All Entries in the "ASTHMA" Category
Identifying Exercise-Induced Asthma and Tips for Management
Exercise-induced asthma or exercise-induced bronchospasm as it is also known is a kind of asthma that could be brought on only by exercise for some people and for others it could be brought on by exercise plus other factors. Since exercise is what can bring on an asthma attack, should one be condemned to a [...]
Kids Living on Farms Less Likely to Have Asthma
A new study published by the New England Journal of Medicine, has found that children who grow up on farms are less likely to have asthma, and the cause of this may be something unexpected – the bacteria that is likely to be found on farms! Children who grow up on farms are obviously going [...]
New Device to Help Predict Asthma Attacks
This is a newly developed hand held device the size of a cell phone that could offer asthma sufferers valuable warning before an asthma attack – it is a portable sensor that can predict an asthma attack a day before it actually occurs. The constricted airways and inflammation that characterize an asthma attack can often [...]
Recent Facts And Figures Relating To Asthma
Asthma is a widespread condition all over the world and is seen to be an increasing trend. A recently released report by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics has the following facts and figures relating to asthma – Close to 25 million people in the united states; which is a little over 8 percent [...]
Can Your Diet Protect You Against Asthma?
Researchers say that what you eat could well affect your as well as your children’s risk of having allergies and asthma. Though the findings are being called “too preliminary” to draw exact conclusions, diet could impact asthma and allergy risk. Though it is rather early to draw firm conclusions, zinc, vitamins A, D and E [...]
Can the Flu Infection Protect Against Asthma?
A recent study conducted on mice found that infection from the influenza virus could help protect against allergic asthma later in life. So in this sense, the virus was seen to have a preventive or protective impact on future asthma. A similar protective effects was seen to be imparted by treating mice with the bacterium [...]
Smoke Free Laws of real Benefit for Asthma sufferers
Though many may scoff at and deny benefits that accrue from smoking bans, there is evidence to suggest that they can be of very real benefit, particularly for kids with asthma according to this Reuters report. Though earlier the study of the impact of smoking bans was mostly confined to adults, a new study examined [...]
Coffee and Asthma – What is the Connection?
Scientists have wondered how coffee might offer some benefit to asthma sufferers and now it would seem that there is something in the chemical structure of coffee that could help asthma sufferers. The chemical structure of coffee resembles theophylline, which is common medication for asthma sufferers. This medication helps to ease the airways and symptoms [...]
Use Of Paracetamol During Pregnancy Ups Asthma Risk
UK scientists have unearthed a link between paracetamol use and asthma risk, saying that the antioxidant genes of the mothers and child impacts the way that paracetamol use can impact future health of a child. In the study, 14,000 children were studied from their pregnancy until their 8th year of life by a team led [...]
Organic Compounds Bad, Swimming Good For Asthma
According to a scientific study, children whose sleep areas that have fumes of solvents and water based paints are four times more likely to have asthma or allergies. In a recent study, researchers measured the impact of certain compounds; propylene glycol and glycol ethers, known as PGEs on kids. It was found that the kids, [...]
