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Asthma
THE BABBLE TAKE Asthma is a chronic disease in which breathing becomes difficult due to a tightening of the bronchial tubes. Exercise-induced asthma and allergic asthma are the two most common types. Doctors say asthma usually first manifests in toddlers through wheezing and coughing fits, though these symptoms are not necessarily a surefire...
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Pollution Causing Asthma Before Baby’s Even Born
A warning to all pregnant women: stay out of traffic. A new study says traffic fumes will actually reprogram the DNA of an otherwise healthy foetus, paving the way for the child to be born asthmatic. Scared? Me too. We've long known that pollution = bad for your health, and for pregnant women there's always that extra fear that what harms her...
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They Say: Steroids No Help With Wheezing
So, your young child has had a cold for a few days and starts wheezing. Time for the doctor to prescribe one of the many steroid-based asthma treatments they typically use, right? Not so, according to studies published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine. Apparently it's not uncommon for a non-asthmatic child to develop wheezing as...
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Asthma and Allergy Friendly Stuffed Elephant
This cute cuddly elephant is an asthma and allergy friendly stuffed animal toy. It is available in both pink and blue. It is made with fabrics and stuffing that are not associated with the aggravation of asthma and allergy. This would be a great stuffed animal for a child suffering from asthma and/or allergies. It also appears to be sof...
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Poverty Causes Poor Health, Not Vice-Versa
A new study has found a worrying link between poor health and poverty. Obviously the connection is nothing new - the poor don't always have access to decent health services, for starters. But a new study now suggests that poverty can cause poor health by actually altering a person's genes. The finding, connected to children with asthma, could hel...
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