Just when I thought I had covered all the possible causes of asthma, now Reuters and MSNBC report mold might be another culprit. Surely we've had mold listed as an asthma trigger for years, yet new evidence shows exposure to mold may also cause asthma.
The study completed by researchers at Harvard Medical school researchers was published in the summer of 2010. These researchers believe mold and fungus in the home might be responsible for worsening asthma, and in some cases might even c...
I received a fancy air filter for a present last year. It has a mold attachment, a kind of light blub, which uses ozone to fry the mold... Read more »
While at the American Academy of Asthma Allergy & Immunolgy conference in Philadelphia, I attended a learning session with two mold... Read more »
One thing that I've realized by reading the works of various asthma writers is that there doesn't seem to be a consistent definition of a... Read more »
As far back as 400 B.C. Hippocrates observed that asthma tends to run in families. Starting in the 1990s scientists started discovering... Read more »
There is a raging debate as to whether or not allergies cause asthma. It's a proven fact that 70-85 percent of asthmatic children have... Read more »
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About 22 million Americans have asthma.GenderBefore puberty, asthma occurs more often in males, but after adolescence, it is more common in females.... Read more »
If you sneeze every time you visit the basement, or get wheezy after lying on your couch, new research suggests that taking a photo of the area may... Read more »
Molds... yuck! A fungus -- that's disgusting, right? And what does mold have to do with nasal allergies and asthma? The answer to that question is,... Read more »
Doc, I get sick every Christmas and end up missing a few days of work. I take my family out to pick a live tree the weekend after Thanksgiving every... Read more »
Poor housing conditions have already been linked to asthma, and now Finnish researchers say it may be the dampness in homes that's to blame. Mold... Read more »
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