asthma

Analysis Finds No Singulair, Suicide Link

WebMD Health  Fri, 09/05/2008 - 13:45

A new analysis by the American Lung Association does not support a link between the asthma and allergy drug Singulair and depression and suicide.


 

Lower Weight Equals Lower Symptom Burden in Asthma

MedPage Today Allergy & Immunology  Thu, 09/04/2008 - 10:28

PORTLAND, Ore. (MedPage Today) -- Obesity appears to worsen asthma symptoms and their impact on patients' lives, researchers here said.


 

Childhood Asthma Linked to Sexual and Physical Abuse

MedPage Today Emergency Medicine  Tue, 09/02/2008 - 11:27

BOSTON (MedPage Today) -- Physical or sexual abuse may more than double the odds of a child having asthma, according to a study of children in Puerto Rico.


 

Farm pregnancy 'cuts asthma risk'

BBC News | Health | World Edition  Sat, 08/30/2008 - 17:58

Living on a farm while pregnant may help cut the chance of the child developing asthma, eczema and even hayfever, say scientists.


 

Boys 'grow out of child asthma'

BBC News | Health | World Edition  Fri, 08/15/2008 - 18:00

Boys are more likely than girls to grow out of childhood asthma when they hit their teenage years, research shows.


 

Asthma Hospitalization Among Children Holds Steady

MedPage Today Allergy & Immunology  Fri, 08/15/2008 - 13:19

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- With some interim ups and downs, the number of U.S. children hospitalized for asthma has remained relatively steady for a decade, according to an analysis by the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality.


 

Boys More Likely to Outgrow Asthma

WebMD Health  Fri, 08/15/2008 - 11:30

New research may offer insight into key differences in asthma progression between males and females.


 

Boys 'Outgrow' Asthma More Often than Girls

MedPage Today Allergy & Immunology  Fri, 08/15/2008 - 10:34

BOSTON -- Asthma prevalence begins to switch genders at the onset of puberty, when the condition becomes more common in girls, researchers here said.


 

Asthma in boys may be just a phase, but for girls it may be ther...

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Thu, 08/14/2008 - 23:00

(American Thoracic Society) Boys may be more apt than girls to have childhood asthma, but, when compared to girls, they are also more likely to grow out of it in adolescence and have a decreased incidence of asthma in the post-pubertal years.


 

Global Warming May Up Allergies, Asthma

WebMD Health  Tue, 08/05/2008 - 15:30

Global warming will likely worsen allergies by boosting plants and pollen, and also increase asthma through bad air, a new research review shows.