Air Pollution Not Linked to Asthma Flares in Kids
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NEW YORK  - Ambient levels of air pollution  during the winter months are not associated with asthma  flare-ups in urban minority children with moderate-to-severe  disease, according to a report in Journal of Allergy and  Clinical Immunology for November.
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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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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, US researchers reported on Tuesday.
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Children experience fewer asthma problems when their homes are scrubbed, filtered, vacuumed, exterminated or otherwise protected from allergy triggers, a new study of inner-city kids in Dallas and six other US cities suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Many parents can't tell when a  child's asthma inhaler is empty, a study released Monday  suggests.
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Children with grass pollen allergy are prone to develop asthma. Now researchers have shown that seasonal allergy symptoms and the subsequent risk of asthma can be reduced with a type of immune therapy.
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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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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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NEW YORK  - 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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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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Following an asthma flare-up, children who are given inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) with a nebulizer are less likely to be re-hospitalized or need to go the ER than are their peers using steroids delivered by a non-nebulizer device, a new study shows.
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NEW YORK  - Young children who were exposed to cigarette smoke as babies may be more likely to suffer certain allergies, a new study suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Children who are not  exclusively breastfed during the first 6 months of infancy have  a higher risk of asthma and allergy, according to a report from  Australia.
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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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Parents who keep a clean house may unwittingly be developing asthma in their children, research suggests.
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Children who breathe heavily polluted air have stunted lung development compared with those exposed to cleaner air, a finding with worrisome implications for later lung and heart disease, according to a study released today.
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arents of children with asthma often try to rid their homes of the things that can set off wheezing or coughing spells: furry pets, dust mites, secondhand smoke and plant pollen.