Pollution 'may boost asthma risk'
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Traffic pollution may increase the risk of children developing asthma if they already have a genetic vulnerability.
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Living near a hazardous waste  site containing persistent pollutants such as dioxins,  polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and chlorinated pesticides,  seems to increase the risk of hospitalization for respiratory  infections and asthma in children, a study suggests.
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LONDON  - Ordinary household products like bleach, carpet cleaners and paint strippers can cause asthma in children. A study which followed more than 7,000 children since birth found that wheezing and
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Giving children antibiotics or paracetamol early in life may increase their risk of asthma, Massey health researchers say. They carried out a study involving more than 4000 children and found
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Children with asthma face quadruple the risk of an attack following stressful events in their lives, according to a study published on Wednesday in the journal Thorax.
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NEW YORK  - A smog-filled sky can make it hard to breathe, but air pollution in the home may also be hard on people with lung disease, researchers have found.
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Bleach, paint stripper and carpet cleaners used in the home can cause wheezing and asthma in children, research by the University of Bristol suggests today.
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If you thought that keeping your house super clean is safe enough to ward off asthma risk, a new research has revealed that bleach, paint stripper and carpet cleaners can trigger wheezing and asthma in children.
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Ordinary household products like bleach, carpet cleaners and paint strippers can cause asthma in children.
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FRIDAY, Dec. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Children with asthma who are exposed to traffic pollution are at increased risk for respiratory problems and reduced lung volumes, says a study that looked at children in the Mexican border town of Ciudad Juarez, a crossing point into the United States.
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Hong Kong's air pollution is causing  higher hospitalization of elderly patients with chronic  bronchitis, an academic study has found, and experts on Tuesday  called for urgent improvements in the city's air quality.
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THURSDAY, Sept. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Living next to heavy industry may boost lung cancer risk, suggests new research.
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Smoking during pregnancy is  known to raise a child's future asthma risk, but children with  a particular gene variation may be especially vulnerable, a  study published Tuesday suggests.
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Cold snaps and air pollution can  trigger heart deaths, and breathing dirty air day in and day  out may help heart disease develop in the first place,  researchers said on Sunday.
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An increase in smog sparks a small but measurable increase in deaths, scientists report today in a study showing the strongest link yet between smog and damage to health.
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A study on women suggests air pollution might significantly increase the risk of cardiovascular disease.
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Air pollution clearly causes immediate damage to the heart, including heart attacks, but its short-term effects on asthma and other respiratory symptoms are harder to document, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.