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Review Hardens Links Between Air Pollution, Health Problems
Medical Daily By Christine Hsu Researchers reviewing past studies say air pollution may contribute to the respiratory and allergic diseases like asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pneumonia, and even tuberculosis. The relationship between air pollution … |
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ExExploring the links between acetaminophen and asthma
Sarasota Herald-Tribune By Tara Parker-Pope, Herald-Tribune Is acetaminophen behind a sharp rise in asthma around the world over the past three decades? Some researchers suspect that it might be, noting that asthma diagnoses began to take off just as doctors began using … |
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Exploring the Links Between Acetaminophen and Asthma
New York Times (blog) By ANAHAD O'CONNOR Is acetaminophen behind a sharp rise in asthma around the world over the past three decades? Some researchers suspect that it might be, noting that asthma diagnoses began to take off just as doctors began using acetaminophen more … Evidence Mounts for Acetaminophen-Asthma Link |
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BUSM researchers find link between pulmonary inflammation, diesel exhaust …
EurekAlert (press release) (Boston) – A study conducted by researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) has found that diesel exhaust particulates (DEP) and house dust extract (HDE) causes pulmonary inflammation that aggravates asthma. The study led by principle … |
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How To Tell The Difference Between Allergies and Colds
WFMY News 2 Dr. Meg Whelan with Lebauer Allergy and Asthma says it's not always easy to distinguish between a cold and an allergy, but typically if the symptoms last longer than a week or 10 days, it might be an allergy. She sees a lot of people suffering with … Cockroaches and Mice are Asthma's BFF O, (ahh-choo!) Christmas tree |
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Association between body mass index and asthma symptoms among korean children: a nation-wide study.
J Korean Med Sci. 2011 Dec;26(12):1541-7
Authors: Suh M, Kim HH, Choi DP, Kim KW, Sohn MH, Ha KH, Hwang WJ, Kim C, Kim KE, Shin DC
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between body mass index (BMI) and the prevalence of wheeze using nation-wide cross-sectional study in Korean children. Total 50,200 children from 427 elementary schools were randomly selected according to residential areas (metropolitan, provincial, rural, and industrial areas) by the cluster sampling method. The International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) questionnaires were used to measure the prevalence of wheeze. Among 31,026 respondents, 25,322 were analyzed. BMI was classified into quartiles based on BMI-for-age percentile. In all residential areas, pets at home and visible mold or moisture were associated with an increased prevalence of wheeze in both genders. However, other living environment factors were not consistently associated among residential areas and gender. Among girls, lowest BMI was negatively associated with prevalence of wheeze and highest BMI was positively associated in all residential areas. In multilevel logistic regression analysis, environmental tobacco smoking exposure, pets at home, visible mold or moisture, and being in the lowest and highest BMI quartile were significantly associated with the prevalence of wheeze in both genders. BMI has become an important risk factor for asthma symptoms among Korean children.
PMID: 22147989 [PubMed – in process]
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Area health center to investigate connection between asthma, blacks
Hilton Head Island Packet Turns out, she had developed asthma. She takes medications, but her asthma has been so bad that it has put her in the hospital. Just recently, as a co-worker cleaned the floors with a chemical, she felt chest tightness, a shortness of breath. … |
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Study Reveals Deep Link between Smoking While Pregnant and Asthma
The Bay Citizen (blog) A new study from the University of California, San Francisco, found that exposure to tobacco smoke in utero was far more likely to cause severe asthma than exposure during the first two years of life. Children with severe asthma were more than three … Smoking During Pregnancy Linked to Persistent Asthma in Childhood Asthma In Pregnancy |
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Is there a link between asthma and microwaves?
healthzone.ca Children whose mothers were exposed to between 0.3 and 2.0 mG had a 74 per cent increased rate of developing asthma. The children of women who had the least exposure were the least likely to develop asthma. More studies are clearly required, … Asthma linked to exposure to magnetic fields during pregnancy |
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Association Between Physician Competence at Licensure and the Quality of …
Archives of Internal Medicine Asthma is a serious public health problem, and suboptimal asthma management has been identified as an important cause of asthma morbidity. 1 Physicians play a pivotal role in establishing asthma control, but there is considerable variation among … |
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