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Inability to handle environmental exposures may cause asthma
Daily News & Analysis A new study by the Shanghai Women's Health Asthma and Allergy has suggested that an impaired ability to handle oxidative stress that arises from exposure to secondhand smoke and other environmental triggers may contribute to the development of asthma. … Inability to combat oxidative stress may trigger development of asthma |
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Environmental toxins cost kids' health, billions in health dollars
eMaxHealth The cost of conditions like childhood cancer, asthma, autism, lead poisoning and ADHD has been estimated to be $76.6 billion in 2008. Scientists are calling for a three part plan of action to protect the health of kids and reduce the financial burden … Estimated costs of environmental disease in children at $76.6 billion per year $76B in Pediatric Healthcare Costs Linked to Environmental Factors Environmental Pollution Poses Costs to Children and Economy |
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Estimated costs of environmental disease in children at $76.6 billion per year
EurekAlert (press release) Leonardo Trasande, MD, Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine and Pediatrics at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, analyzed the costs of conditions – including lead poisoning, childhood cancer, asthma, autism, and attention deficit hyperactivity … Environmental Pollution Poses Costs to Children and Economy $76B in Pediatric Healthcare Costs Linked to Environmental Factors Annual Health Care Costs Rise Dramatically, Says New Study |
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Environmental Illness in Kids Costs Billions
MedPage Today Building on a 2002 analysis, investigators estimated how much of a role environmental factors play in causing such conditions as childhood cancers, asthma, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and then attached a dollar figure to the … Costs To Treat Kids With Lead Poisoning Dwarfs That Of Cancer, Autism Environmental Illness in US Kids Cost $76.6 Billion in One Year Estimated costs of environmental disease in children at $76.6 billion per year |
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Environmental Toxins Cost Billions in Childhood Disease
TIME … Philip Landrigan and a team of other researchers at Mount Sinai Medical School estimated the annual cost of four childhood conditions — lead poisoning, cancer, developmental disabilities and asthma — that could be connected to environmental … Estimated costs of environmental disease in children at $76.6 billion per year Environmental Illness in US Kids Cost $76.6 Billion in One Year Environmental Pollution Poses Costs to Children and Economy |
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Environmental law requires support
Boston Globe Stripping the EPA's authority would be a direct threat to the protection the Clean Air Act provides against cancer, asthma attacks, heart attacks, strokes, emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and premature deaths. … Protecting our air and public health |
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Asthma and the Link to Exposure to Mold and Bacteria
Environmental Expert (press release) Chatsworth, CA, April 5th, 2011A new study by European scientists has found that children who grow up on a farm appear to be less likely to develop asthma. In February of this year it was reported in HealthDay News that, “The risk of asthma was reduced … |
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Environmental tobacco smoke education could benefit children with asthma
European Lung Foundation Children who have a high risk of asthma exacerbations may benefit from receiving education about environmental tobacco smoke from their carers, according to new research. Half of the group received educational advice which included counselling sessions … |
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Environmental degradation aggravates asthma: experts
The News International Changing lifestyles, growing urbanization and environmental degradation in the country has enhanced vulnerability of people to asthma. Experts said on Thursday that five per cent of the total population in the country was suffering from asthma, … |
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More research needed on diet and environmental influences on childhood asthma
EurekAlert (press release) St. Louis, MO, January 24, 2011 – Asthma is one of the world's most common chronic diseases, affecting as many as 300 million people. … Nutrition to Blame for Asthma? |
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