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• Breathing Smog While Pregnant May Worsen Asthma in Offspring

  SUNDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) – Exposure to air pollution while in the womb might harm the lung-function development of children with asthma, a new study finds. Researchers conducted repeated evaluations of 162 asthmatic children between the ages of 6 and 15 in Fresno, Calif., and used U.S. Environmental Protection Agency data to determine the children’s mothers’ [...]

• Asthma Cases Continue to Rise in U.S., Affecting Millions

  TUESDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) — Asthma continues to take its toll on Americans, with almost 19 million adults (8.2 percent) suffering from the disorder in 2010, according to a report released Tuesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC analysis also found that more than 29 million (almost 13 percent) of [...]

• Seniors Undertreated for Asthma, and Many Skip Inhalers: Study

  TUESDAY, May 1 (HealthDay News) — Asthma often is misdiagnosed and undertreated in older people, with only 53 percent of those with asthma using prescribed inhalers, a small new study suggests. The study included 77 people, including people both with and without asthma, who were over age 60. Of those with asthma, 89 percent also had [...]

• Many Asthmatic Kids Harmed by Secondhand Smoke: Study

  TUESDAY, May 1 (HealthDay News) — Many asthmatic children in the United States are exposed to secondhand tobacco smoke and suffer health problems because of it, a new study shows. “National asthma guidelines have advised avoidance of environmental tobacco smoke for patients with asthma for decades, but it is unclear to what degree these recommendations are [...]

• Some Schools Don’t Let Kids Carry Asthma Inhalers

  By Serena GordonHealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, April 27 (HealthDay News) — Although all 50 states have laws that allow children with asthma to carry inhalers at school and 48 states have laws that let youngsters carry epinephrine pens for serious allergies, experts say that some kids are still being denied access to these lifesaving medications during [...]