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    Fear of having to go to the ER during a pandemic might have led kids with asthma to be more careful about regularly using their "controller" inhalers, researchers suspect. But that's likely only one factor in the decline in ER visits.
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    What Drove The Drop In Kids' Asthma ER Visits At A Boston Hospital During Lockdown?

    Jan 04, 2021
    Boston Children's Hospital saw a precipitous drop in cases during the spring shutdown, and the trend continues. Researchers are asking why — and what it would take to keep up the change post-pandemic.
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    Dr. J. Tod Olin at National Jewish Health in Denver treats patients with EILO, or for exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction. It's a breathing disorder that affects young athletes especially.
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    A Young Athlete's Breathing Problems Weren't Asthma. What Were They?

    Aug 26, 2020
    Young athletes — especially girls — can struggle with a breathing problem that appears to be asthma. The real cause of the problem is in the vocal cords.
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    Travis Hull says two of his four kids – including Talon, now a high school student – have asthma.
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    Students Want To Fix Air Quality For People With Asthma On The Yakama Reservation

    Mar 04, 2020
    Among Native Americans, asthma rates are high, and those with asthma end up in clinics more often, miss more school and work, and are more likely to die from the condition, according to the CDC.
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    Though complications from the flu can be deadly for people who are especially vulnerable, including pregnant women and their newborns, typically only about half of pregnant women get the needed vaccination, U.S. statistics show.
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    Get Your Flu Shot Now, Doctors Advise, Especially If You're Pregnant

    Oct 21, 2019
    Pregnant women and people with chronic health conditions such as asthma, diabetes and heart disease are particularly vulnerable to flu complications yet lag the elderly in getting vaccinated.
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    Among patients age 12 and older in a study of people with mild, persistent asthma, more than half did just as well, or better, on a placebo as they did on a steroid inhaler used twice per day to prevent symptoms.
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    Study Questions Mainstay Treatment For Mild Asthma

    Aug 26, 2019
    Many of the 26 million Americans with asthma use a low-dose steroid inhaler daily to prevent symptoms. But a recent study raises questions about this strategy for people with mild, persistent asthma.
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    An analysis of air quality and childhood asthma in Los Angeles found that kids' health improved when smog declined.
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    When LA's Air Got Better, Kids' Asthma Cases Dropped

    May 21, 2019
    New cases of asthma dropped dramatically in Los Angeles communities where air quality improved the most over 20 years. The results illustrate health benefits from pollution control.
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    Oily fish such as salmon, sardines and lake trout, as well as some plant sources such as walnuts and flaxseed, can be good, tasty sources of omega-3 fatty acids.
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    Eating Fish May Help City Kids With Asthma Breathe Better

    Mar 30, 2019
    A research team tracked the diets and exposures to air pollution of kids inside Baltimore homes. Children with diets high in omega-3 fatty acids seemed less vulnerable to pollution's effect on asthma.
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    A thick layer of smoke from the Carr Fire settles over California's Central Valley in a view from a jet earlier this summer. Fine particulate matter from drifting wildfire smoke mixes with industrial ozone and can become trapped between the mountain rang
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    Noxious Mix of Smoke And Pollution Stresses Health In California's Heartland

    Aug 31, 2018

    Low-income residents living near highways and agricultural and industrial zones are getting hit with a "double whammy" as wildfire smoke drifts to areas where the air is often polluted already.

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    As a "hospital-at-home" patient, Phyllis Petruzzelli was visited twice a day by doctors and nurses who were able to perform any needed tests or bloodwork there to help her heal from pneumonia. "I'd do it again in a heartbeat," Petruzzelli says.
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    Patients Like Hospital Care At Home, But Some Insurers Are Skeptical

    Mar 07, 2018
    Some health systems are encouraging selected emergency room patients who are sick but stable and don't need intensive, round-the-clock care to opt for hospital-level care at home, instead.
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    Smoke from three wildfires inundated the town of Seeley Lake, Mont., for six weeks in 2017.
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    When Wildfire Smoke Invades, Who Should Pay To Clean Indoor Air?

    Feb 25, 2018
    Public health agencies are set up to regulate air pollution from cars, trucks and factories. Wildfire smoke presents a different set of threats, prompting some of those agencies to rethink priorities.
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    Wildfire smoke filled the sky in Seeley Lake, Mont. on Aug. 7, 2017. Weather effects concentrated the accumulating smoke, chronically exposing residents to harmful substances in the air.
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    Montana Wildfires Provide A Wealth Of Data On Health Effects Of Smoke Exposure

    Feb 24, 2018
    Last summer's wildfires handed scientists a rare chance to study effects of smoke on residents. Most previous work had been on wood-burning stoves, urban air pollution and the effects on firefighters.
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    Boys are more likely to have asthma than girls, but that flips after puberty. Researchers suspect that sex hormones are a factor.
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    Testosterone May Help Protect Men From Asthma

    Nov 28, 2017
    Women are more likely to have asthma than men. One possible reason? Testosterone could block a protein that helps spark an asthma attack, a study finds, while estrogen may not.
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    The sky over Santa Rosa, Calif., on Monday.
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    This Week's Air Quality Is Worst On Record For San Francisco Bay Area

    Oct 12, 2017
    As wildfires spread through Northern California counties, clouds of smoke and ash are spreading, too, far beyond the flames. Air quality officials have a database that's searchable by ZIP code.
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    Danish Study Links Fish Oil During Pregnancy With Lower Asthma Risk In Kids

    Dec 28, 2016
    But that's not the final word, caution pediatricians, including the Danish author. It's one of several recent studies with contradictory findings that suggest the supplements could help or hurt.
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    Younger siblings seem to have an immune advantage as early as 1 month of age, which may help explain where they get the energy to tease older siblings.
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    Asthma-Free With No Hay Fever? Thank Your Older Sibling

    Jun 22, 2016
    Older siblings can be annoying know-it-alls, but research suggests they may also help younger siblings build up stronger immune systems. And that may help reduce the risk of asthma and allergies.
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    A lung test on the Breathmobile finds that 5-year-old Brooklyn Turner's pulmonary function is compromised by her asthma.
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    Scientists Seek Genetic Clues To Asthma's Toll On Black Children

    Jun 07, 2016
    Most genetic studies look only at people of European descent. But black and Hispanic children are far more likely to die of asthma, and genetic differences may help explain why.
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    This Storage Mite is smaller than a grain of sand.
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    Meet The Tiny Critters Thriving In Your Carpet, Kitchen And Bed

    May 11, 2016
    Dust mites, gall wasps and book lice don't bite, but they might make you wheeze. Scientists found about 100 types of arthropods wiggling or munching skin flakes in typical homes. Take a look.
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    Which would you choose — a daily tablet or a trip to the doctor for an allergy shot?
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    Immunotherapy Tablets For Dust Mite Allergy Reduce Asthma Risk

    Apr 26, 2016
    Dust mite allergies are a common trigger for asthma. A new form of immunotherapy that relies on oral tablets rather than shots reduces the risk of a moderate or severe asthma attack, a study finds.
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    Allison Fite was living in Thailand when she was diagnosed with aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease.
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    Aspirin Both Triggers And Treats An Often-Missed Disease

    Mar 21, 2016
    Some people struggle for years with asthma and sinus infections, unaware that they have a disease called aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease. For them, aspirin can be both cause and cure.
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    When a baby is born by cesarean section, she misses out on Mom's microbes in the birth canal.
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    Researchers Test Microbe Wipe To Promote Babies' Health After C-Sections

    Feb 01, 2016
    A small study suggests that slathering newborns with their mothers' microbes after cesarean sections could help create healthy microbiomes. Reducing childhood illness later on is the goal.
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    Asthma is a big cause of school absences and can cause parents to miss work, too.
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    Childhood Asthma Rates Level Off, But Racial Disparities Remain

    Dec 27, 2015
    For the first time in decades, the number of children with asthma isn't increasing, federal scientists report. But cases continue to rise among African-American children and poor children.
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    Missing Microbes Provide Clues About Asthma Risk

    Sep 30, 2015
    Researchers find that babies lacking four types of bacteria in their guts at 3 months appear to have a higher risk for developing asthma later in life.
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    A screenshot of fire conditions on AirNow.gov, with orange icons showing fires and gray representing smoke.
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    Wildfire Smoke Becomes The Health Threat That Won't Go Away

    Aug 25, 2015
    Cities and towns across the West are warning residents that high levels of smoke from forest fires threaten their health, with no sign of abating. That means indoor recess and no vacuuming.
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    Phung Tran is an advocate with Health Leads, based at the Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
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    When Life Overwhelms, This Group Lends A Healthy Hand

    Mar 12, 2015
    Health care should go beyond a doctor's office, the creators of this program say. Students work as health advocates, helping patients find affordable housing, fresh food and social services as needed.
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    Can Family Secrets Make You Sick?

    Mar 02, 2015

    Few doctors — and few patients — realize just how profoundly early abuse, neglect and other childhood traumas can damage an adult's physical health.

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