News tagged with 'Asthma'

At a "fairness hearing" in New York City Wednesday, a federal judge approved a settlement between the city and first responders that would end their seven-year legal battle over the ill health effects from the World Trade Center collapse.

Allergens including pollution, pollen count, mold, humidity, and a lack of smoke-free laws have the Asthma and Allergy Foundation creating its Top Ten List of Allergy Capitals. St. Louis tops the list for 2009.

The impact of a chlorinated pool on allergies and asthma may be five-fold that of secondhand smoke, say researchers in this published study.

The largest registry of health effects following the 9/11 attacks, finds psychological stress and asthma are lingering.

FDA reviewers have not found an association between Singulair and suicidal thoughts and mood changes. One year ago, some suicides were thought to be linked to Singulair and other the allergy meds, so much so that drug makers were required to update their labels warning of a possible link.  

As of January 1, 2009, asthma inhalers containing chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) propellant will no longer be sold, in favor of environmentally safer hydrofluoroalkane (HFA) inhalers. The old inhalers are being phased out as a result of U.S. participation in the 1987 Montreal Protocol, an international treaty to ban substances that are damaging the earth’s ozone layer.

On Thursday, an FDA panel of experts will weigh whether to allow certain drugs to continue to be marketed for asthma treatment in adults and children amid lingering concerns that the products increase the risk of asthma-related deaths and side effects.

The continued use of four popular asthma drugs, including SereVent, increases risk of asthma-related deaths and asthma attacks, according to two federal drug officials. But not all regulators universally agree. This week the agency will convene a committee of experts to help reach an agreement.

Want to lessen your chance of having a child with asthma? Plan a birth in months other than the fall. Babies conceived in December or January have a nearly 30 percent higher risk of developing asthma,according to a survey of 95,000 children living in Tennessee.

The link between gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and asthma may remain a mystery, but researchers have found that anti-reflux drugs can sometimes have positive effects on asthma symptoms.

More than 3 million American children have an allergy to at least one type of food, an 18 percent increase from the previous decade, finds a new study by the U.S. Centers for Disease and Prevention.

The National Children’s Study, launching in January 2009, will track the health and well-being of 100,000 children from birth to age 21 to examine factors behind birth defects, pregnancy-related problems and other health conditions, according to the National Institutes of Health.

New research shows adults near the World Trade Center on 9/11, as well as many others, still suffer from numerous physical and psychological health problems such as asthma and post-traumatic stress syndrome.

A new study by Brigham & Woman's Hospital says boys are more likely than girls to outgrow childhood asthma when they hit their teenage years. This study is the first of its kind to examine the natural history of sex differences in asthma incidence.

Pregnant women with a family history of asthma or food allergies who consume nuts or nut products - like peanut butter - daily raise the risk their children will develop asthma by 50 percent, according to a new study by Utrecht University.