A Mediterranean diet– well known to protect your heart and decrease cancer risk– might just also improve your asthma. While there is no one Mediterranean diet, it can be thought of as a ‘cocktail’ containing the following key components:
Generous amounts of fruits and vegetables
Healthy fats such as olive oil
Non-salt flavorings such as herbs and spices
Red…

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<p>A preliminary study by a New Zealand company, Plant &amp; Food Research,* shows that natural chemicals from blackcurrants may help breathing in some types of asthma.</p>
<p>Researchers found a compound from a New Zealand blackcurrant may reduce lung inflammation with a multi-action assault in allergy-induced asthma. The compound was found in laboratory experiments to enhance the…

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Pregnant women who take the popular painkiller acetaminophen (Acephen, Actamin, Feverall, Tylenol, and Uniserts) may be boosting their baby’s risk of asthma, according to a new report.
But the findings should not be cause for alarm, says study researcher Richard Beasley, MD, professor of medicine at the Medical Research Institute of New Zealand. “It is still…

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BPA, also known as bisphenol-A, is a chemical compound often used in the production of a large variety of plastics. The widespread use of BPA has come under public scrutiny due to known connection to a host of health problems, including heart complications, cancer, neurological issues, diabetes and fertility and sexual issues.
The chemical can be…

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When children or adolescents with asthma and their parents become overly anxious about the disorder, it may impair their ability to manage the asthma effectively. A new, effective tool to assess asthma-related anxiety is described in an article in Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonology, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert,…

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Antibacterial products containing Triclosan are found to put your health at risk and compromise the immune system’s ability to defend itself. People who are most exposed to Triclosan are more prone to increased allergies, asthma and overall weakened immune defenses, cites a new study from the School of Public Health at…

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A new survey suggests that the percentage of children with peanut allergies has more than tripled in just over a decade, although the actual number of kids thought to have the allergy is still small.
“These results show that there is an alarming increase in peanut allergies, consistent with a general, although less dramatic, rise in…

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A simple blood test can now predict whether newborn babies are at high risk of developing allergies as they grow older, thanks to research involving the University of Adelaide.
Professor Tony Ferrante, an immunologist from SA Pathology and the Children’s Research Centre at the University of Adelaide, says the new marker may be the most significant…

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Bacterial populations found in household dust may determine whether or not a child living in that home develops asthma, according to research published in the April 2010 issue of the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology.
Recent studies have shown household dust to be a source of highly diverse and abundant bacteria, yet it remains largely unexplored….

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Food allergies among children in the United States are on the rise, according to a study led by Amy M. Branum of the National Center for Health Statistics of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It found that almost 4%, or 3 million, children aged below 18 in the United States suffered food…

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