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 Daily Echo |
Major child asthma breakthrough
Daily Echo A CHILD'S risk of developing asthma is slashed by 50 per cent if they are protected from certain foods and dust mites, Southampton doctors have discovered. In a groundbreaking study, Professor Hasan Arshad from Southampton General Hospital has found … 'Hygiene hypothesis' isn't a spotless theory, find scientists |
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 NPR (blog) |
To Control Asthma, Start With The Home Instead Of The Child
NPR (blog) Nothing sends more kids to the hospital than asthma. So when doctors at Children's Hospital in Boston noticed they kept seeing an unusually high number of asthmatic kids from certain low-income neighborhoods, they wondered if they could do something … |
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Researchers Look for Clues to Rising Child Asthma Rates in Urban Areas
The Green Optimistic (blog) Kid With Inhaler Researchers Look for Clues to Rising Child Asthma Rates in Urban Areas The rates of asthma in children in urban areas are growing. A study by researchers at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health have determined that … |
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 RedOrbit |
Drop In Child Asthma Hospital Admissions Linked To Anti-Smoking Laws
RedOrbit Asthma in childhood is no different a disease than asthma that adults with the condition face. However, in children, asthma does pose unique challenges. The condition, characterized by inflammation of the lungs and airways when exposed to certain … Cleaning jobs linked to asthma risk Smoke-Free Laws Linked With Fewer Child Asthma Attacks Asthma Drops After Public Smoking Ban |
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 Mother Nature Network (blog) |
Smoke-Free Laws Linked With Fewer Child Asthma Attacks
Huffington Post LONDON, Jan 21 (Reuters) – Introducing laws banning smoking in enclosed public places can lead to swift and dramatic falls in the number of children admitted to hospital suffering asthma attacks, according to a study in England published on Monday. Child asthma attacks fall with smoking bans Asthma Cases in Children Fall in Wake of Smoke-Free Laws Hospital admissions for childhood asthma reduces after smoke-free legislation |
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Mother Nature Network (blog) |
Child asthma attacks fall with smoking bans
Mother Nature Network (blog) A new study in the United Kingdom has some good news for children who suffer from asthma. According to researchers at the Imperial College London, childhood asthma attacks have dropped significantly since a law was enacted in 2007 banning smoking in … Decline in child asthma attacks linked to smoke-free laws Asthma Hospitalization Rates Dropped After Smoke-Free Laws Came Into Effect Asthma Cases in Children Fall in Wake of Smoke-Free Laws |
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Smoke-free law linked to 12% decrease in child asthma hospital admissions …
Medical Xpress Asthma affects one in every 11 children in the UK. Before the law was implemented, hospital admissions for children suffering a severe asthma attack were increasing by 2.2 per cent per year, peaking at 26,969 admissions in 2006/2007. The trend reversed … |
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 The Guardian |
Child asthma hospital admissions fell after smoking ban, study shows
The Guardian The number of children admitted to hospital after serious asthma attacks has fallen steeply in England since smoking was banned in public places such as bars, restaurants and offices. Hospitals recorded 6,802 fewer cases of childhood asthma in the … |
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 Daily Mail |
Child hospital admissions for asthma slump after smoking ban
Daily Mail "A study found admissions to hospital for children suffering asthma attacks fell by 12.3 per cent in England in the first year after the ban in July 2007. The drop has continued in subsequent years. Researchers at Imperial College London who analysed … |
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 The Inquisitr |
UK Smoking Ban Linked To Decrease Of Child Asthma Attacks [Study]
The Inquisitr Researchers have linked the enactment of a British smoking ban to a decrease in the number of reported asthma attacks in children. The 2007 smoke-free law, which prohibits smoking within enclosed public spaces and workplaces, and its part in the … |
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