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50 year-old asthma study once again bound for Aberdeen school bags
Medical Xpress "Questions on asthma, eczema and hayfever were included in the questionnaire which went to pupils aged primary five to primary seven. Such conditions were thought to be relevant to education because in those days children with bad asthma were sent to … |
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Medical Daily |
Children's Asthma May Be Caused By The Pollution Their Mother Is Breathing
Medical Daily In order to shed more light on the relationship between pollution inhalation and asthma, researchers followed 430 children who were born to full term up until the age of seven, along with their mothers. Where each mother resided at the time of … Children's Asthma Linked to Air Pollution in 2nd Trimester: Study Study: Children's asthma linked to air pollution in 2nd trimester of pregnency |
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Intake of dietary methyl donors in the first trimester affects asthma risk in …
Medical Xpress "Evidence on the effects of dietary methyl donor intake on childhood asthma has been mixed," said lead author Michelle Trivedi, MD, Clinical Fellow in Pediatric Pulmonology at Massachusetts General Hospital for Children in Boston. "It has been … |
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Higher health insurance cost-sharing impacts asthma care for low-income kids
Medical Xpress Parents in low-income families were less likely to delay asthma care for their children or avoid taking their children to see a doctor is they had lower vs. higher levels of health insurance cost-sharing. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act … |
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Air pollution exposure in second trimester may increase asthma risk in children
Medical Xpress Children who are exposed in utero to high levels of particulate air pollution during the second trimester of pregnancy may be at greater risk of developing asthma in early childhood, according to a new study presented at the 2014 American Thoracic … |
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Asthma: vitamin D supplements 'do not improve symptoms or treatment'
Medical News Today Past research has suggested that for people with asthma, vitamin D may help reduce symptoms. But a new study published in JAMA finds that for asthmatics with low vitamin D levels, supplementation with the vitamin had no such effect. Asthma is a chronic … Vitamin D shown to have limited benefit for asthma Vitamin D Supplements May Not Help Ease Asthma Vitamin D has limited benefits in asthma treatment |
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Study finds limited benefit for vitamin D in asthma treatment
Medical Xpress Mario Castro, M.D., listens to the lungs of a patient with asthma. Castro led a clinical trial investigating the effects of vitamin D supplements on asthma control. Adding vitamin D to asthma treatment to improve breathing only appears to benefit … Vitamin D Supplements May Not Help Ease Asthma |
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Times of India |
Genetic variants may explain link between infant antibiotic use and asthma
Medical News Today But this latest study, conducted by researchers from the University of Manchester in the UK, is believed to be the first to show that it is not the antibiotics themselves that increase asthma risk for children, but impaired viral immunity and certain … Antibiotics might not be behind your kid's asthma Babies given antibiotics have higher asthma risk Early antibiotic use may cause asthma in children |
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Asthma: is it still seen as a 'minor' condition?
Medical News Today Asthma affects more than 25 million people in the US – surpassing the number of people with Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and cancer put together. But asthma is not as serious as these conditions, right? Wrong. Asthma kills 3,300 Americans … The Doctor Is In: Kids & Asthma Nearly 60% of children with asthma have at least one type of allergy Larry Jones: Learn more about asthma symptoms and treatment |
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Researchers discover molecule that could treat allergen-induced asthma
Medical News Today Asthma affects more than 25 million people in the US, with around 60% of these cases resulting from allergies. Now, researchers have discovered a molecule that they say could prevent symptoms triggered by allergen-induced asthma. The research team … Synthetic molecule thwarts asthma symptoms Researchers Discover Novel Molecule to Treat Asthma Novel Molecule Offers Hope for Asthma Sufferers |
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