No. The β16AsthmaGEN™ test is not a test of asthma susceptibility. It is a test of drug interaction intended to be used by individuals who have already been diagnosed with asthma.

While atopic dermatitis, the most common form of eczema, is associated with asthma and other atopic disorders, it does not directly cause them, and people with atopic dermatitis do not always develop other atopic conditions. However, a link exists between eczema and asthma. One study found that 46% of boys and girls with asthma also had eczema.

Studies have concluded that 75% to 90% of the cases of chickenpox were encountered in children aged less than 10. Every year, 10% of those between 5 and 9 years old and 2% of those aged 10 to 14 develop chickenpox every year.

In New Jersey, approximately 500,000 adults and 180,000 children currently have asthma. Anyone can develop asthma; however, children, black, Hispanic, and urban residents are most likely to be affected. Individuals with allergies and those people with a family history of asthma are also most likely to suffer from this disease.

You can take the quiz Is Your Asthma Allergic? to find out whether you are experiencing allergic asthma, but only a doctor can confirm a diagnosis. This is typically done using a skin or blood test to see if your asthma is triggered by year-round allergens in the air.

Research connecting the likelihood of developing asthma to having been delivered by caesarean is contradictory and specialists in the field reveal that far more research is required before any firm conclusions can be drawn. Links have been made with premature babies but not with full term babies (where delivery is anything from 37weeks onward).

Those who experience greater stressor magnitude and intensity, unpredictability, uncontrollability, sexual (as opposed to nonsexual) victimization, real or perceived responsibility, and betrayal Those with prior vulnerability factors such as genetics, early age of onset and longer-lasting childhood trauma, lack of functional social support, and concurrent stressful life events

Yes, old age is the most common time to develop epilepsy. The rate of newly diagnosed epilepsy is actually higher in elderly people than in middle-aged adults. In fact, as we get older the possibility of having seizures increases with each decade. For example, an 85-year-old is three times more likely than a 70-year-old to have a seizure. Please click here for more on Epilepsy and Seniors.

Yes, CSAP finds that certain populations are at higher risk for substance abuse, particularly those with family members who abuse alcohol, tobacco, and drugs. Prevention works! Substance abuse problems not only cause health problems and heartbreak, they cost Americans money. For every dollar spent on drug abuse prevention, communities can save 4 to 5 dollars in costs for drug abuse treatment and counseling.

Other risk factors are being overweight or obese, and having a family history of relatives having a heart attack or angina before the age of 55 for a man or 65 for a woman. (A 'risk factor' is something that increases your risk of developing the disease).

The answer to this question is It depends. According to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, asthma is more common in male children than it is in female children. However, in adults, asthma tends to be more common in women than in men. Experts don't have an answer as to why this is so.

Although sarcoidosis commonly affects the lungs and can cause shortness of breath, wheezing, and cough, sarcoidosis does not cause emphysema nor does it develop into asthma.

Answer: No. Ninety percent of women have fibrocystic changes yet only 13% of women develop breast cancer. Fibrocystic changes are considered the normal condition of the breast and therefore not predisposing to breast cancer.

Serious skin rashes may be more likely to occur if LAMICTAL is taken in combination with another medication called valproate (brand names are Depakene®* and Depakote®*). Serious skin rashes are also more likely to occur if you (or a loved one) take a higher starting dose of LAMICTAL than instructed by the doctor, or if the dosage is increased faster than instructed. Depakene (valproic acid) and Depakote (divalproex sodium) are registered trademarks of Abbott Laboratories.

Listed below are symptoms that could indicate your child is developing or has asthma. However, the diagnosis of asthma is done by a healthcare provider in three ways: medical history, physical exam and lung function test.

There is no hard and fast way of telling if you have asthma or not. This is partly because the symptoms can vary and may be similar to other respiratory conditions like COPD. Asthma symptoms include shortness of breath, wheezing (a whistling noise in the chest), cough and chest tightness. Not everybody will have all these symptoms. A history of asthma, eczema or hay fever in the family may mean that your chances of developing asthma are slightly higher than those without.

Unfortunately, there are no tests available to determine a predisposition of developing this disease.

No. In most cases, cataracts develop as part of a person's normal aging process. LASIK does not stop the aging process. If a LASIK patient develops cataracts later in life, he or she can be treated the same as if he or she had not undergone refractive surgery.

People whose resistance is low due to conditions such as HIV infection, diabetes, some cancers, and chemotherapy

Generally speaking, brain tumors can be categorized as benign (slow growing and noncancerous) and malignant (rapid growing and cancerous). Secondary tumors?those that originate in other parts of the body and then spread to the brain?are more common than primary tumors, which begin in the brain. Many types of brain tumors are named for the cells from which they grow or their location in the brain. Malignant brain tumors do not commonly occur. They make up only about 1.

Gout generally affects men over the age of 40. Women typically do not suffer from gout until after menopause. Gout is often hereditary and when it develops in men before the age of 30, it can be especially severe.

Amblyopia is generally the result of poor early visual development, and as such, usually occurs before the age of five or six. It is estimated that two to four percent of children under age six have anblyopia. The chance of amblyopia developing during adulthood is very small.

Asthma is a disease of the respiratory system. Asthma is a chronic state of hyper-responsiveness (when muscles in the airways constrict and narrow excessively in response to inhaled allergens or other irritants). Asthma is characterized by coughing, chest tightness, shortness of breath and wheezing. Asthma may be triggered by allergens or other, non-allergic stimuli, such as cold air or tobacco smoke.

Unfortunately there is no panel of allergy tests for antibiotics that will give us accurate information. We are able to test to some antibiotics, for example penicillin and some of the cephalosporin drugs, under certain circumstances. However, we could not test you on a panel of these drugs and accurately predict which you could or could not take.

No. People who eat foods high in sugar are at risk of gaining weight because sugar adds calories. Being overweight is associated with developing Type 2 diabetes, but eating sugar does not cause diabetes.

No. (The DNA evaluated in this test is often called “junk DNA’ because of its lack of medical information.)

Alopecia areata affects an estimated four million Americans of both sexes and of all ages and ethnic backgrounds. It often begins in childhood. If you have a close family member with the disease, your risk of developing it is slightly increased. If your family member lost his or her first patch of hair before age 30, the risk to other family members is greater. Overall, one in five people with the disease have a family member who has it as well. Back to Top