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 Study Says Softening Agent Used in PVC Floor Materials Increases Risk of Asthma and Allergies in Infants
Study Says Softening Agent Used in PVC Floor Materials Increases Risk of Asthma and Allergies in Infants
A new study has warned that a common softening agent used in PVC floors may enter an infant’s body either through breathing or ingestion, increasing the risk of asthma and allergies. A n... 
 Childhood Wheezing Not Linked to Viral Infections in Infancy
Childhood Wheezing Not Linked to Viral Infections in Infancy
A team of Dutch researchers has said that occurrence of wheezing in childhood is not linked with the number of viral infections during infancy. While viral illnesses with wheezing in inf... 
Study Links Asthma Medication With Heart Arrhythmias in Children, Young Adults
Study Links Asthma Medication With Heart Arrhythmias in Children, Young Adults
Use of inhaled anticholinergics (IACs) is linked with an increased risk of potentially dangerous heart arrhythmias among young asthma patients, revealed a study conducted by researchers at t... 

Exacerbation-Prone Asthma Phenotype’s Risk Aspects
Exacerbation-Prone Asthma Phenotype’s Risk Aspects
Numerous specific risk factors are linked to an exacerbation-prone phenotype of severe asthma, states a new study from researchers in Sweden. The results will be presented at the ATS 20... 
 Exercise may Reduce Asthma Risk
Exercise may Reduce Asthma Risk
Exercising could cut the risk of asthma symptoms and attacks, reveals study. Many people with asthma report avoiding exercise because they're afraid it could trigger symptoms includin... 
 Review: ICU Stays for Worst Asthma Drop 74 Percent
Review: ICU Stays for Worst Asthma Drop 74 Percent
Annual ICU admissions for life-threatening asthma have dropped 74 percent, a review of 30 years of cases in a San Antonio intensive care unit has found. The study, by UT Medicine San Ant... 
Relationship Between Asthma and Obesity
Relationship Between Asthma and Obesity
Mary Helen et al conducted a study to determine the association of asthma and obesity in children of different race and ethnicity. A population based cross sectional study was done ... 
Allergies and Asthma Probably Aggravated by Biodiversity Loss
Allergies and Asthma Probably Aggravated by Biodiversity Loss
Deteriorating biodiversity could be lending to the rise of asthma, allergies, and other chronic inflammatory diseases with people living in cities worldwide, suggests a Finnish study. Emergi... 
 Cell Critical to Treatment-resistant Asthma Identified
Cell Critical to Treatment-resistant Asthma Identified
In mice, a new type of cell that appears to be crucial to causing asthma symptoms has been discovered by U-M scientists. The researchers call the new cell type T2M, for type 2 myel... 
 Passive Smoking Worsens Asthma in Kids: Study
Passive Smoking Worsens Asthma in Kids: Study
Many asthmatic children harmed by secondhand smoke, reveals study. Results showed that 53 percent of children exposed to passive smoking were likely to make three or more visits to a p... 
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