Recruiting Young SmokersReported July 21, 2008 ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The tobacco industry continues to recruit young smokers, even while overall cigarette sales are declining, according to a new study. Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health uncovered a strategic effort by tobacco companies to recruit and addict young smokers through … [Read more...]

Race Matters When it Comes to AsthmaSeptember 26, 2007 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- When it comes to asthma, new research shows black patients are more likely to visit the emergency room or be hospitalized for the condition than white patients. Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, studied 678 patients who were hospitalized for … [Read more...]

Putting Down the Pack Reduces Asthma Reported December 14, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Smoking impairs the lungs, but new research suggests quitting may reverse some of the damage. In a new study measuring the effects of smoking on the lungs of asthmatics, smokers had more mucous-producing goblet cells in their epithelium and more overall mucus protein … [Read more...]

Prenatal Exposure to Pollution Linked to Future AsthmaReported February 18, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Children born in areas with high traffic-related pollution may have a greater risk of developing asthma due to genetic changes that occur in the womb, a new study found. Researchers examined umbilical cord blood from New York City infants and discovered … [Read more...]

Potential Drug Therapy for Quitting SmokingReported November 25, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Researchers have uncovered information that may lead to a new medical treatment for nicotine addiction. Cigarette smoking is one of the most widespread preventable causes of death and disease in developed countries. Annually, the habit is responsible for about 440,000 … [Read more...]

Popular Cold Drug: Concern for KidsReported January 13, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study shows Vicks VapoRub, a popular cold and cough treatment, may create respiratory problems in infants and small children. Variations of Vick's VapoRub have been around for more than 100 years. The menthol compound is widely used to relieve cold symptoms and … [Read more...]

Pollution Linked to Pneumonia in Older Adults Reported December 23, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Older adults with long-term exposure to higher levels of pollution are at greater risk for hospitalization for pneumonia. "Our study found that among older individuals, long-term exposure to traffic pollution independently increased their risk of hospitalization … [Read more...]

Pollution Damages Young Lungs Reported December 28, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The synergistic effect of early exposure to both outdoor traffic-related pollution and indoor endotoxin causes more harm to developing lungs than one or the other exposure alone. Environmental health scientists at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine have … [Read more...]

Peanuts: The Cure for Peanut Allergies Reported December 01, 2009 DURHAM, N.C. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- 12-million Americans suffer from food allergies. More than three-million of them are allergic to peanuts. While there are drugs to treat an allergic reaction, there's nothing that can fix food allergies for good. Now, doctors are using peanuts themselves … [Read more...]

Obesity Dangerous for AsthmaticsReported September 08, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Asthma and obesity is a dangerous combination. New research conducted by Kaiser Permanente shows obese people with the condition are nearly five times more likely to end up in the hospital with an asthma flare up compared to people of normal weight. The finding held true even … [Read more...]

Smoking and the Risk to Women's Lungs Reported June 02, 2008 C.O.P.D., chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, blocks airflow through the lungs. It makes breathing difficult. The leading cause is cigarette smoking. Experts at the National Institutes of Health in the United States say the damage to the lungs cannot be repaired and there is no cure. … [Read more...]

Could hormone balance help women with asthma? Reported September 02, 2008 Between puberty and menopause, more women than men have asthma, and their asthma attacks tend to be more severe. It’s estimated that 30 to 40 percent of women with asthma have symptoms worsen premenstrually It’s clear from research that a steep drop in progesterone towards the end … [Read more...]

Caesarean babies at higher asthma risk Reported June 21, 2008 Babies born by caesarean section are up to 50 per cent more likely to develop asthma, according to a study of 1.7 million births. The Norwegian Institute of Public Health research found that the risk of asthma was even higher in infants who had an emergency caesarean section. Published in the … [Read more...]

Asthmatics Often Have Reflux, But Don't Know ItMonday, November 22, 2004 NEW YORK (Reuters Health)--People with asthma often have gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD), but typical symptoms such as frequent heartburn may be absent, according to Finnish doctors. Dr. Toni O. Kiljander and Dr. Jukka O. Laitinen from Tampere University Hospital investigated … [Read more...]

Allergies May Raise Blood Cancer RiskThursday, November 18, 2004 NEW YORK (Reuters Health)--In contrast to some earlier reports, allergic conditions appear to increase, rather than decrease, the risk of leukemia and lymphoma, according to a Swedish study. Depending on the root cause of allergies, theories predict that allergic conditions … [Read more...]

Non-Smoking Lung CancerReported July 03, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) – About 15 percent of people with lung cancers have never smoked. A new study finds the cause could be linked to cells that cannot repair efficiently from environmental insults. The research was conducted by investigators from M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Researchers drew white blood cells from … [Read more...]

New Weapon to Fight Pancreatic CancerReported April 21, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Researchers may have found a new weapon to wield in the fight against one of the deadliest forms of cancer. A therapy combining the agents tigatuzumab and gemcitabine demonstrated the ability to cause remission of pancreatic cancer tumors in a recent study. The combined … [Read more...]

New Way to Treat Allergic Disorders   Reported August 01, 2007 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- There may soon be a new way to get relief from allergy problems. Researchers in Amsterdam report taking allergens or auto-antigens orally using the lactic acid bacterium, Lactococcus lactis or L. lactis, as a delivery method might be a new strategy for treating various kinds of autoimmune … [Read more...]

New Tool Promotes Safe ImmunizationReported September 04, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Pediatricians now have a new tool to ensure nearly every child can be safely vaccinated against deadly diseases, including those who are allergic or suspected of being allergic to vaccine components. Developed by vaccine safety experts and researchers at Johns Hopkins, the … [Read more...]

New Guidelines for Pregnant Women With Asthma Reported January 12, 2005 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- New guidelines for managing asthma during pregnancy reflect medications that have recently emerged and update treatment recommendations. The guidelines, established by the National Asthma Educational Prevention Program, … [Read more...]

New Discovery Could Offer Allergy Relief Reported March 31, 2005 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A molecule made up of cat and human proteins to block cat allergies successfully prevented allergic reactions in laboratory mice and in human cells. Researchers say this discovery could lead to a new therapy for cat allergies as well … [Read more...]

New Combo Therapy for Asthma Provides Relief Reported January 25, 2005 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- An inhaled corticosteroid (budesonide) coupled with a long-acting beta2-agonist (formoterol) can provide significant improvement of asthma symptoms with less reliance on high doses of inhaled steroid, … [Read more...]

New Asthma Gene Could Lead to New Treatments Reported July 6, 2007 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- New treatments could be on the way after the discovery of a new asthma gene. Researchers from the United States, London, France, and Germany looked at more than 2,000 children. They found genetic markers on chromosome 17 that dramatically increase a child's risk for asthma. Children … [Read more...]

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Mothers-to-be Need Vitamin E Reported September 4, 2006 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A child's risk of developing asthma may be established long before he ever takes his first breath. According to a new study out of the Scotland, kids born to mothers who consumed the lowest levels of vitamin E while … [Read more...]

More Peanut Butter, Please!Reported May 05, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- If you’re one of the 1.5 million people in the United States suffering from a peanut allergy, there’s good news. Experts anticipate some form of immunotherapy for peanut allergy to be available within the next five years. Peanut allergy is becoming more common, but it is … [Read more...]

Mom’s Obesity Linked to Asthma in KidsReported May 20, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Here’s another reason to maintain a healthy weight: obese women are more likely to end up with children who have asthma. This finding comes from researchers in The Netherlands who followed nearly 4,000 children from before birth up to age eight. About 20 percent of their mothers were … [Read more...]