HAART Might Increase Risk Of Asthma In Young Children, Study Says (Medical News Today)
Highly active antiretroviral therapy might increase the risk of asthma among children because of the therapy's effect on the immune system and CD4+ T cell levels, according to a study recently published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Reuters reports. According to Reuters, in asthma, an excess of inflammatory and immune cells are produced in the lungs.
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Heavy Breathing -- An Obscure Link In Asthma And Obesity (Science Daily)
There is a strong link between obesity and asthma and as the prevalence of both conditions has been increasing steadily, epidemiologists have speculated that there is an underlying condition that connects the two. But one long-suspected link, the systemic inflammation associated with obesity, has been essentially ruled out by a recent study that found no evidence of its involvement.
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Physical And Sexual Abuse Linked To Asthma In Puerto Rican Kids (Science Daily)
Children who are physically or sexually abused are more than twice as likely to have asthma as their peers, according to a recent study of urban children in Puerto Rico. In fact, physical and sexual abuse was second only to maternal asthma in all the risk factors tested, including paternal asthma and indicators of socioeconomic status.
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Study Links Asthma To Genetics (NBC 5 Chicago)
There's new evidence that for some families, asthma is hereditary. NBC5's Nesita Kwan reports on research being done in Chicago.
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Heavy breathing -- an obscure link in asthma and obesity (PhysOrg)
There is a strong link between obesity and asthma and as the prevalence of both conditions has been increasing steadily, epidemiologists have speculated that there is an underlying condition that connects the two. But one long-suspected link, the systemic inflammation associated with obesity, has been ruled out by a recent New Zealand study that found no evidence of its involvement.
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