Asthma, ADHD significantly increased among impoverished children

BALTIMORE — Children living in poverty experienced significantly higher rates of asthma and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder compared to wealthier children, according to recent study findings presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting.....

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B.C. researchers get $2 million to study childhood asthma

VANCOUVER – A team of B.C.-based researchers has received a $2-million grant to look at the connection between a child’s upbringing and environment and the development of asthma.
Childhood asthma is on the rise, but researchers are still learning what causes it and why it develops in some children and not others, said Dr. Stuart Turvey, the lead investigator on the project and a professor at the University of B.C.’s Faculty of Medicine.....

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5 Good Ways of Avoiding Asthma Triggers

With asthma rates on a constant rise and air pollution only getting worse, scientists are taking additional effort in detecting its causes and determining all of its possible relieves. As a long term disease infecting lungs, asthma is a continual struggle for everyone affected by it. Mostly developed in early childhood, it can also be spurred as an occupational hazard for workers exposed to industrial dust and chemicals and affect teenage smokers and people struggling with obesity. With no cure yet found, it can be only controlled, never completely healed. For that reason, getting to know the disease and triggers that induce it is of the utmost importance.....

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