SAGE Open Medicine Volume 8: 1–11 Brian S Hooker First Published May 27, 2020 Abstract Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the health of vaccinated versus unvaccinated pediatric populations. Methods: Using data from three medical practices in the United States with children born between November 2005 and June 2015, vaccinated children were compared […]
BMJ Open — Al-Zalabani AH, Elahi IN, Katib A, et al. | October 28, 2019 Researchers performed a meta-analysis and systematic review investigating the correlation between consumption of soft drinks and asthma prevalence among adults and children. Searching Medline, Scopus, ISI Web of Science and the Cochrane Library up to December 2018, they included 19 […]
Antibiotics play an important role in medicine, but as you may already know, the CDC states that they are frequently overused: up to 50% of antibiotic prescriptions are not optimal or effective.1 Systemic effects are particularly dramatic when antibiotics are given to infants, and research suggests that the effects of antibiotics on the pediatric microbiome […]
January 24, 2018 Pediatrics TAKE-HOME MESSAGE The authors of this systematic review of eight population-based studies evaluated the association between use of acid-suppressive drugs in pregnancy and the risk of childhood asthma in the offspring. The relative risk of asthma in childhood was 1.45 for those using acid-suppressive drugs in pregnancy compared with no use […]
Higher intake during pregnancy, in early childhood associated with childhood asthma development FRIDAY, Dec. 8, 2017 (HealthDay News) — Increased maternal prenatal and early childhood intake of sugar-sweetened beverages and fructose is associated with increased odds of developing childhood asthma, according to a study published online Dec. 8 in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society. […]
May 03, 2017 TUESDAY, May 2, 2017 (HealthDay News) — Thunderstorms can trigger asthma outbreaks, according to a study published online April 13 in the Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. For example, a 2016 thunderstorm asthma outbreak in Australia occurred when high grass pollen concentrations were dispersed by strong winds. This resulted in multiple […]
by Alexandria Bachert Staff Writer, MedPage Today October 31, 2016 All children with persistent asthma symptoms should be tested for indoor allergens and pollutants, such as dust mites and second-hand cigarette smoke, suggested a new clinical report from the American Academy of Pediatrics. Awareness of specific triggers could help pediatricians to create individually tailored environmental […]
Written by Honor Whiteman Published: Wednesday 7 September 2016 In the United States, around 17.7 million adults and 6.3 million children are living with asthma – a respiratory condition caused by inflammation and obstruction of the airways. While the underlying causes of asthma remain unclear, symptoms of asthma – such as wheezing, shortness of breath, coughing, […]
Written by Honor Whiteman Published: Monday 5 September 2016 Asthma is estimated to affect around 8.6 percent of children and adolescents in the United States, making it one of the most common chronic childhood diseases. Asthma symptoms are the same for children as for adults; these include wheezing, coughing, breathing problems, and chest tightness. However, […]
02.10.2016 More asthma seen in children whose mothers lived near highways by Salynn Boyles Contributing Writer Babies born to mothers exposed to air pollution from traffic sources had an increased risk for developing asthma during their first 5 years of life, according to a study of Canadian children followed from birth. In one of the […]
DAVIDPERLMUTTER So much has been written in scientific journals recently about how the loss of microbes in the gut, especially earlier in life, affects the immune system. For example, researcher Marsha Wills-Karp, at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, recently revealed how early life exposure to antibiotics is associated with a substantial increased risk […]
J Asthma. 2015 Mar;52(2):191-7. doi: 10.3109/02770903.2014.954290. Epub 2014 Aug 27. Nikita A Kuznetsov 1, Christina M Luberto, Kimberly Avallone, Kristen Kraemer, Alison C McLeish, Michael A Riley PMID: 25134786 DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2014.954290 Abstract Objective: We investigated whether young adults with asthma have impaired balance and whether this impairment is related to altered musculoskeletal function and/or psychological […]
2/26/15 by Charles Bankhead Staff Writer, MedPage Today Action Points Note that this study was published as an abstract and presented at a conference. These data and conclusions should be considered to be preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal. The risk of mid-childhood asthma increased with both maternal fructose intake in pregnancy and child’s […]
December 9, 2014 People born by C-section, more often suffer from chronic disorders such as asthma, rheumatism, allergies, bowel disorders, and leukaemia than people born naturally. Babies who enter the world through a Caesarean delivery face much greater risks of developing a range of chronic immune disorders caused by defects in the immune system, compared […]
PracticeUpdate Editorial Team, 2014 Nov 07 November 7, 2014 – Atlanta – Childhood obesity and severe persistent difficult-to-control (FTC) asthma are significantly associated. This conclusion was presented at the 2014 American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) Annual Scientific Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, from November 6 to 10. Yasmin Hamzavi Abedi, MD, of Eastern […]
September 11, 2014 Frontline Medical News Babies who slept on animal skins during their first 3 months of life were almost 40% less likely to have asthma by the time they were 10 years old, according to a population-based cohort study. Sleeping on animal skins during infancy also was linked to lower odds of wheezing […]
By Janice Neumann August 19, 2014 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Asthma patients who received vitamin D supplements for six months, in addition to inhalers, could breathe a little easier than those who relied only on the inhalers, in a recent study in Iran. The researchers say the results – if confirmed by larger studies […]
Theoklis E. Zaoutis, MD, MSCE August 18, 2014 Story Source May Require Free Registration Hello. My name is Theo Zaoutis. I’m Chief of Infectious Diseases at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. I am here today to discuss antibiotic use as specifically related to a recent survey that was conducted by WebMD and Medscape in cooperation […]
Laurie Barclay, MD July 18, 2014 Inhaled corticosteroids may suppress growth in the first year of treatment in children with asthma, but lower doses may minimize the effects, according to findings of 2 systematic reviews published online July 17 in the Cochrane Library. Inhaled corticosteroids are the most effective drugs for asthma control, reducing asthma mortality, […]
Lavender essential oil inhalation suppresses allergic airway inflammation and mucous cell hyperplasia in a murine model of asthma Ueno-Iio T, Shibakura M, Yokota K, Aoe M, Hyoda T, Shinohata R, Kanehiro A, Tanimoto M, Kataoka M Life Sciences, Volume 108, Issue 2, 17 July 2014, Pages 109–115 ABSTRACT: AIMS: Lavender essential oil (Lvn) has been […]