Asthmatic children wear monitors to track levels of pollution on way to school

Asthmatic children are wearing pollution monitors and GPS trackers to measure how much noxious air they breathe in walking to school for a major study by a team of London scientists.
Queen Mary University of London researchers are examining whether children and teenagers can lessen the air pollution to which they are exposed while walking along the capital’s  traffic-choked main roads and waiting at junctions.....

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Is childhood asthma overdiagnosed?

When cross-country runner Baptiste Lemaire developed a problem breathing, his doctor ordered some tests and concluded he had asthma.
The teenager, who attends the French Bilingual School in Greenville, was given an asthma inhaler, which he used for eight or nine months. But it didn’t do any good.....

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Air Pollution Increases Risk of Preterm Birth in Mothers with Asthma

Mothers with asthma may experience a higher risk for preterm birth after exposure to traffic-related pollutants, such as carbon monoxide and nitrous oxides, particularly with exposure just before pregnancy and in the early months of pregnancy, according to a new study.....

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