Topic: United States
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Dust blown from faraway deserts may accumulate in the air to levels great enough to contribute to children's asthma attacks, a new study suggests. It's well established that poor air quality can worsen symptoms in people with ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Children who eat three or more burgers a week may be at a higher risk of asthma and wheezing, but a healthy diet rich in fruit and fish seems to stave off the risk, according to a large international ...
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 ...
BOSTON (Reuters) - A defective gene appears to contribute to most cases of childhood asthma, a finding that could lead to a better understanding of allergies, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday. The gene may control some of the signaling in the immune ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An analysis of 19 studies provides additional evidence of increased asthma risk in children and adults given acetaminophen. The study's lead author told Reuters Health, while this type of study isn't the best way to prove that ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who are neurotic -- they tend to worry a lot and to have emotional ups and downs -- seem to be at increased risk of developing asthma, a new study hints. Those who suffer through a ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Black and Hispanic children with asthma are less likely than their white counterparts to be taking daily medication meant to prevent asthma attacks, a U.S. study shows. The findings, published in the medical journal Chest, suggest one ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Common asthma reliever drugs taken by millions of children around the world may increase the risk of asthma attacks in some patients with a particular genetic make-up, British scientists said on Tuesday. The researchers found that salbutamol, a popular ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who say their asthma gets worse when the weather changes are on to something, new research hints. Dr. Alan Baptist of the University of Michigan School of Medicine in Ann Arbor and his colleagues found that ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People's beliefs about the benefits and risks of their asthma medication may be key to their willingness to take it as directed, a new study finds. The study, published in the Annals of Asthma, Allergy & Immunology, ...
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