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World Trade Center Responders Plagued With Asthma; 9/11 Responders Twice As Likely To Have Asthma
First responders who were
exposed to caustic dust and
toxic pollutants following
the 2001 World Trade Center
terrorist attacks suffer
... > full story
Scientists Create Airway Spheres To Study Lung Diseases
Using both animal and human
cells, scientists have
demonstrated that a single
lung cell can become one of
two very different types of
airway cells, which could
... > full story
Infant Inhalation Of Ultrafine Air Pollution Linked To Adult Lung Disease
Early exposure to
environmentally persistent
free radicals (present in
airborne ultrafine
particulate matter) affects
... > full story
Industrial Air Pollution Worse Than Vehicle Exhaust For Breathing Problems In Children
Researchers can now confirm
that air pollution caused by
industry has even more grave
effects than vehicle exhaust
fumes. ... > full story
- World Trade Center Responders Plagued With Asthma; 9/11 Responders Twice As Likely To Have Asthma
- Scientists Create Airway Spheres To Study Lung Diseases
- Infant Inhalation Of Ultrafine Air Pollution Linked To Adult Lung Disease
- Industrial Air Pollution Worse Than Vehicle Exhaust For Breathing Problems In Children
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Folic Acid Supplements Linked To Asthma, Study Suggests
November 4, 2009 — A new study may have shed light on the rise in childhood asthma in developed countries like Australia in recent decades. Researchers have identified a link between folic acid supplements taken in ... > full story -
Big Air Pollution Impacts On Local Communities: Traffic Corridors Major Contributors To Illness From Childhood Asthma
November 4, 2009 — Heavy traffic corridors in the cities of Long Beach and Riverside are responsible for a significant proportion of preventable childhood asthma, and the true impact of air pollution and ship emissions ... > full story -
Eosinophils In Allergy And Asthma
November 3, 2009 — Researchers have discovered that eosinophils may play a pivotal role in immune ... > full story -
Link Between Male Diabetics With Allergies And Kidney Disease -- Nothing To Sneeze At
October 28, 2009 — For men with type 2 diabetes, a cell type linked to allergic inflammation is closely linked to a key indicator of diabetic kidney disease, suggests a new ... > full story -
Do Drug Therapies Raise Risk Of Bladder Cancer?
October 27, 2009 — In a recent study of possible triggers of cancer among northern New England residents, epidemiologists identified an enhanced risk to the bladders of patients taking drugs that suppress the immune ... > full story -
'Difficult-to-treat Asthma' May Be Due To Difficult-to-treat Patients
October 25, 2009 — Difficult-to-treat asthma often may have more to do with patients who do not take their medication as instructed than ineffective medication, according to researchers in Northern ... > full story -
Optimized Inhaler Mouthpiece Design Allows For More Effective Drug Delivery
October 24, 2009 — Redesign of mouthpieces for aerosol inhaler devices allows for drugs to be more effectively delivered to the lungs and may allow for a new class of aerosol administered ... > full story -
A New Scan For Lung Diseases
October 14, 2009 — People with chronic lung disease and asthma could soon be offered better treatment thanks to a new type of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) ... > full story -
England: 41 Percent Increase In Children's Short Stay Hospital Admissions
October 14, 2009 — The number of children being admitted to hospitals in England for short stays increased by 41 percent between 1996 and 2006, according to new research. The authors of the study say this increase may ... > full story -
Impaired Fetal Growth Increases Risk Of Asthma
October 13, 2009 — Children born with low birth weight are at a higher risk of developing asthma later in life. The study is based on data on the incidence of asthma in 10,918 twins from the Swedish Twin ... > full story
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