Number of kids with asthma down from 2004 peak as diet and air quality improves

The condition is still double its 1989 level but experts say the new findings will add to understanding of its cause and incidence among children
The number of children suffering from asthma has dropped by a third, new figures show.
Childhood asthma rates in the UK have gone down by a third over the past decade because of changes to diet and air quality as well as it being diagnosed more selectively nowadays.....

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Why the "Asthma COPD Overlap Syndrome" might be the best thing that ever happened to patients

End of last year I attended a symposium in London. The chairman asked the audience to list some of the key topics they picked up at the latest European Respiratory Society (ERS) conference. The auditorium was equipped with one of those new electronic poling systems that projects the audience’s response directly on the screen.....

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The Stress Factor in Asthma

About 25 million Americans -- one in 12 -- have asthma. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, that number is growing every year. Rapidly expanding new research that links psychological stress to the onset of asthma may have important implications for slowing this epidemic and lowering children's risk of developing this lifelong disease.....

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