THURSDAY, Jan. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Adults with asthma now have a new rescue medication to turn to after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Airsupra on Wednesday. The drug is the first approved to combine albuterol (a beta-2 adrenergic agonist) and budesonide (a corticosteroid). It’s meant forContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Gas stoves could face new emissions standards or even be banned because of their link to indoor air pollutants and childhood asthma, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The federal agency will open public comment on gas cooking stoves andContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The swimmer came to shore struggling to breathe and coughing up blood. A keen competitive long-distance swimmer and triathlete, the woman was fit and healthy when she started a nighttime open water swim event. But a couple weeks earlier, she’d had breathing difficultiesContinue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For the first time in a decade, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed strengthening standards on fine soot in the air, a known contributor to serious health issues. Under the new proposal, standards for fine particulate pollution, known as PM 2.5, wouldContinue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A new way of allocating donor lungs that eliminates geographical restrictions could save more lives, new research suggests. In early 2023, the current U.S. system, which looks for compatible candidates within a fixed radius, will be replaced by the Composite Allocation Score. TheContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Air pollution may trigger more asthma attacks in urban children and teens, a new study reports. Even moderate levels of ozone and fine airborne particulates — two ingredients of smog — appear to increase kids’ risk of asthma attacks, according to findings publishedContinue Reading
SATURDAY, Dec. 31, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Keeping allergies and asthma in check in the new year is a resolution worth keeping. With 2023 dawning, the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology offers some suggestions for keeping symptoms under control all year long. “More than 50 million people inContinue Reading
MARTES, 20 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Unos investigadores han descubierto otro peligro para la salud asociado con vapear. Inhalar los productos de vapeo podría dañar a una capa esencial de los pulmones, llamada surfactante. El surfactante está hecho de lípidos y proteínas, y posibilita que se respireContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Cold, dry winter air and a trio of spreading viruses could cause children’s asthma to flare up this winter season. But experts at one children’s hospital offer some tips to help parents keep their kids’ worrisome respiratory symptoms in check. While asthma isContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Researchers think they’ve figured out why people can become reinfected with COVID-19, despite immunity gained from either vaccination or a previous infection. It turns out that antibodies produced in the nose — the first line of defense against respiratory viruses like COVID —Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Dec. 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is looking into a possible increase in invasive group A strep bacterial infections among children in the United States. A number of children’s hospitals in different parts of the country have reported seeing more dangerousContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Dec. 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Researchers have uncovered another health hazard associated with vaping. Inhaling vape products may damage a critical layer of the lungs called surfactant. Made of lipids and proteins, surfactant makes it possible to breathe with minimal effort by reducing surface tension. Researchers say breathingContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Dec. 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — While shift workers aren’t more likely to get infected with COVID-19, they are more likely to suffer from severe disease requiring hospitalization, researchers warn. Norwegian scientists studied the risks of both shift workers and people who worked in face-to-face jobs in terms ofContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Dec. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Air pollution is plaguing the world’s oldest subway system, a new study warns, with high levels of tiny metal particles found in dust samples throughout the London Underground. Whether these particles actually pose a risk to human health remains an open question, BritishContinue Reading