Topic: European Respiratory Society

'Telemonitoring' may not help with severe asthma

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A device that allows doctors to remotely monitor children with poorly controlled asthma may not help reduce serious asthma attacks, a small study finds.The study, reported in the European Respiratory Journal, included 45 French children with poorly ...

Parents underestimate kids' asthma symptoms

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Parents of kids with asthma don't always realize when their children's treatment is inadequate, a new drugmaker-funded survey suggests.While more than seven out of every 10 parents interviewed described their child's asthma as "mild" or "intermittent," the ...

Incense burning tied to asthma risk in some kids

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children from homes with regular incense burning have a higher risk of developing asthma, according to a Taiwanese study that hints a particular gene variant could be involved.Among nearly 3,800 middle-school children, researchers found three percent had ...

Dogs plus pollutants may raise asthma risk in kids

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Kids who grow up with a dog in the house may be at higher risk of developing asthma if they're also exposed to secondhand smoke or nitrogen dioxide, new research shows.Children exposed to the toxic gas and ...

Dust, fumes harm many asthmatic workers' breathing

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Exposure to certain substances on the job is a major contributor to asthma attacks, a new analysis of European data shows.Overall, the researchers estimate that work-related exposures to gases, dust, fumes and other substances account for 15 ...
The American Thoracic Society (ATS) and European Respiratory Society (ERS) have issued a comprehensive series of recommendations to standardize asthma definitions and end points for use in clinical trials and practice. The task force produced "An Official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society ...

Pesticides can 'double' the risk of asthma

Last week, an official report showed 2 per cent of food sold in Britain contains illegal levels of chemical pesticides. The study of 20,000 American farmers was presented yesterday at the European Respiratory Society's annual congress in Stockholm. Farmers in Iowa and ...