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Does Asthma Affect Physical Development?
The lung is the main organ of the respiratory system and its main function is respiration (exchange of gases between the...
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How Are the Lungs Affected by Stress?
"You're just like everybody else... Pressure!" So sang Billy Joel in his 1982 hit. Joel also has asthma. Perhaps he didn't know... Read more »
12 Things That May Cause Asthma Near Birth
So what exactly causes asthma anyway? The truth is scientists still don't know for sure. Yet a growing stack of evidence suggests events... Read more »
Eczema May Be a Predictor of Adult Asthma
When it comes to allergic disease, or atopy as the scientists like to call it, there are 3 main types of allergies that often go hand in... Read more »
Risk of Asthma in Infants and Toddlers that Wheeze
New Asthma NIH guidelines recommend early intervention in controlling inflammation associated with asthma. Inhaled steroids are... Read more »
Third-World Countries -- And Fewer Kids with Asthma
A global research study known as the International Study of Asthma and Allergy in Childhood, or ISAAC for short, published surprising... Read more »
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Living Near Railroad Crossings, Highways Affect Asthma
Kids who live near highways or railroad crossings are more likely to develop asthma than their more rural peers, Mayo Clinic researchers say.... Read more »
The Doubting Thomas Asthmatic: Adults Newly Diagnosed With Ast...
Asthma is often believed to be a children's disease that you either outgrow as an adult or never develop once you're an adult. But that is not the... Read more »
Poverty may worsen asthma
Being poor may alter the genes that cause asthma, a new study has found. Researchers studied immune system cells in 31 children who had asthma. Half... Read more »
Low Birth Weight May Affect Lung Health
Adults who were born weighing less than 5.5 pounds appear to be more likely to develop asthma later in life. A study of 627 Chinese men and women... Read more »
Inner-City Children and Asthma: Asthma Triggers to Avoid
Asthma Fast Facts: Over 9 million U.S. children under 18 years of age (13%) have ever been diagnosed with asthma, and 6.5 million children... Read more »
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