Researchers set out to understand if asthma could also be caused by exposure to ultra-fine particulate pollution in utero, led by Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York.
Enough to leave you gassssping for air: Venomous red-bellied black snake is found hiding inside a teen girl’s asthma puffer Venomous red-bellied black snake was found curled up inside an asthma puffer A teenage girl was bringing in her washing at her home in Bli Bli, Sunshine Coast The snake slithered out of her clothes … Read more
More than half of Americans who do not have their asthma under control are marijuana users, a new small study suggests. Researchers found that about one-third of patients whose asthma is untreated and out of control have smoked cannabis in the past while one-fifth report currently use the drug. What’s more, the patients were more … Read more
Regularly eating salmon, mackerel and sardines as a child can halve the risk of developing asthma as you get older, according to a team of scientists. Queen ‘Mary University of London researchers studied data from 4,500 children born in the 1990s in the UK – that have been monitored by scientists since birth. Those who … Read more
Asthma charity pleads with Britons NOT to use wood-burning stoves this winter to prevent air pollution Two leading UK charities urged people to stop using the wood-burner Around 40 per cent of outdoor particulate pollution is caused by fire Stoves are increasingly popula and used as a secondary source of heating By Colin Fernandex Environment … Read more
Asthma charity pleads with Britons NOT to use wood-burning stoves this winter to prevent air pollution Two leading UK charities urged people to stop using the wood-burner Around 40 per cent of outdoor particulate pollution is caused by fire Stoves are increasingly popula and used as a secondary source of heating By Colin Fernandex Environment … Read more
The ‘desperate’ mother of a nine-year-old girl who died following a chronic asthma attack has said she would have moved house had she known air pollution was harming her daughter, an inquest heard. Ella Kissi-Debrah died in February 2013 after suffering numerous seizures and making almost 30 visits to hospital with breathing problems over the previous … Read more
Was tragic Ella, 9, killed by the ‘dash for diesel’? Inquest into asthma girl’s death is told policy fuelled rise in pollution Ella Kissi-Debrah died in 2013 after 3 years of seizures and 27 visits to hospital The nine-year-old lived 80ft from the South Circular road in south-east London Inquest into her death in 2014 … Read more
Was tragic Ella, 9, killed by the ‘dash for diesel’? Inquest into asthma girl’s death is told policy fuelled rise in pollution Ella Kissi-Debrah died in 2013 after 3 years of seizures and 27 visits to hospital The nine-year-old lived 80ft from the South Circular road in south-east London Inquest into her death in 2014 … Read more
Babies born through caesarean sections have more than double the risk of early childhood asthma and allergies, a new study claims. In a study of 700 children, US researchers have found a link between babies born by a caesarean (C-section) and having asthma and allergies at the age of six years. A caesarean – a … Read more