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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. ...

Pediatrics created Feb 19, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Nov 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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 ...

Pediatrics created Nov 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...

Health created Oct 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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.

Immunology created Sep 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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.

Health created Aug 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...

Health created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0