Asthma is an incurable disease that affects the lungs and makes it difficult to breath. The muscles within the bronchi spasm, causing tightening around the airways. As the airway narrows it makes it difficult to breathe especially breathe out. Asthma can affect all ages, from kids all the way to adulthood. There are two types…
Archive for February, 2011
Living Near Busy Roadways Ups Chances Of Allergic Asthma
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
An international team of lung experts has new evidence from a study in shantytowns near Lima, Peru, that teens living immediately next to a busy roadway have increased risk of allergies and asthma. The odds can go up by 30 percent for developing allergies to dust mites, pet hairs and mold, and can double for…
Diet May Be to Blame for Rise in Asthma Prevalence
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
The prevalence of asthma is increasing rapidly, and diet has emerged in the last 15 years as a possible culprit. Researchers explore the relationship between diet and asthma in two articles published in the February issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association.
Keith Allan and Graham Devereux, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Aberdeen…
Food-Allergic Children May Feel Unsafe In Schools
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
New research shows young people who have experienced life-threatening anaphylactic shock from specific food exposures have significantly different views of the risks associated with their allergies based on their age and can benefit from discussing their perceptions of the safety of their school environment in improving their ability to cope.
A rise in the perception of…
