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Secondhand smoke in bars, restaurants increases asthma, cancer risk
Medical Xpress The results were published in the journal Tobacco Control in a paper titled, "Assessment of risk for asthma initiation and cancer and heart disease deaths among patrons and servers due to secondhand smoke exposure in restaurants and bars.". |
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Temperature increases drive asthma suffering
Mail & Guardian Online Asthma is one of the biggest afflictions that humans have had to face with urbanisation and industrialisation. At the turn of the 20th century it was relatively unheard of. But now it is an epidemic. The World Health Organisation said 300-million … |
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Exposure to traffic pollution increases asthma severity in pregnant women
EurekAlert (press release) ATS 2013, PHILADELPHIA ? Air pollutants from traffic are associated with increased asthma severity levels in pregnant asthmatic women, according to a new study. "Air pollution is a known trigger for asthma symptoms," said lead author Janneane Gent … |
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Exposure to traffic pollution increases asthma severity in pregnant women
Medical Xpress "Air pollution is a known trigger for asthma symptoms," said lead author Janneane Gent, PhD, Research Scientist in Epidemiology (Environmental Health) at the Yale School of Public Health. "In our study, exposures were assessed using a sophisticated air … |
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Genetic Variant Increases Asthma Risk in Children With Human Rhinovirus
Monthly Prescribing Reference Minal Caliskan, from University of Chicago, and colleagues genotyped the 17q21 locus. Associations between asthma and HRV and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) wheezing illness were assessed. Both unstimulated and HRV-stimulated peripheral-blood … |
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Maternal Obesity Increases Risk Of Wheezing In Babies And Possibly Asthma
Albany Tribune Researchers from the Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL) assessed whether obesity in mothers increases the risk of their children having frequent wheezing, a symptom associated with susceptibility to asthma during infancy that … |
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 Mother Nature Network |
Living near equator likely increases allergy and asthma risk
Mother Nature Network The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 235 million people globally suffer from asthma, the most common chronic disease among children. Contrary to popular belief, asthma is not just a health concern for high-income countries. It strikes … Report: Living Near Equator Hikes Allergy and Asthma Risk Geographic Factors Can Cause Allergies, Asthma: People Living Close to the … People living close to equator more likely to have asthma, allergies |
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Asthma attack risk increases after stopping low-dose corticosteroids
News-Medical.net Patients with stable asthma who stop using low-dose inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) are at a significantly increased risk for exacerbations over the following 6 months, show results from a systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies … |
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 Medill Reports: Chicago |
Air quality improves, asthma increases: An EPA mystery
Medill Reports: Chicago The number of children exposed to tobacco smoke and hazardous air pollutants has decreased, but national asthma rates have increased, according to the third edition of “America's Children and the Environment,” released by the Environmental Protection … Mixed Results in New EPA Report on Toxins and Children |
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Fast food increases asthma, eczema risk in children
Press TV The study indicated that children in their early teens who ate three or more weekly servings of fast food had a 39% increased risk of severe asthma while those kids at the age of six and seven had a 27% increased risk, according to Thorax journal. Take-aways linked to asthma, eczema Bad Food is BAD |
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