What’s in infant diapers may help explain the rise of allergies and asthma in recent decades.
Baby poop is changing, and that could be bad news for children’s health.
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Swimming Pool Disinfectants Linked to Cancer
Disinfectants in swimming pools linked to health problems.
Splashing around in a swimming pool on a hot summer day may not be as safe as you think. A recent University of Illinois study links the application of disinfectants in recreational pools to previously published adverse health outcomes such as asthma and bladder cancer.
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Bright Stars of the Brain Regulate Breathing
This image of brainstem astrocytes was taken using a confocal microscope.
Astrocytes — brain cells named after their characteristic star-shape and previously thought to act only as the ‘glue’ between neurons, have a central role in the regulation of breathing, according to scientists.
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Studies: Second-Hand Smoke Exposure Drops But Early Life Exposure Linked to Behavioral and Health Problems
Early-life exposure to second-hand smoking could lead to behavioral and health problems later in life.
American kids can breathe a sigh of relief, according to a study out today in the journal Pediatrics that finds their exposure to second-hand smoke at home has dropped significantly since the mid-1990s.
Romantic Candles Could Be Dangerous To Your Health
Candlelight may be key to creating the perfect atmosphere for a romantic dinner or a relaxing bath – but it could also be a dangerous one, claim American scientists.
Researchers have found that the fumes from paraffin wax – the most common and cheapest form of candle wax – can be poisonous and even cause cancer.
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Scientists Discover ‘Allergy Gene’
“Allergy gene” discovered
Scientists have identified an “allergy gene” which more than doubles the risk of asthma, hay fever and eczema, a finding that could lead to therapies to prevent allergies.
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Foods Could Be Modified To Make You Feel Full Longer
Almost all processed food, from bread to pastries to salad dressings, use emulsifiers and stabilisers to stop fat and water from separating
Millions of dieters have been offered hope after scientists discovered a way to modify everyday foods such as cakes and pastries to make diners feel full for twice as long.
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GPS Enabled Asthma Inhaler To Track Asthma Attacks
Inhalers make way for GPS
Thanks to David Van Sickle, we’ll soon be able to track (and hopefully eliminate) recurring asthma attack outbreaks. Sickle, a scholar in the Department of Population Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is working with students in the biomedical engineering program to create an asthma inhaler with a built-in GPS receiver.
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Living with Smokers Hard On Tiny Babies
Infants born at very low birth weights are at increased risk of lung ailments in the first 12 months of life, and a new study suggests that modifiable indoor respiratory triggers, namely exposure to cigarette smoke and pests in the home, may be at least partly to blame.
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Fall Babies At Greater Risk Of Asthma Study Shows
Are you concerned about having a baby with asthma? Well, you may want to hold off on when to conceive. A new study has shown that children born about four months before the height of the cold and flu season are at a higher risk of developing asthma.
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Common Cold Symptoms Caused By Immune System
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A University of Calgary scientist confirms that it is how our immune system responds, not the rhinovirus itself, that causes cold symptoms. Of more than 100 different viruses that can cause the common cold, human rhinoviruses are the major cause.
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Combo Pills: Treat Several Ailments In One Medication
Popping so many pills that you sometimes forget to take a medication? The drug companies think they have the answer: combination pills, which aim to treat several ailments in one medication. Indeed, dozens of combo pills are in the works to combat a range of ailments, from asthma and heart disease to arthritis and severe heartburn, by merging at least two medications into one.
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