Asthma Treatments Fail Older Patients More Often: Study

FRIDAY, June 12, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Asthma treatments, especially inhaled corticosteroids, are less likely to work for older patients, a new study suggests.
Researchers looked at 1,200 patients with mild-to-moderate asthma, and found that treatment failure occurred in about 17 percent of those aged 30 and older, compared with about 10 percent of those younger than 30.....

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Study Suggests Cesarean Birth may Increase Risk of Obesity, Asthma, and Diabetes in Offspring

There are many reasons that a mom may need to have a cesarean birth, but not all C-sections are necessary. In fact, many women elect to have them, or are told by their physician that they cannot have a vaginal birth after having a C-section. Unfortunately, both of these situations put both mom and baby at unnecessary risk. Add that to the increasing number of studies that point to increased risk of long-term health problems for infants, and it truly doesn’t seem worth it.....

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Airborne Pollutants from Cleaning Products Can Aggravate Asthma

Claire Barnett of the Healthy Schools Network recently passed along an important communication from Reuters Health reporting airborne pollutants from some cleaning products can aggravate asthma.....

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