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Weather Forecasts Spring Pollen Allergy Severity

...ng trees and lush green grasses – and sneezing and wheezing for millions of people with pollen allergy.// Hay fever, or seasonal allergic rhinitis, affects an estimated 40 million Americans and causes symptoms of sneezing, itchy and watery eyes, runny nose and a burning or itchy sensation in the throat or ...

Insulating Houses Improves Health and Wellbeing

...s damp and mouldy, were less likely to suffer from wheezing or colds, and spent less on heating their houses. Adults and children in insulated houses were half as likely to take days off work or school than those in houses without insulation. The authors conclude that “interventions of this kind which focu...

Fruit and Vegetable Diet 'could Prevent Asthma'

...did, was shown to have a protective effect against wheezing and allergic rhinitis. Red grape skin contains high levels of antioxidants as well as resveratrol, a potent polyphenol, known to curb inflammatory activity. Children who ate nuts - a rich source of vitamin E - at least three times a week were l...

New Respiratory Virus in Children Linked to Cancer Discovered

...atory tract infection (RTI) such as coughs, fever, wheezing or shortness of breath. Researchers felt the discovery was particularly exciting because it offered hope to children with severe but unidentifiable RTIs. Knowing the polyomavirus was a cause of RTIs in children would enable doctors to isolate t...

Apple Juice may Help to Keep Childhood Asthma at Bay

...n actual asthma diagnosis, there was a strong link wheezing and drinking the juice. Researchers found that k...least once daily were half as likely to experience wheezing as compared to those drinking it less than once a month. Though wheezing does not necessarily lead...

Toxic Substance in House Dust may Reduce Eczema Risks in Early Life

... developing the allergic skin condition eczema or wheezing in children if they are exposed to it up to age of...n in young childrens homes is associated with more wheezing or eczema by age 3,whereas higher amount of endotoxin in their homes,is linked to lower risk of the ...

Second Hand Smoke may Prove Harmful for Underweight Babies

... developing respiratory symptoms such as coughing, wheezing and pulmonary infections up to age of five. Howe...f life, almost 39 percent of them had at least one wheezing episode, close to 52 percent had cough at night and more than 37 percent had a lower respiratory inf...

Albuterol may Be Helpful for Infants Suffering from Bronchiolitis

Bronchiolitis, a wheezing much like asthma in adults, is responsible for many hospital admissions of infants. It is the commonest cause of hospital admission in this age group. There are two drugs in general use to treat this condition, epinephrine and albuterol, and ther...

Influenza Vaccine FluMist To Be Approved In Younger Children As Well

...pray for children ages 1 to 5 without a history of wheezing or asthma. According to FDA documents, four stud...ugh children who received FluMist experienced more wheezing than those who were given an inactive vaccine, "the difference between treatment groups is quite sma...

Allergic Individuals Should Keep Away from Cats, Say UK Scientists

...stem in the volunteers, and encouraged symptoms of wheezing or breathlessness in those who were not known to be allergic to cats. The increased symptoms, known as greater bronchial responsiveness (BR), suggested that reduced exposure to cats may be beneficial for allergic individuals, regardless of their sp...

Air Pollution Affects Women More Than Men: Study

...ess of breath, chest pain when inhaling deeply and wheezing and coughing. Ozone is formed when sunlight acts on hydrocarbon pollutants spewed out into the air by vehicles and such industrial processes as painting, oil refining and manufacture of chemicals. Ozone is a major pollutant in American cities a...

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