Avoiding high intake of sugary beverages during pregnancy and in early childhood could be one of several ways to reduce the risk of childhood asthma.
Women are More Vulnerable to Asthma Risk Compared to Men
Women are more likely to suffer from asthma than men because of the absence of testosterone.
Women are more likely to suffer from asthma than men because of the absence of testosterone.
‘Asthma can complicate other medical conditions. Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption during pregnancy may increase the risk of childhood asthma.’
The study, published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society, involved over 1,000 mother-child pairs in the US. After their first and second trimesters, mothers who participated in the study completed questionnaires about their food and beverage consumption, including regular soda and fruit drinks.
When their children reached early childhood (3.3 years), the mothers completed another questionnaire to report their children's consumption of a variety of foods and beverages, including regular sodas and fruit drinks.
Helminths Increase Risk of Allergy, Asthma in Humans
The intestinal worms that are usually found in animals but if found in humans, it increases the risk of allergies and asthma.
The intestinal worms that are usually found in animals but if found in humans, it increases the risk of allergies and asthma.
Mothers in the highest quartile of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption during pregnancy were 63 percent more likely than those in the lowest quartile to have mid-childhood-age kids with asthma, the findings showed.
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Trees May Reduce Asthma Attacks
Asthma attacks have been found to be reduced in tree-lined urban neighborhoods. Respiratory health improves with trees in very polluted urban neighborhoods.
Asthma attacks have been found to be reduced in tree-lined urban neighborhoods. Respiratory health improves with trees in very polluted urban neighborhoods.
Recent studies, they said, suggest that in addition to increasing asthma risk through obesity, fructose itself may cause inflammation in the lungs.
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Study Helps Predict Which Kid may Develop Asthma, Allergies
New finding from the Canadian CHILD Study will help doctors better predict which children will develop asthma and allergies.
New finding from the Canadian CHILD Study will help doctors better predict which children will develop asthma and allergies.
