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Half of ‘untreatable’ asthma cases may be treatable
• Children's Health • • Asthma • Sep 08 10
Good news for kids with treatment-resistant asthma: Their breathing troubles just might be treatable.
Approximately one in every 10 kids in the U.S.…
Latino children with asthma less accurate in determining their lung function
• Children's Health • • Asthma • • Respiratory Problems • Aug 09 10
A new study by researchers at the Bradley Hasbro Children’s Research Center and the University of Puerto Rico may help explain some of the…
Shortness of Breath: Old Age or Asthma?
• Asthma • • Aging and Gerontology • • Respiratory Problems • Jul 22 10
Mistaken for illnesses like bronchitis and emphysema, exacerbated by medications like aspirin, and overlooked by patients and doctors alike, asthma is a common and…
Study Links Exhaled Nitric Oxide With Increased Risk of Childhood Asthma
• Children's Health • • Asthma • Jul 15 10
Children with elevated levels of exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) are at increased risk for developing asthma, particularly among children without a parental history of…
Exercise might aid asthma control: study
• Asthma • Jun 17 10
Adults whose asthma is not fully controlled by medication might gain some benefits from adding an exercise routine to their lives, a small study…
Burger diet linked to higher childhood asthma risk
• Children's Health • • Asthma • • Dieting • Jun 03 10
Children who eat three or more burgers a week may be at a higher risk of asthma and wheezing, but a healthy diet rich…
Obesity and asthma are linked: study
• Asthma • • Obesity • May 31 10
A new study confirms a link between obesity and asthma.
A number of studies have shown an association between obesity and asthma, both of…
Work stress linked to higher asthma risk
• Asthma • • Neurology • May 28 10
People who regularly feel stressed out by their jobs may have a higher risk of developing asthma than those with a more-relaxed work atmosphere,…
Does My Child Have Asthma?
• Children's Health • • Asthma • Apr 09 10
Your child is wheezing. Your child must have asthma, right? Not always, says Julie Koehler, professor and chair of the Department of Pharmacy Practice…
Vitamin D helps fend off flu, asthma attacks: study
• Asthma • • Flu • Mar 19 10
In a study of Japanese schoolchildren, vitamin D supplements taken during the winter and early spring helped prevent seasonal flu and asthma attacks.
…Study links estrogen hormone therapy to asthma
• Asthma • • Endocrinology • • Menopause • Feb 09 10
Estrogen-only hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may increase the risk of developing asthma after the menopause, scientists said on Monday.
US study links infections in womb to asthma
• Asthma • • Infections • • Pregnancy • Feb 02 10
U.S. researchers have linked mothers’ infection during pregnancy to asthma, the most common chronic disease among American children, in their offspring.
Secondhand smoke may disrupt asthmatic kids’ sleep
• Children's Health • • Asthma • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 19 10
Children with asthma may have a harder time getting a good night’s sleep if they live with a smoker.
Researchers found that of more…
A Novel Gene Found for Childhood-Onset Asthma
• Children's Health • • Asthma • Dec 24 09
Pediatric researchers have identified a novel gene involved in childhood asthma, in one of the largest gene studies to date of the common respiratory…
Quitting Smoking Can Reverse Asthma-Inducing Changes in Lungs
• Asthma • • Respiratory Problems • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 07 09
Asthmatic smokers may be able to reverse some of the damage to their lungs that exacerbates asthmatic symptoms just by putting down their cigarettes,…
Parent Mentors Can Improve the Asthmatic Care of Minority Children
• Children's Health • • Allergies • • Asthma • Nov 27 09
UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found that informed adults can help families stave off complications associated with asthma. The findings, available online and…
Acetaminophen could up asthma, wheezing risk
• Children's Health • • Asthma • • Respiratory Problems • Nov 13 09
An analysis of 19 studies provides additional evidence of increased asthma risk in children and adults given acetaminophen.
Tobacco Smoke Has Harmful Impact on Asthma, Rhinitis and Immunity
• Asthma • • Immunology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 09 09
Tobacco smoke is involved in uncontrolled asthma, a diminished response to anti-asthma drugs, rhinitis, nasal obstruction, and deregulation of the immune system according to…
Asthma Not Determined by Genetics Alone
• Asthma • • Genetics • Nov 06 09
While progress has been made in identifying genes associated with asthma, the disease is complex, and its development is likely dependent upon both…
Neurotic? It could lead to asthma
• Asthma • • Neurology • Oct 23 09
People who are neurotic - they tend to worry a lot and to have emotional ups and downs - seem to be at increased…
Asthma Is Most Prevalent Underlying Illness Among Most Serious H1N1 Cases
• Asthma • • Flu • • Swine Flu • Oct 16 09
Allergy & Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics (AANMA) view updated statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) with concern -…
Most who die from new H1N1 flu had conditions: CDC
• Asthma • • Swine Flu • Oct 14 09
Most of the people who have died from the new pandemic H1N1 flu had underlying conditions such as asthma, but 45 percent seemed healthy,…
Children with asthma more vulnerable to H1N1 virus
• Children's Health • • Asthma • • Swine Flu • Sep 08 09
Nearly a dozen 7th graders with asthma were welcomed along with other classmates back to school today by a special guest who had a…
Obesity Does Not Worsen Asthma, But May Effect Response to Medications
• Asthma • • Obesity • Jun 03 09
Being overweight or obese does not make asthma worse in patients with mild and moderate forms of the disease, according to a study by…
Vitamin D May Halt Lung Function Decline in Asthma and COPD
• Asthma • • Respiratory Problems • May 20 09
Vitamin D may slow the progressive decline in the ability to breathe that can occur in people with asthma as a result of human…