Sentences with phrase «worse lung function»

But a small study presented at a 2011 industry meeting found that people with asthma who took statins had more symptoms and worse lung function than patients who didn't take them.

The findings point to a mother's «smoking in pregnancy as the period of secondhand exposure that is more strongly associated with worse lung function in asthmatic children,» said the study's lead researcher, Dr. Stacey - Ann Whittaker Brown.

However, lower respiratory tract infections at almost all ages were associated with worse lung function as indicated by lower scores for FVC, FEV1 and FEF75.

Children who had suffered from lower respiratory tract infections, such as bronchitis, bronchiolitis, pneumonia and general chest infections, had a two - to four-fold increased risk of developing asthma in later life and were also more likely to have worse lung function.

«Respiratory tract infections in young children linked to asthma and worse lung function: Increases risk of asthma between 1.5 - to 4-fold as the children grew older.»

They found that upper respiratory tract infections were not associated with worse lung function in later life.

Respiratory tract infections in young children are linked to an increased risk of asthma and worse lung function in later life, according to new research to be presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress today (Sunday).

Not exact matches

In addition to low lung function at the start of the study, being male also predicted worse outcomes, but this is likely a consequence of higher asthma prevalence in boys.

Consistent bad posture can lead to a whole array of back and spine conditions, as well as gastrointestinal pains, headaches and jaw pains, bad circulation and reduced lung function.

From a health perspective, I would only be scratching the surface by mentioning benefits that include improvement in blood pressure, increases in HDL (good) cholesterol and decreases in LDL (bad) cholesterol, reduced body fat, a decreased glucose - stimulated insulin response, improvement in heart and lung function and efficiency, and decreases in anxiety, tension, and depression.

In over 60 years of research, scientists have found vitamin D deficiency linked to lower lung functions, increased airway reactivity and worse asthmatic control (15, 16).

By bombarding our body with toxins that disrupt hormones and endocrine function (are carcinogenic, and teratogenic which are bad for the organs in our body that filter toxins like our kidneys, liver, skin, lungs, and bowels) we are causing a slow build up of junk in our body that we can't get rid of fast enough.

In fact, taking branched - chain amino acids might make lung function worse and increase the risk of death in people with this condition.