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Increased Weight Gain During Pregnancy Can Cause Asthma Risk In Baby by Linda Posted Mon 25 May 2009 12:00am health but on the respiratory health of her children as well. This study looked at whether a mother’s weight before pregnancy could affect a child’s risk for asthma. The study... and were characterized as either overweight or obese before pregnancy. It was determined that children with asthmatic parents are at an increased risk of asthma if the mother Read on »

EARLIER VACCINATION CAUSES ASTHMA by Kim S. Patient Expert

Posted Thu 10 Jul 2008 4:07pm By Mark F. Blaxill Lost amidst all the furor over the role of vaccines in autism has been the role that vaccine administration plays in causing other chronic childhood diseases like asthma and juvenile diabetes. But the evidence that vaccine... Read on »

How Sleep Apnea Can Cause Asthma by Dr. Steven P. Medical Doctor

Posted Thu 28 Oct 2010 4:47am You may be thinking that I’m stretching things a bit by suggesting that obstructive sleep apnea can cause asthma, but there are numerous published studies linking these two... higher. Here are 3 ways that sleep apnea can aggravate or cause asthma: 1. It’s been shown that repeated apneas can cause a vacuum effect in the throat that can suction up your Read on »

Cockroaches Cause Asthma and Allergies, Eek! by DiseaseProof Medical Doctor

Posted Wed 19 Nov 2008 7:18am And not just roaches. Mice too! New research in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology claims antibodies developed to cockroach and mouse proteins increase the risk of wheeze, hay fever and eczema in young children; from Eurekalert. That’s creepy. Even ickier than likening trans-fat to rat poop. More reason to be mindful of your ch ... Read on »

Long Acting Beta Agonist Inhalers 'CAUSE' Asthma? The DMCB Explains and Reviews the Implications for Disease Management by JaanS Medical Doctor

Posted Sat 20 Dec 2008 7:19pm be approved for treatment of asthma. Apparently they can cause asthma. Drugs that treat asthma can cause asthma? How can this be true? And what are the implications for disease... are used over many days. Asthma is a condition in which inflammation of the air passages causes the muscles that surrounds those air passages to go into spasm. Inhaled beta Read on »

Potential Cause of Asthma-Like Symptoms Spotted in Mice by HealthFinder Posted Sun 29 Aug 2010 10:00am . SUNDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) -- A possible genetic basis for severe asthma has been identified by researchers, and although the findings are based on a study in mice, the discovery may someday help people. Asthma rates have been increasing in recent years. In susceptible people, the disease can be triggered by a number of environmental factors Read on »

What Causes Asthma? Not What the Tovars Think by Seth Roberts .. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted Wed 20 May 2009 9:16am asthma. His parents, Jari and Selene Tovar, moved their family several times, trying to escape the mold or pollen or whatever it was that caused his breathing problems. Nothing helped much. Noah’s parents didn’t know, I can tell, about a 1992 study of childhood asthma and allergies in Germany. Maybe childhood asthma is caused by air pollution Read on »

Bakers’ hazard: asthma caused by flour dust by Annet Lenderink Patient Expert

Posted Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:03pm measures: Bakers – time to clear the air! HSE: “This pocket card gives advice and guidance on how flour dust can cause asthma and what the symptoms are, as well as advice on how... with preventive measures: Bakers – time to clear the air! HSE: “This pocket card gives advice and guidance on how flour dust can cause asthma and what the symptoms are, as well as advice Read on »

Bakers’ hazard: asthma caused by flour dust by Annet Lenderink Patient Expert

Posted Fri 08 May 2009 11:39pm Flour dust asthma is a well known risk in bakers and people working in the “flour sector”. It’s a nasty occupational hazard. HSE comes with a pocket card with preventive measures: Bakers – time to clear the air! HSE: “This pocket card gives advice and guidance on how flour dust can cause asthma and what the symptoms are, as well as advice on how Read on »

Give me a break -- so now they're telling us we cause our kids' asthma!! by Kristin D. Patient Expert

Posted Tue 12 Aug 2008 4:21pm stream" media story. So, here it is: according to Canadian researchers who apparently studied 14,000 kids born in 1995, of whom 7% were diagnosed with asthma by the time they reached the age of 7. The researchers focused only on maternal stress/depression as a factor causing the incidence of asthma. According to them, the result of the study shows Read on »