Medical Xpress: PHYSorg news tagged with: wheeze http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Study suggests reduced lung function in infancy associated with wheeze later A study in Australia suggests that reduced lung function in infancy was associated with wheezing beyond childhood at 18 years of age, according to a report published Online First by JAMA Pediatrics, a JAMA Network publication. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-lung-function-infancy-wheeze.html Pediatrics Tue, 19 Feb 2013 03:34:45 EST news280467256 Link ID'd for introduction of fish, childhood wheeze (HealthDay)—The introduction of fish between the ages of 6 and 12 months, but not consumption afterward, correlates with a reduction in the risk of wheezing in children at age 48 months, according to a study published online Nov. 12 in Pediatrics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-link-idd-introduction-fish-childhood.html Pediatrics Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:40:01 EST news271960548 Smoking in cars produces harmful pollutants at levels above WHO indoor air quality standards Smoking during car journeys pumps harmful particulate matter into the indoor air space at levels that far exceed World Health Organization guidance—even when the windows are open or air conditioning is switched on—finds the largest study of its kind, in Tobacco Control. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-cars-pollutants-indoor-air-quality.html Health Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:30:04 EST news269515001 Exposure to common toxic substances could increase asthma symptoms Vienna, Austria: Children who are exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), which were commonly used in a range of industrial products, could be at risk of an increase in asthma symptoms, according to new research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-exposure-common-toxic-substances-asthma.html Immunology Sat, 01 Sep 2012 04:19:20 EST news265691923 Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of wheeze and asthma in preschool children Maternal smoking during pregnancy is associated with wheeze and asthma inpreschool children, even among children who were not exposed to maternal smoking late inpregnancy or after birth, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-pregnancy-wheeze-asthma-preschool-children.html Health Fri, 17 Aug 2012 00:20:01 EST news264352210 Viral infections in infancy are not associated with wheezing symptoms in later childhood The number of viral infections during infancy is not associated with wheezing later in childhood, according to a new study from researchers in the Netherlands. While viral illnesses with wheezing in infancy predicted wheezing later in childhood, this association was due in part to decreased neonatal lung function. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-viral-infections-infancy-wheezing-symptoms.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 23 May 2012 09:50:00 EST news256985384 Daily wheezing treatment no different from intermittent in toddlers (Medical Xpress) -- Pediatricians often treat young children who have frequent bouts of wheezing with a daily dose of an inhaled steroid to keep asthma symptoms at bay. But results of a recent study are likely to change that. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-daily-wheezing-treatment-intermittent-toddlers.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 24 Nov 2011 08:50:01 EST news241345863 Babies who eat fish before nine months are less likely to suffer pre-school wheeze Children who started eating fish before nine months of age are less likely to suffer from pre-school wheeze, but face a higher risk if they were treated with broad spectrum antibiotics in the first week of life or their mother took paracetamol during pregnancy. Those are the key findings from a large-scale Swedish study published in the December issue of Acta Paediatrica. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-babies-fish-months-pre-school-wheeze.html Health Tue, 22 Nov 2011 10:55:11 EST news241181703