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 allergies, so any theory that one might cause the other makes sense. The question of the day is: Do allergies cause asthma?
I like to think so, and here's why:
1. Childhood-onset asthma is often allergic: About 70 percent of childhood onset asthma is associated with allergies. One cannot help but surmise that uncontrolled allergies...
Is it truly possible Tylenol (a.k.a. acetominophen) causes asthma? The evidence seems to be pointing in that direction. A stunning... Read more »
So much evidence links fat with asthma that some folks like to call it Fasthma. In fact, I was recently emailed this question: "What... Read more »
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 »
With asthma rates increasing, and pollution on the forefront of our minds, many of us like to blame pollution for the rise in asthma... Read more »
Just when I thought I had covered all the possible causes of asthma, now Reuters and MSNBC report mold might be another culprit. Surely... Read more »
Swimming has long been touted as good exercise for asthmatics, but a new study suggests swimming indoors may do more harm than good. Australian... 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 »
Frequent exposure to chlorine as a child may cause asthma, according to researchers from the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium. Children who... Read more »
Australian scientists say that the fatty Western-style diet may be responsible for the significant increase in worldwide asthma rates. Researchers... Read more »
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A mother who has a diet rich in folate, an important prenatal supplement, could increase the chance that her infant will suffer... Read more »
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