http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (HealthDay)—A program to administer asthma medication each day to urban children with asthma reduces symptoms and is cost-effective, according to research published online Feb. 11 in Pediatrics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-urban-school-based-asthma-treatment-cost-effective.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:50:01 EST news279891921 An allergic reaction to cockroaches is a major contributor to asthma in urban children, but new research suggests that the insects are just one part of a more complex story. Very early exposure to certain components of air pollution can increase the risk of developing a cockroach allergy by age 7 and children with a common mutation in a gene called GSTM may be especially vulnerable. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-air-pollution-primes-children-asthma-related.html Immunology Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:20:02 EST news279307574 "Off label" drugs are medications that have not been tested for safety or efficacy for a specific patient age or condition. New research presented Oct. 21 at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference and Exhibition in New Orleans found that off-label treatments were ordered for 96 percent of all pediatric patients, and 100 percent of patients ages 13-17, in the intensive care unit of an urban children's hospital. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-off-label-medications-pediatric-intensive-patients.html Medications Sun, 21 Oct 2012 05:25:05 EST news270015752 (HealthDay) -- Missed sleep may contribute to asthma morbidity in urban children, according to a study published in the July issue of the Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-contribute-asthma-morbidity.html Immunology Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:50:02 EST news261751249 More than 75 percent of fourth-graders in urban and rural settings have measurable levels of a nicotine breakdown product in their saliva that documents their second-hand smoke exposure, researchers report. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-majority-fourth-graders-exposed.html Health Thu, 22 Mar 2012 05:16:02 EST news251612155