http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. The health impact of indoor air pollution is a real environmental health issue, which is believed to have a bearing on respiratory conditions such as asthma. This has prompted a European study to take action. While outdoor pollution is often cited as the cause of many asthma related issues, indoor threats are also being addressed in the light of World Asthma Day. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-impact-indoor-air-pollution-europeans.html Health Tue, 07 May 2013 08:00:02 EST news287130134 Inexpensive, locally-produced ceramic cookstoves may produce less smoke than traditional indoor 3-stone firepits, but they don't significantly reduce indoor air pollution or the risk of pneumonia in young children, according to results from a small, year-long observational study by researchers working in rural Kenya. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-ceramic-indoor-cookstove-significantly-child.html Health Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:34:56 EST news274556088 (Medical Xpress)—Older women in the developing world are likely to see direct health benefits such as reductions in blood pressure in a relatively short amount of time once they switch to cleaner burning cookstoves, according to a study by Colorado State University environmental researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-cleaner-cookstoves-health-world.html Health Thu, 29 Nov 2012 08:00:16 EST news273397551 Marking the fourth annual World Pneumonia Day, November 12th, world leaders and the Global Coalition Against Child Pneumonia are calling for major efforts in the fight against childhood pneumonia, which remains the number one killer of children under age five. Pneumonia claimed 1.3 million lives in 2011 alone, and was responsible for nearly one in five global child deaths. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-pneumonia-killer-children-decline-global.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 12 Nov 2012 09:57:11 EST news271936622 (HealthDay) -- Turning on the exhaust fan above your kitchen stove and cooking on the back burners can reduce the amount of air pollution from gas stovetops and ovens, a new study says. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-exhaust-fan-gas-stove-pollution.html Health Thu, 26 Jul 2012 19:50:01 EST news262543365 An international effort to replace smoky, inefficient household stoves that people commonly use in lower and middle income countries with clean, affordable, fuel efficient stoves could save nearly 2 million lives each year, according to experts from the National Institutes of Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-world-stoves-contribute-million-deaths.html Health Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:00:12 EST news237732587