Childhood Asthma Prevention Study (CAPS) Mono-allergen Avoidance of HDM or dietary restrictions; Avoidance of ETS; first 5 years of life 3 years: Reduced cough (in atopic children only), reduced ...

zinc and vitamin D during pregnancy have all been associated with an increase in recurrent wheeze and asthma in children up to 5 years of age 6. Interventions under scrutiny include the use of ...

A new report ranks Dallas as one of the most challenging places to live with seasonal allergies. A North Texas doctor ...

Financial incentives may improve asthma medication adherence in Black children. Study shows daily rewards boosted adherence, ...

Asthma is a chronic disease that affects the lungs. In response to allergens, irritants or other stressors, the airways of those with asthma narrow, swell and produce extra mucus, making breathing ...

Seasonal asthma is also known as allergic asthma ... mold may be lurking in and under weeds and logs. You may also be driven indoors during cold winter weather, exposing you to mold and fungi ...

This can lead to under-diagnosis ... showed that the new race-neutral equation led to 2.5–4-fold more Black children with ...

Ravijyot Saggu offers an expert summary of the recent child deaths related to asthma and allergies report and necessary ...

In Black children, cases classified as “moderate” asthma more than doubled (11% to 27%) and “severe” cases nearly tripled (1.6% to 4.5%). Changes were minimal for Latino children ...

race-adjusted spirometry has repeatedly been shown to overestimate asthma control for African American children and adults, which likely led to under-treatment of asthma in this population ...

The study examined the number of prescriptions for asthma inhalers among 1,073,170 subjects under the age of 19. It found that 287, or 6.5 percent, of the 4,425 children officially recognized as ...