ER starts asthmatic children on right path, study finds
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When children with asthma are  seen in the emergency room, the doctors there can at least  start them on maintenance medication that can help prevent  future flare-ups, according to a report in the medical journal  Pediatrics.
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NEW YORK  - Specific patient  characteristics may help guide doctors in selecting the asthma  medication most likely to lead to favorable responses in  children with mild-to-moderate persistent asthma, a team of  U.S. researchers reports.
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Watching a child struggle to breathe during an asthma attack is frightening for any parent. So it is only natural that most moms and dads will try just about anythingâincluding spending a lot of moneyâto keep an attack at bay.
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NEW YORK  - For children who need to go to  the ER because of a severe asthma attack, giving them an  intravenous infusion of magnesium sulphate along with  conventional medications provides an additional benefit, Hong  Kong doctors report.
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WEDNESDAY, Nov. 24 (HealthDayNews) -- Stress caused by events such as moving, changes in family relationships and death can raise a child's risks for asthma attacks four-fold, according to a study in the latest issue of the journal Thorax.
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There are no clear-cut answers to explain why the number of children suffering from asthma is on the rise around the world.
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MONDAY, Sept. 6 (HealthDayNews) -- Asthma symptoms and the need for emergency medications can be greatly reduced by using a &quot;planned-care method&quot; for asthma in children.
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NEW YORK  - Parents of children with asthma  may have good intentions, but they often miss the mark when  targeting triggers that set off their children's asthma,  researchers report.
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Air fresheners, furniture polish and household cleaners may increase the risk of asthma in young children, a study has found. Those exposed to fumes from common domestic products
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With the start of the school year, parents need to take steps to protect their children from allergy and asthma triggers they may encounter at school.
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NEW YORK  - More adults, especially women, are smoking these days and their secondhand smoke may be contributing to the asthma epidemic among children in the United States, results of a study suggest.
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Parents striving to keep a spotless house may unwittingly trigger asthma in their children. Toddlers exposed to fumes from solvents and cleaning products at home are most at risk, a recent Australian study reveals.
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NEW YORK  - The use of commonly prescribed "broad-spectrum" antibiotics, which destroy a wide range of bacteria, during infancy may raise the risk of asthma later in childhood, according to a Canadian report in the journal Chest.
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More U.S. children are seeing  doctors for asthma, although already-low death rates from the  condition have fallen even more, according to statistics from  the Centers from Disease Control and Prevention released on  Tuesday.
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Air fresheners, furniture polish and household cleaners appear to increase the risk of asthma in young children, a study has found.
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MONDAY, Jan. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Some 7,000 American children under the age of 11 are treated each year in hospital emergency rooms because of problems with cough and cold medications, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Monday.
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More adults, especially women,  are smoking these days and their secondhand smoke may be  contributing to the asthma epidemic among children in the  United States, results of a study suggest.