Sentences with phrase «increased asthma attacks»

Exposure to these pollutants has been linked with a range of serious health effects, including increased asthma attacks and other respiratory illnesses that can be serious enough to send people to the hospital.

The pollution causes heart attacks and lung cancer, as well as increasing asthma attacks and other respiratory problems that harm the health of both children and adults.

We know wind power won't cause air pollution and increase asthma attacks.

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In the asthma study, we found increased odds among asthma patients of asthma hospitalizations, emergency department visits and a medication used for mild asthma attacks with higher unconventional natural gas development activity, compared to those with lower activity.

A study published in the October, 1999 issue of the Archives of Environmental Health found that laboratory mice exposed to various brands of disposable diapers suffered increased eye, nose, and throat irritation, including bronchoconstriction similar to that of an asthma attack.

It is recognised that living in a cold, damp home affects physical health and worsens respiratory conditions such as asthma and bronchitis; increases the incidence of colds; raises blood pressure which in turn may increase the risk of strokes and heart attacks for some, and in extreme cases hypothermia / mild hypothermia may be an issue for very vulnerable households.

Low blood levels of vitamin D have been linked to increased risk of asthma attacks in children and adults with asthma.

Menopause and Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)-- The risk for women of developing asthma is not affected by menopause, but, in women with preexisting asthma, menopause tends to increase the number of their attacks.

Individual cities started enforcing smoking bans in restaurants, Willems Van Dijk notes, after studies showed that secondhand smoke increased the number of heart attacks and cases of asthma in nonsmokers.

Coal plants are one of the largest contributors to atmospheric particulate matter and ozone — which are linked to worsened asthma and increased rates of heart attacks and premature death — as well as greenhouse gases and toxic substances, including mercury.

Doctors have long treated heart attacks, improved asthma symptoms, and cured impotence by increasing levels of a single molecule in the body: nitric oxide.

Long - term exposure to high levels of road traffic and ozone significantly increases the risk of asthma symptoms, asthma attacks or the need for use of asthma medications, according to a new study published in the European Respiratory Journal [1].

«Based on this, we think that 8 - iso is a marker related to one of the underlying biological mechanisms by which outdoor air pollution increases the risk of experiencing asthma symptoms, asthma attacks or the need for use of asthma medications.»

Genetic variants influencing white blood cell counts are linked to increased risk of heart attack and asthma; variants are being integrated into deCODEme ™ Reykjavik, ICELAND, February 9, 2009 — In a paper published today, scientists at deCODE genetics (Nasdaq: DCGN)...

Treatment of asthma with traditional medication is helpful, but we're now seeing reports that asthma medications can at times increase the risk of an attack.

For people with asthma who have a certain gene variant, living in a home with mold may increase the risk of a severe attack, according to a 2010 Harvard Medical School Study.

Researchers warn that women using postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy could have an increased risk of severe asthma attacks needing hospitalisation.

Living together with a cigarette smoker increases the chance of dying from lung cancer and heart disease, and in children smoke exposure increase the severity of the intensity of asthma attacks and leads to in excess of 750,000 middle ear infections, as reported by the American Cancer Society.

And, although conventional treatment options may provide temporary relief of some symptoms, there is increasing evidence that these asthma medications actually increase the risk of future attacks.

The graph below shows how taking creatine increases the number of immune cells in the lungs that listen to interleukine - 5 during an asthma attack.

Hello Gabriella, this cat foods are in general for healthy cats, but I am not sure about cats with asthma, what I know is that any cat food with fish may increase the attacks.

Breathing polluted air interferes with normal lung development, increases the risk of asthma in children, and triggers asthma attacks.

What other reason might there be to publicize, for example, the guesstimate that global warming will cause an increase in asthma attacks (Daily Telegraph, 2004)?

Plus, concentrations of ozone and particulate matter in the air (which contribute to asthma and allergy attacks) will increase.

When wildfire smoke blankets a province, as it did in B.C. for weeks this summer, there are marked increases in asthma attacks and respiratory infections, as well as smaller increases for things like heart attacks and cardiac arrests, a B.C. scientist says.

Climate mitigation through energy efficiency in the residential and commercial sectors will improve local and regional air quality, particularly in large cities, contributing to improved public health (e.g., increased life expectancy, reduced emergency room visits, reduced asthma attacks, fewer lost working days) and avoidance of structural damage to buildings and public works.

The statement that particulates increase causes asthma attacks seems to have been overturned by recent studies.

Climate change impacts — ranging from more frequent and severe storms, floods, heat waves, and wildfires, to increased risk of asthma attacks and longer allergy seasons — are already affecting our security, our economy, and our communities.

Although many women stop smoking during pregnancy, 40 percent begin again within six months after delivery, 6 increasing children's exposure to secondhand smoke and their risk for ear infections and asthma attacks.