Helping children with asthma return to school easily

The Asthma Society is conducting clinics to show teachers how to manage children who have the condition.
PARENTS should ask their child’s school if they have an asthma-management policy, says the Asthma Society of Ireland, which is hosting free mobile asthma clinics, nationwide, from September 15 to 26. These are to advise parents and teachers to better manage children who have the condition.....

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Link between weight and asthma in kids

THE more weight a child has, the higher the risk of developing asthma, according to Germany's Association of Pulmonologists.
THEIR finding is based on a new study that indicates there is a direct correlation between over-average body mass index (BMI) and asthma. The correlation is independent of other factors such as social background or lack of exercise.....

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Study: Gut Bacteria, High Fiber Fights off Asthma, Clears Airways

child outside asthma 263x164 Study: Gut Bacteria, High Fiber Fights off Asthma, Clears AirwaysResearchers with Lausanne University Hospital in Switzerland published work recently in the journal Nature Medicine, where they detailed how lab mice eating plenty of fruits and vegetables saw an increase in the amount of fatty acids in the bloodstream, affecting how the immune system functions in the lungs. Ultimately, the latest piece of research indicates such a diet—one with plenty of dietary fiber—can ward of asthma.....

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