Special camps help kids with asthma cope
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NEW YORK  - Attending a special asthma camp can help children improve their asthma management skills, a new study shows. However, more than one third of the children still had poorly controlled asthma, despite being under a doctor's care.
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NEW YORK  - Inner-city families can help  relieve children's asthma symptoms by making simple changes in  their homes. Such steps include using pillow covers that are  impermeable to dust mites, and air purifiers to get rid of  tobacco smoke, mold and cat or dog allergens, according to new  study findings.
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Traffic fumes are not the reason why people&#39;s asthma gets worse in the winter, say US scientists. Instead coughs and colds are to blame, according to their study of schoolchildren in Denver.
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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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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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Many desperate parents dealing with depressed or out-of-control kids have found that medication has helped bring some normalcy to family life.
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Asthma among children appears to have stabilised but allergies are still rising, according to research.
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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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TUESDAY, Jan. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Children born to mothers who have persistent depression or anxiety have an increased risk of developing asthma, new research suggests.
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Stress caused by events such as moving, changes in family relationships and death can raise a child&#39;s risks for asthma attacks four-fold, according to a study in the latest issue of the journal Thorax.
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Experts looked at families&#39; use of a range of products such as bleach, paint stripper and carpet cleaners. Children born into the 10% of families which used these products the most were twice as likely to suffer from wheezing as those who used the least.
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NEW YORK  - Kids who spend less time during  their early years around pets and dust don't appear to have a  lower risk of developing asthma or respiratory problems, new  research reports.
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Asthma is thought to have many potential triggers Damp and mould-infested houses could be the cause of permanent asthma in children, say researchers.Comment
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Parents of children with asthma try hard to protect their youngsters but often overlook the most important measures, including banning smoking in the house and shutting windows to keep pollen out, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
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A few lucky people in need of a break from their stress got a chance at some unconventional therapy.
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If doctors hope to improve asthma symptoms in the 6 million U.S. children with the disease, they may first want to have a chat with their parents, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
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Children with both asthma and hay fever (allergic rhinitis) incur greater asthma drug costs and are hospitalized more often than similar children who have just asthma, according to a new report.