Poor Sleep May Exacerbate Asthma in Urban Kids
Children generally underreported waking in the night

DENVER -- Stressors in urban settings, such as noise and overcrowding, triggered poor sleep quality in young children, which seemed to exacerbate symptoms if they had asthma and allergy rhinitis, researchers reported here.....

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Baby's Immune System Suffers With Maternal Obesity; Risks Rise For Asthma, Heart Disease

It’s well known that maternal obesity can pose a risk to the unborn child — and to the mother herself. For example, an obese mother is at a higher risk of developing gestational diabetes and preeclampsia, while the baby’s risks include stillbirth and congenital anomalies, as well as obesity later on in his/her life. Now, a recent study adds a new complication to that list: Maternal obesity is linked to a compromised immune system in the fetus.....

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Links between hay fever, asthma and prostate cancer inconclusive

"Men with hay fever are more likely to have prostate cancer – but those with asthma are more likely to survive it," the Daily Mirror reports. Those were the puzzling and largely inconclusive findings of a new study looking at these three conditions.....

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