Don't Let Asthma Overshadow Your Summer: Discover Your Allergy Profile

The summer months can pose unique difficulties for patients with asthma. Throughout early summer, we continue to experience days with high pollen counts from trees and grasses, and there is a well-established connection between allergies and asthma in medical literature. The hottest months of summer routinely bring conditions that exacerbate asthma symptoms such as poor air quality and increased humidity. Finally, during late summer with the appearance of ragweed and mold, the beginning of the new school year carries a unique challenge for children with asthma: There are more asthma-related hospitalizations for children during the second week of school than at any other time in the year. Research suggests that exposure to both allergens and viruses increase the likelihood of hospitalization. So what can patients with asthma do to proactively ensure that symptoms don't interfere with their summer activities?.....

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'Steam, dehumidification don't help cure cold, asthma'

CHANDIGARH: The old age prescription of covering oneself with a towel and inhaling steam to fight common cold may no longer be valid, a recent analysis by a doctor from PGI infers. The reviewer Dr Meenu Singh after analysing and reviewing all worldwide trials conducted so far on steam inhalation has concluded in her published work that the process has no effect and only works as a feel good factor!.....

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Early-Life Air Pollution Strongly Linked To Asthma Development In Minority Children

A new study looked at the causal relationship between air pollution and childhood asthma. Air pollution exposure prior to the development of asthma was noted in order for researchers to definitively determine a difference in a child's asthma condition. Researchers focused on minorities, specifically Latinos and African Americans, with and without asthma from five urban regions in the United States and Puerto Rico. This focus on minorities, according to the team, was in light of their tendency to live in areas with high levels and concentrations of air pollution, in addition to having a higher risk of developing asthma......

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