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A new scientific study conducted in Europe has pointed out the fact that warm and humid days are very likely to trigger a spike in hospital admissions for people suffering from a wide range of respiratory diseases. The researchers in charge of the investigation, who have published their results in the American Journa... |
4 March 2009
06:58 GMT |
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More and more children in developed countries throughout the world are beginning to exhibit symptoms of asthma on account of high amounts of indoor particulate matter pollution, a factor that has received very little attention from health experts over the years. Now, a new study carried out on children in Baltimore, ... |
20 February 2009
14:31 GMT |
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The school district of Oakland, in California, was the host of a large school program over the past three years, aimed squarely at making children with asthma more aware of their condition and more capable of taking care of themselves. University of Wisconsin (UW) scientist Sheryl Magzamen, PhD, was behind the new st... |
4 December 2008
03:17 GMT |
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A new scientific study concluded that people with asthma could benefit a great deal from a pneumococcal vaccine, as this would greatly reduce their chances of developing various affections related to S. Pneumoniae, including pneumonia, acute sinusitis, meningitis, septic arthritis, peritonitis, cellulites, and brain ... |
3 December 2008
05:53 GMT |
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Following a recently published Norwegian research, which found a moderate connection between C-section births and asthma, the new Swiss study proved that the two were indeed tightly linked, especially if the parents were both highly allergic to various pathogens or had had an asthma history in the past. The respirato... |
2 December 2008
06:26 GMT |
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This natural weakness that babies born in autumn display to asthma is apparently caused by the fact that they are only 3 to 4 months old during the peak of the flu and cold season, which starts in late October. In an underdeveloped immune system, such as that of newborns, this disease can cause proneness to this seve... |
21 November 2008
19:01 GMT |
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Premiere study links diesel fumes to child health conditions for the first time, after Mexican researchers at the Institute Nacional de Sauld Publica conducted a survey of some 147 asthmatic test subjects in Mexico City, aged 6 through 14. The results of the analysis showed that toxic fumes, generated by traffic poll... |
14 November 2008
04:53 GMT |
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Recent scientific studies showed that the human rhinovirus (HRV) is not the determining cause of sneezes, runny noses and other cold-related symptoms. In fact, the virus triggers an immune response throughout the body, which causes these reactions. After HRV sets in, it starts rewriting some genes that regulate the p... |
24 October 2008
10:28 GMT |
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Asthma is a chronic condition of the respiratory system which manifests a rapidly increasing prevalence in the developed world. Indeed, one in four urban children in modern developed societies is suffering from this disease, which involves an inflammation of the airways in response to a number of external triggers su... |
30 May 2008
03:35 GMT |
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Allergy is the most common chronic disease in Europe, where the latest statistical data show that about 80 million adults suffer from some form of allergy, and there's a good chance that by 2015, that number will double. The trouble with allergies is that they can become present in a thousand different ways, app... |
23 April 2008
04:36 GMT |
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Although air purifiers have well developed industry around them and are generally required by patients suffering of asthma and allergies, scientific studies often show that most of these devices are not working correctly, and can in fact cause more harm than good. It may seem obvious at first, but air inside a typica... |
22 April 2008
08:04 GMT |
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In an effort to relieve the city from pollen infestation, Beijing's female poplar trees will receive "sex change operations" in order to stop them from producing flying pollen. The air-borne pollen is overwhelming the city, increasing and worsening allergy and asthma problems amongst Beijing citizens. The techni... |
30 April 2007
06:13 GMT |
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