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Air pollution linked to asthma in children and teens
Yahoo News While previous research has linked asthma to air pollution exposure in early childhood, the current study offers new evidence that this connection extends into adolescence, said lead author Dr. Ulrike Gehring, a researcher at Utrecht University in The … |
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Association between Dietary Patterns and Atopic Dermatitis in Relation to GSTM1 and GSTT1 Polymorphisms in Young Children.
Nutrients. 2015;7(11):9440-9452
Authors: Chung J, Kwon SO, Ahn H, Hwang H, Hong SJ, Oh SY
Abstract
Previous research suggests the association of glutathione S-transferase (GST) gene polymorphisms or diet, but no interactions between these factors in atopic dermatitis (AD). We conducted a community-based case-control study including 194 AD and 244 matched non-AD preschoolers. Glutathione S-transferase M1 (GSTM1) and T1 (GSTT1) present/null genotypes were evaluated uisng a multiplex PCR method. We measured dietary intakes by a validated food frequency questionnaire and constructed three dietary patterns such as “traditional healthy”, “animal foods”, and “sweets” diets. In stratified analyses by GST genotypes, the “traditional healthy” diet and reduced AD showed association only in the GSTM1-present group (odd ratio (OR) 0.31, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.13-0.75). A similar pattern of the association existed in the combined GSTM1/T1 genotype that indicated the inverse association between the “traditional healthy” diet and AD in the double GSTM1/T1-present genotype group (OR 0.24, 95% CI 0.06-0.93). Results from the multiplicative test analyses showed that the “traditional healthy” diet on reduced AD was significant or borderline significant in the GSTM1-present group (OR 0.71, 95% CI 0.54-0.92 vs. GSTM1-null group) or the GSTM1/T1 double present group (OR 0.63, 95% CI 0.39-1.03 vs. GSTM1/T1 double null group). These findings demonstrate that the present type of GSTM1 may increase susceptibility to the potential effect of the “traditional healthy” diet on AD.
PMID: 26580648 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]
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Peoria Journal Star |
Children and adult mentors pledged to healthy habits, learn about asthma triggers
Peoria Journal Star The campaign is the students' Public Relations Senior Capstone Project that focuses on preventing asthma by adopting healthy habits like eating well and exercising. The program included activities such as hearing local nurses speak about healthy living … |
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Tracking tool predicts asthma control deterioration in children 1 week ahead
Healio An estimated 7.1 million American children have pediatric asthma, translating to $9.3 billion in annual total direct health care costs. Suboptimal asthma control in children leads to frequent asthma exacerbations, which increase health care costs and … |
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Interventions improve asthma care for hospitalized children: report
AAP News “Interventions implemented during a short hospital stay … can have a long-term impact,” said Flory L. Nkoy, M.D., M.S., M.P.H., lead author of the quality report Improving Pediatric Asthma Care and Outcomes Across Multiple Hospitals (Nkoy FL, et al. |
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Study suggests new way to reduce seasonal asthma attacks in high-risk children
La Crosse Tribune Adding targeted and short-term use of the drug omalizumab to guidelines-directed treatment just before the start of school cut in half the number of autumn asthma attacks, or exacerbations, in high-risk children. The findings are part of a clinical … |
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Home-based educational intervention improves asthma among Hispanic children
EurekAlert (press release) New Rochelle, NY, November 10, 2015–Significant improvements in frequency of asthma attacks and symptoms, hospitalization rates and acute care visits, quality of life, and asthma knowledge were reported among a largely Hispanic population with a high … |
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MD Magazine |
Children with asthma fare better with specialized treatment from allergists
Clinical Advisor Children with asthma who are treated by an allergist are less likely to end up in the emergency department with an asthma attack, according to research presented at the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (ACAAI) Annual Scientific … Adherence to Omalizumab Does Not Correlate with Better Response for Asthma Study questions benefit of breastfeeding in preventing allergies, asthma Adverse Reaction to Aspirin Often Misdiagnosed as Allergy |
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Asthma risk reduced in young children with pet dogs, says study
Caribbean360.com (subscription) “Earlier studies have shown that growing up on a farm reduces a child's risk of asthma to about half. We wanted to see if this relationship also was true for children growing up with dogs in their homes,” study author Dr Tove Fall said in a statement … |
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Children growing with dogs have lower risk of developing asthma, higher …
International Business Times AU The study, published in JAMA Pediatrics, shows that a child exposed to a dog in the first year of life has a 15 percent lower risk of having asthma in later childhood compared to children without dogs. The findings come from the analysis of the health … Children Exposed To Domestic Animals Have Lesser Risk Of Having Asthma, Study Says Decreased Asthma Risk In Children Raised With Dogs Dogs can help prevent asthma in kids |
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