Sentences with phrase «more children with asthma»

«Although we currently only have data from one of the two school districts, this study demonstrates that we can make a difference and help more children with asthma manage their disease and stay in school,» said Hollenbach.

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Australian research has found that children with vitamin D deficiency are more likely to develop asthma.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, those children who live with chronic conditions like asthma and diabetes are five times more likely to be hospitalized than their healthier counterparts.

Not only do children with food allergies tend to have other health problems, such as other food allergies or asthma, but the more a child with allergies is exposed to whatever he or she is allergic to, the worse the body can react.

Experts believe that a child is more likely to be diagnosed with asthma after the age of 7, however, if he has had multiple wheezing episodes, has a mother with asthma, or has allergies.

Since the group formed, others have joined, including a local physician specializing in treating children with severe allergies and asthma, three parents and two more school nurses.

More children who were breast - fed compared with those who were not breast - fed were sensitized at all ages to selected environmental allergens (cats, house dust mites, and grass pollen) and reported current asthma symptoms.

However, if they looked within families, where one sibling was breastfed and the other was formula fed, there was no difference (except with asthma, which actually occurred more often in breastfed children).

There was a publication recently written about a study that links cockroaches with asthma, which can affect younger children much more than adults.

«Children with uncontrolled asthma can face difficulties over several years, for example it can affect their ability to play and take part in sport, they may have more days off school, or experience disturbed sleep.

As a comparison of the Neu5Gc antibody concentration of over a thousand children and the occurrence of asthma has clearly shown, «Farm children have many more antibodies against Neu5Gc in their blood — and children with more antibodies suffered considerably less from asthma,» Frei says.

We think this might be leading to more antibiotic prescriptions in children with asthma.

As it turned out, Foxp3 bore the fewest methyl groups in Palo Alto children without asthma, and more in Palo Alto children with the disease.

«This study looked at more than 2.3 million ED visits among children with asthma, and we identified some interesting trends that give a baseline to find better ways to help children with asthma control this very treatable disease,» said Aparna Roy, MD, MPH, lead author of the study and resident at UH Rainbow and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

More than two - thirds of asthma - induced ED visits occurred among children residing in areas with annual household income levels below $ 50,000.

While the common cold is no more than a nuisance for many people, it can cause severe breathing problems for children with asthma, noted Foxman.

The study was supported by, and conducted in collaboration with Synairgen, a University of Southampton spin - out company, and formed part of U-BIOPRED, a large - scale European project using information and samples from adults and children to learn more about different types of asthma.

But exposure to the allergen may result in more asthma symptoms among urban children with dog allergy.

«Those children could be followed or treated more quickly if they end up with asthma,» he adds.

Children with more genetic risks for asthma are not only more likely to develop the condition at a young age, but they are also more likely to continue to suffer with asthma into adulthood.

The survey drew from interviews with parents of more than 92,000 children aged 0 to 17 years to explore the relationship between ACEs, such as witnessing domestic violence, and the development of asthma.

«Of all the children in the sample, 31 percent were exposed to at least one ACE — the most common one being living with a parent or guardian who got divorced or separated,» said lead study author Robyn D. Wing, MD. «What surprised us was that among the children who had been exposed to 5 or more ACEs, 25 percent of parents or guardians reported that their child had an asthma diagnosis — compared with only 12 percent for those with zero ACE exposures.

Children with gene mutations that disrupt the functioning of A20 are more likely to have asthma and allergies, so Bart Lambrecht of Ghent University in Belgium and his team wondered whether A20 may be involved helping endotoxins to train our immune systems.

Higher altitude destinations and those with more variable temperatures were associated with lower asthma rates, whereas children living in cities with higher temperatures were less likely to have eczema.

Children who had low levels of four types of bacteria early in infancy were more likely to be diagnosed with asthma by age 3 than tots who had more of the microbes in their feces.

Children with gene mutations that disrupt the functioning of an enzyme called A20 are more likely to have asthma and allergies, so Bart Lambrecht of Ghent University in Belgium and his team wondered whether A20 may be involved in helping endotoxins train our immune systems.

They controlled for an asthma diagnosis in the children, as anxiety and mood disorders are more prevalent among youth with asthma and especially more common in low socioeconomic minority children.

Nearly 7 million children in the United States have been diagnosed with asthma and thousands more are living undiagnosed, struggling to breathe each day.

Asthma affects an estimated 24 million people in the U.S. and asthmatic children infected with rhinovirus C have been shown in previous studies to have more severe asthma symAsthma affects an estimated 24 million people in the U.S. and asthmatic children infected with rhinovirus C have been shown in previous studies to have more severe asthma symasthma symptoms.

For people with asthma — especially children — that could mean more trips to the emergency room, according to a study of the New York City metro region.

Foto: Mikael Wallerstedt A team of Swedish scientists have used national registries encompassing more than one million Swedish children to study the association between early life contact with dogs and subsequent development of asthma.

The research also determined that children residing in households with air cleaners experienced significantly more days with no asthma symptoms in contrast to children residing in households with no air cleaners.

However, among children with asthma, those whose mother smoked during pregnancy were 2.5 times more likely to have obstructed breathing.

And for those at high risk for complications — such as anyone 65 years or older, people with chronic medical conditions (such as asthma, diabetes, or heart disease), pregnant women, and young children — the flu is much more than a nuisance; it's potentially life - threatening.

A German study examined data from 524 children and found that asthma was more prevalent in children with high levels of arachidonic acid.

Epidemic Answers provides advanced training for practitioners who are interested in working with children, especially those impacted by the new childhood epidemics: autism, ADHD, asthma, obesity, allergies, and more.

Taking JayJo to School When Kim Gosselin's young sons were diagnosed with asthma and diabetes, she started JayJo Publishing — named for her two sons — and published Taking Asthma to School and Taking Diabetes to School and more than a dozen other books to help children understand what it is like to live with chronic illnasthma and diabetes, she started JayJo Publishing — named for her two sons — and published Taking Asthma to School and Taking Diabetes to School and more than a dozen other books to help children understand what it is like to live with chronic illnAsthma to School and Taking Diabetes to School and more than a dozen other books to help children understand what it is like to live with chronic illnesses.

In fact, a Harvard study linked more than 40 premature deaths, 550 emergency room visits and 2,800 asthma attacks every year to the toxic emissions from the two plants, with children being the most vulnerable to the plants» pollution.

When our children are suffering from more frequent asthma attacks or our friends and coworkers are dealing with greater risks of heart attack or stroke, they're more likely to miss a day of school or work.

«What's more, while every American's health is threatened by climate change, certain groups of people — including children, seniors, low - income communities, and those living with a chronic disease like asthma — are especially vulnerable,» the statement read.

With less pollution in the air and a more stable climate, the plan was projected to prevent 90,000 asthma attacks in children, 300,000 missed work and school days, and up to 3,600 premature deaths by 2030.

During extreme heat events, nighttime temperatures in the region's big cities are generally several degrees higher28 than surrounding regions, leading to increased heat - related death among those less able to recover from the heat of the day.36 Since the hottest days in the Northeast are often associated with high concentrations of ground - level ozone and other pollutants, 37 the combination of heat stress and poor air quality can pose a major health risk to vulnerable groups: young children, the elderly, and those with pre-existing health conditions including asthma.29 Vulnerability is further increased as key infrastructure, including electricity for potentially life - saving air conditioning, is more likely to fail precisely when it is most needed — when demand exceeds available supply.

Rudy Zamora knows all too well the ill effects of living with pollution: He's had asthma his whole life and is fighting to ensure more children of color live in healthier environments.

The analysis indicated that if Stockholm had continued with business as usual, its air would have been five to ten percent more polluted between 2006 and 2010, and young children would have suffered 45 percent more asthma attacks.

Children with asthma whose parents smoke have more severe symptoms and more frequent exacerbations.

Cumulative or chronic exposure to violence was most clearly associated with asthma risk, consistent with the notion that stress beginning in infancy may sensitize children to later stress and more adverse consequences.

In humans, both the HPA system and the autonomic nervous system show developmental changes in infancy, with the HPA axis becoming organized between 2 and 6 months of age and the autonomic nervous system demonstrating relative stability by 6 to 12 months of age.63 The HPA axis in particular has been shown to be highly responsive to child - caregiver interactions, with sensitive caregiving programming the HPA axis to become an effective physiological regulator of stress and insensitive caregiving promoting hyperreactive or hyporeactive HPA systems.17 Several animal models as well as human studies also support the connection between caregiver experiences in early postnatal life and alterations of autonomic nervous system balance.63 - 65 Furthermore, children who have a history of sensitive caregiving are more likely to demonstrate optimal affective and behavioral strategies for coping with stress.66, 67 Therefore, children with histories of supportive, sensitive caregiving in early development may be better able to self - regulate their physiological, affective, and behavioral responses to environmental stressors and, consequently, less likely to manifest disturbed HPA and autonomic reactivity that put them at risk for stress - related illnesses such as asthma.

Perinatal depression may be comorbid with marital discord, divorce, family violence (verbal and / or physical), substance use and abuse, child abuse and neglect, failure to implement the injury - prevention components from anticipatory guidance (eg, car safety seats and electrical plug covers), 10 failure to implement preventive health practices for the child (eg, Back to Sleep), 10, — , 13 and difficulty managing chronic health conditions such as asthma or disabilities in the young child.11, 14 Families with a depressed parent (ie, any parental depression) overutilize health care and emergency facilities.14 Studies of families of a person with major depression that began before 30 years of age demonstrate that the parent, siblings, and children are 3 to 5 times more likely to have major depression themselves.

Exposure to second - hand smoke increases the risk of children developing asthma and provokes more frequent asthma in children with asthma...

In children with asthma, Spurrier et al. (2000) reported that parents who perceive their children as vulnerable are more likely to take them to physicians for acute asthma care and to keep them home from school.