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Childhood eczema predicts adult asthma
UPI.com MELBOURNE, April 15 (UPI) — Children who have eczema are at increased risk of suffering from allergic asthma, researchers in Australia found. Lead author Pamela Martin, a University of Melbourne doctoral student at the Murdoch Children Research … Children who have eczema with hay fever more likely to develop allergic asthma |
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Spring cleaning can reduce allergy trigger
UPI.com Cockroach allergens are a real problem in the spring and they have a much bigger impact on kids with asthma than either dust mites or pet dander, Gruchalla says. "Children who are allergic to cockroaches have more asthma symptoms and generally miss … |
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Asthma linked to smoking, nicotine
UPI.com CINCINNATI, March 30 (UPI) — A lifetime history of daily smoking and nicotine dependence can increase the risk of asthma, US researchers suggest. Alison McLeish of the University of Cincinnati, Jesse Cougle of Florida State University and Michael … Research explores link between asthma and smoking |
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Most children don't use inhalers correctly
UPI.com CHAPEL HILL, NC, March 29 (UPI) — Fewer than 10 percent of children with asthma use traditional inhalers correctly, but there is more success with newer inhalers, US researchers say. Betsy Sleath of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's … Study finds only 1 in 10 children with asthma use traditional inhalers correctly Few asthmatic children use inhalers the correct way |
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Written plans effective for asthma control
UPI.com MONTREAL, March 26 (UPI) — Researchers in Canada say two written action plans — one for after seeing the doctor and one for after hospital treatment — control asthma in children. Dr. Francine Ducharme of the University of Montreal's Department of … Written plan helps children deal with asthma: study |
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Asthma drug reduces seasonal asthma
UPI.com DALLAS, March 20 (UPI) — An anti-asthma medication dramatically reduced increases in seasonal asthma attacks in children and young adults with allergic asthma, a US researcher says. Study co-author Dr. Rebecca Gruchalla, chief of allergy and … |
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Salty snacks affect children with asthma
UPI.com 25 (UPI) — What a child eats may affect asthma symptoms, Greek nutrition experts confirm. Study leader Demosthenes Panagiotakos of Harokopio University in … |
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Asthma can lead to lung-function loss
UPI.com 20 (UPI) — US researchers caution severe asthma in children may lead to premature lung-function loss. Researchers at Atlanta's Emory University School of … Severe Asthma In Children Decreased Lung Function Later Children with severe asthma at risk of early loss of lung function Children With Severe Asthma Experience Premature Loss Of Lung Function During … |
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Allergy, asthma triggers lurk at the gym
UPI.com 30 (UPI) — The local gym may contain a number of allergy and asthma triggers, a US doctor warns. Dr. Myron Zitt, past president of the American College of … |
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Allergic? Dust often, with a mask
UPI.com 28 (UPI) — US allergy experts say indoor allergy and asthma triggers can include not only dust, pet dander and mold but noxious fumes from an attached … Leave Winter Allergy and Asthma Misery Out in the Cold Allergists Offer Tips … |
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