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Asthma Linked to Increased Risk of Dangerous Lung Blockage
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WEDNESDAY, Dec. 19 (HealthDay News) — People with asthma are at increased risk for the dangerous, sometimes deadly lung condition called pulmonary embolism, according to new research. A pulmonary embolism refers to blockage of a lung artery.
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Asthma Linked to Increased Risk of Dangerous Lung Blockage – Health News
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WEDNESDAY, Dec. 19 (HealthDay News) — People with asthma are at increased risk for the dangerous, sometimes deadly lung condition called pulmonary embolism, according to new research. A pulmonary embolism refers to blockage of a lung artery.
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IVF Associated With Increased Risk for Childhood Asthma – Medscape


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IVF Associated With Increased Risk for Childhood Asthma
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Children who were born after a prolonged time to conception are more likely to be diagnosed with asthma, experience wheezing in the last year, and be prescribed anti-asthmatic medication. This association is particularly true for children born after
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Cockroaches Linked to Increased Asthma and Allergy Attacks – MarketWatch (press release)

Cockroaches Linked to Increased Asthma and Allergy Attacks
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FAIRFAX, Va., May 14, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — In recognition of National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month, celebrated in May, the National Pest Management Association (NPMA) is reminding people that cockroaches can trigger asthma and allergy attacks,

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Bacteria in sputum of stable severe asthma and increased airway wall thickness – 7thSpace Interactive (press release)

Bacteria in sputum of stable severe asthma and increased airway wall thickness
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Patients with chronic asthma have thicker intrapulmonary airways measured on high resolution computed tomography (HRCT). We determined whether the presence of lower airway bacteria was associated with increased airway wall thickness.

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High co-pays linked to increased health risks for kids with asthma – MinnPost.com

High co-pays linked to increased health risks for kids with asthma
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By Susan Perry | 10:03 am High co-pays can prevent asthmatic children from getting the treatment they need to control the condition. When parents have high health-insurance co-pays, their school-age children with asthma are less likely to receive
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Asthma and Second Hand Smoke

Press reports reflect that new studies suggests kids who live with a smoker are more likely to wheeze or get asthma, providing more evidence for the link between secondhand smoke and breathing problems.

Researchers found that the biggest effect on wheeze and asthma symptoms was seen in babies and toddlers whose moms smoked while they were pregnant or soon after kids were born.

The findings don’t prove that secondhand smoke caused kids to get asthma, but they add to other research suggesting smoke exposure may trigger respiratory problems in youngsters, researchers said.

“What this really clearly demonstrates is that the research and data documenting the adverse effects of tobacco smoke exposure on children’s asthma is very strong,” said Dr. Harold J. Farber, who studies smoking exposure and asthma at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston.

He said kids’ lungs may be weaker when they’re exposed to smoke in the womb, and asthma drugs may not work as well in those children.

“Eliminating our children’s tobacco exposure has got to be a critical public health priority,” Farber, who wasn’t involved in the report, told Reuters Health.

Researchers from the UK analyzed more than 70 studies published between 1997 and 2011, all of which asked about smoking by parents or other household members and then tracked which kids were diagnosed with wheezing or asthma going forward.

Those studies showed that when moms smoked while they were pregnant, their kids were 28 to 52 percent more likely to wheeze, depending on the age they were assessed. The effect on asthma symptoms was greatest in babies and toddlers, who were 85 percent more likely to have asthma if they were exposed to smoke in the womb.

When moms or non-parent household members smoked, kids had up to a 70 percent higher chance of wheezing through age four, but the link to full-on asthma was less clear. The effect of maternal smoking was weakest in kids age five to 18.

There was limited data on how smoking by dads affected kids’ chances of wheezing or getting asthma, according to findings published Monday in Pediatrics.

Tricia McKeever from the University of Nottingham and her colleagues said their findings suggest that secondhand smoke has more of an influence on wheeze and asthma than researchers had previously estimated.

“Before, (secondhand smoke) was known as triggering an attack or exacerbating asthma,” said Geoffrey Fong, a tobacco researcher from the University of Waterloo in Canada.

“This study shows that secondhand smoke may cause the development of asthma,” and not just trigger attacks in kids who already have it, said Fong, who wasn’t involved in the new study.

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Asthma risk increased by common antibiotic: Canadian research
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By Margaret Munro, Postmedia News March 16, 2012 The antibiotic vancomycin, when used early in life, can increase the incidence and severity of "allergic" asthma, the common form of the disease triggered by things such as pollen, mites or molds,
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