Infant Breathing Predicts Asthma Later

Asthmatic 7-year-olds very often had impaired lung function soon after birth, a prospective cohort study in Denmark found...

Read full story at medpagetoday.com



The Racial Politics of Asthma

When it comes to statistics about African Americans and asthma, the numbers are enough to make you stop to catch your breath. In 2008 African Americans had a 35 percent higher rate of asthma than whites. According to one study, a quarter of the black kids in New York City's Harlem neighborhood have asthma. African-American children have a 260 percent higher rate of emergency room visits, a 250 percent higher hospitalization rate and a 500 percent higher death rate from asthma as compared with white children...

Read full story at theroot.com



Lung Function Deficits in Babies May Lead to Future Asthma

March 30, 2012 — In the future, scientists may want to explore ways to prevent childhood asthma long before it fully evidences itself, by focusing on neonates and young babies...

Read full story at medscape.com