Children's health
19 Oct 2007
Early Day Care Attendance may Protect Infants from Later Developing Asthma
Day care attendance early in life seems to protect infants and young children from later developing asthma, from the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (JACI). The study, “Influence of early day care exposure on total IgE levels through age 3 years” can be found in the Articles in Press…
Children's health
09 Oct 2007
Air Pollution Linked to Cardiovascular Risk Indices in Healthy Young Adults
Researchers in Taiwan have demonstrated for the first time that urban air pollution simultaneously affects key indicators of cardiovascular risk in young adults: inflammation, oxidative stress, coagulation and autonomic dysfunction. The study, which appeared in the second issue for August of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine,…
Children's health
09 Oct 2007
High Pollution Linked to Poor Lung Function Growth in Children in Mexico City
Children who are chronically exposed to higher levels of air pollution show marked deficiencies in lung growth and function, and not just short-term breathing problems, according to researchers in Mexico. “Our study revealed significant deficits in lung function growth in children with long-term exposure to air pollutants,” wrote Isabelle Romieu,…
Children's health
24 Sep 2007
Asthma Foundation of New South Wales
The Asthma Foundation of New South Wales is an asthma support group that provides education and helps people manage and understand asthma.
Children's health
21 Sep 2007
Steroids Not Effective in Treating Childhood Lower Respiratory Infections
The use of steroid medication to treat bronchiolitis – a common viral lower respiratory infection in infants – does not prevent hospitalization or improve their respiratory symptoms, according to a study published in the July 26 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine. The findings by the Pediatric Emergency…
Children's health
14 Sep 2007
Girls who Begin Dieting Twice as Likely to Start Smoking
Starting to diet seems to double the odds a teenage girl will begin smoking, a University of Florida study has found. UF researchers, who analysed the dieting and smoking practices of 8,000 adolescents, did not find the same link in boys, who were also less likely than girls to diet,…
Children's health
28 Aug 2007
New ‘Asthma Gene’ Could Lead to New Therapies
A gene that is strongly associated with a risk of developing childhood onset asthma was identified by an international team of scientists, whose findings are published in the journal Nature. In a genetic study of more than 2,000 children, scientists from the University of Michigan and colleagues from London, France…
Children's health
28 Aug 2007
Young Smokers Want to Quit, But Don’t Seek Proven Treatment
Despite tried and true methods to quit smoking, young adults do not take advantage of these proven smoking cessation treatments that can double their chances of quitting, University of Illinois at Chicago public health researchers report. The research is published online and will appear in the August issue of the…
Children's health
24 Aug 2007
Teen Diets Can Hurt Their Lungs
For most teenagers in the United States and Canada, fish and fruit are not high on their delicious list. Also, many of them – about 20 percent of those under 18 – cough, wheeze, and suffer from asthma and bronchitis. Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) have…
