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Steroids ineffective in young children with wheeze

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research involving medical experts at The University of Nottingham has found that steroid tablets do not reduce the symptoms of virus-induced wheezing in pre-school children.


Research Finds New Cause of Ozone Wheezing and Potential Treatments

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created Feb 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Duke University Medical Center and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) discovered a cause of airway irritation and wheezing after exposure to ozone, a common ...





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Study reveals link among childhood allergies, asthma symptoms, and early life exposure to cats

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created May 20, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

A study released by researchers at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, shows that cat ownership may have a protective effect against the ...


Relatively low dietary intake of vitamins A and C boosts asthma risk

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created Apr 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A relatively low dietary intake of vitamins A and C boosts the risk of asthma, suggests a systematic analysis of the available evidence published ahead of print in the journal Thorax.


Wheezing and asthma in young children

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created Oct 07, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The diagnosis of asthma in a young child may well be more challenging to pediatricians than previously appreciated, according to a review of research and clinical experience literature by Howard Eigen, M.D., of the Indiana ...


'Hygiene hypothesis' challenged: Day care doubles early respiratory problems

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created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1

New research hints that the common belief that kids who go to daycare have lower rates of asthma and allergy later in life might be nothing more than wishful thinking. While young children in daycare definitely do get more ...


Study finds link between birth order and asthma symptoms

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created May 08, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Among four year-olds attending Head Start programs in New York City, those who had older siblings were more likely to experience respiratory symptoms including an episode of wheezing in the past year than those who were oldest ...


Bar workers who smoke also benefit from smoking ban

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created Feb 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

The health of bar workers, who actively smoke cigarettes, significantly improves after the introduction of a smoking ban, reveals research published ahead of print in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.


Consumption of nut products during pregnancy linked to increased asthma in children

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created Jul 15, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Expectant mothers who eat nuts or nut products like peanut butter daily during pregnancy increase their children's risk of developing asthma by more than 50 percent over women who rarely or never consume nut products during ...


Antibodies to cockroach and mouse proteins associated with asthma and allergies risk

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created Nov 13, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A study released by researchers at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health shows that developing antibodies to cockroach and mouse proteins ...


Oral steroids ineffective in the treatment of preschool virus-induced wheezing

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created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study from Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry has found that a common treatment for wheezing in preschool children is no more effective than a placebo.


Breastfed babies breathe better, except when mom has asthma

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created Nov 01, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When it comes to feeding babies, the old adage “breast is best” certainly holds true, with breastfed babies having less diarrhea and fewer ear infections and incidents of wheezing in early life. However, the positive effects ...



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