING
THEIR INHALERS PROPERLY, THEY
WEREN'T BEING CONSISTENT ABOUT
USING THEM, THEY SAY DOCTORS
SHOULD FOCUS ON PATIENT
COMPLIANCE AND MAKING SURE
PATIENTS KNOW YOU CAN
TECHNICALLY GET THE MEDICINE TO
THE RIGHT PLACE AND OTHER
MEDICATIONS YOU CAN OFFER THAT
CAN TRY TO KEEP THEM OFF
STEROIDS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
ANOTHER TOPIC, CHERISHED
MOMENT AS A PARENT SHARING A
STORY WITH YOUR CHILD.
DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER THE
TALE COMES FROM A PAPER BOOK OR
TABLET X A NEW STUDY SAYS YES.
IT MAKES SENSE.
RESEARCHERS OBSERVED DOZENS
OF MOTHERS AND FATHERS READING
ALOUD FROM A PRINT BOOK OR
TABLET BOOK TO THEIR TWO-YEAR-
OLD AND THREE-YEAR-OLD
CHILDREN.
THEY FOUND WHEN THE PARENTS
READ THE DIGITAL BOOKS, THE
CHILDREN MORE LIKELY TO
INTERRUPT THEM, GRAB THE
TABLET, CLOSE IT OR TRY TO
OBSTRUCT THE PARENT'S VIEW.
