Childhood Asthma Risk May Be Affected by Umbilical Artery Flow
A higher umbilical artery pulsatility index and umbilical artery pulsatility/cerebral artery PI ratio in the third trimester may be indicative of a child’s future respiratory health.
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KIF3A Interaction With Food Sensitization Predicts Asthma Risk in Children
Interaction between the ciliary gene KIF3A and food sensitization is associated with an increased risk for asthma in children by the age of 7 years.
Analgesics in Pregnancy Do Not Seem to Cause Asthma in Offspring
Analgesics taken during pregnancy, including opioids, antimigraine drugs, and paracetamol, do not appear to cause asthma.
Mechanical Ventilation May Be On Decline After Medicaid Expansion
Expansion of Medicaid may be associated with a decline in mechanical ventilation rates in patients hospitalized with asthma, COPD, or congestive heart failure.
Childhood Asthma Not Affected by High-Dose Vitamin D Given in Pregnancy
High-dose vitamin D administered from the 24th week of pregnancy had no effect on a child’s risk for asthma at age 6.
Children With Asthma More Likely To Struggle in School, Study Says
Researchers investigated whether children with poorly controlled asthma are more likely to struggle academically.
Bronchiolitis Hospitalization in Infancy Predicts More Admissions
More than 1 in 5 infants with a bronchiolitis hospital admission will have a subsequent respiratory-related hospital admission by age 5 years.
In Utero Ultrafine Particle Exposure Tied to Asthma in Offspring
Exposure to ultrafine particles during the second trimester in utero is linked to the subsequent onset of asthma in children.
Statin Therapy in Asthma-COPD Overlap May Curb Stroke, CAD Risk
The risk for coronary artery disease in patients with asthma-COPD overlap syndrome who used statins was lower regardless of the duration of treatment.
Asthma and Allergies May Be Associated With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Researchers found asthma and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) to be associated, regardless of allergies or pollutants, including smoking. However, smoking was found to be a harbinger for RA.
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