How Your Weight Affects Asthma

The increasing overall incidence of asthma in children over the past 2-3 decades actually parallels the increase in obesity. There is a direct connection between higher body mass index (weight), irritability of the airways and the development of asthma symptoms in children.....

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Children with asthma attacks triggered by colds less responsive to standard treatment

The results of a study conducted by Dr. Francine Ducharme, Professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and Social and Preventive Medicine at the University of Montreal, published in the medical journal The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, confirm that respiratory viral detection, not child's age, explains the high rate of hospitalization for asthma attacks in children under six.....

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Acetaminophen well-tolerated in children with mild persistent asthma

As-needed use of acetaminophen was well-tolerated and did not increase asthma exacerbations or worsen asthma control in young children with mild persistent asthma compared to use of ibuprofen, according to recent research.
“Studies have suggested an association between frequent acetaminophen use and asthma-related complications among children, leading some physicians to recommend that acetaminophen be avoided in children with asthma; however, appropriately designed trials evaluating this association in children are lacking,” William J. Sheehan, MD, assistant of medicine and instructor in the division of allergy and immunology at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and colleagues wrote..... 

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