Asthma

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Early life antibiotic increases risk of asthma: providing clues to a potential prevention adult asthma

Early exposure to antibiotics can trigger long term susceptibility to asthma, according to new research from Monash University. Importantly the…

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Extreme heat associated with children’s asthma hospital visits

For children seeking care at a California urban pediatric health center, extreme heat events were associated with increased asthma hospital…

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Some asthma inhalers emit greenhouse gases. But can patients afford to switch? : Shots

Miguel Divo shows his patient, Joel Rubinstein, a dry powder inhaler. It’s an alternative to some puff inhalers that emit…

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Politics

‘Rat bites and chronic asthma’: schools on frontline of UK housing crisis | Poverty

Some children living in dire housing conditions have been woken up by chesty coughs caused by damp, others by the…

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Health

Discovery of how limiting damage from an asthma attack could stop disease

Scientists at King’s College London have discovered a new cause for asthma that sparks hope for treatment that could prevent…

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Health

Multiple air pollutants linked to asthma symptoms in children

Exposure to several combinations of toxic atmospheric pollutants may be triggering asthma symptoms among children, a recent analysis suggests. The…

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Health

Thunderstorm Asthma Could Strike More Often With Climate Change

March 5, 2024 — Thunderstorm asthma can strike with little warning, leaving people with the symptoms of an asthma attack…

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Environment

Asthma emergency admissions plunged as lockdown improved air, Oxford study finds | Air pollution

A new study in Oxford has found that emergency hospital admissions for asthma dropped by 41% in 2020 as air…

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Asthma portrayals on screens are problematic. It’s time for change.

What do you see when you think of a character with asthma on screen? Is it a young nerdy boy…

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