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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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.
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A link between young children being exposed to some cleaning products and developing asthma in later life has been suggested by researchers.
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New research shows that teenagers who grow up in heavy air pollution have reduced lung capacity, putting them at risk for illness and premature death.
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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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Inhaling a salt-water aerosol, a treatment often used for asthma, may also reduce the spread of germs that can spread disease, according to a new report.
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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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AIR fresheners and aerosols may make homes unhealthier, research has suggested. Children and their mothers suffered more ill health in homes where these products were in daily use, the University
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Asthma rates among UK children have quadrupled since the 1970s and more than doubled in the past decade, according to a study published on Wednesday.
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Growing evidence suggests that pollutants in car exhaust may trigger heart attacks
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Exposure to air pollution, even in the womb, may be linked to genetic changes associated with an increased risk of cancer, researchers said.
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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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A new study unexpectedly found that air pollution has a minimal effect on children with asthma, but a researcher involved in the project said more work needs to be done.
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Exposure to fumes emitted by cleaning products in the home could cause asthma in children, a study published Thursday shows.
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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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Chemicals given off by household products may increase the risk of childhood asthma, a new Australian study has found, prompting questions about the adequacy of existing guidelines for indoor air quality.
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Mothers and their babies can be harmed by aerosols and air fresheners, says a study by researchers at Bristol University in the UK.