By Tony Leys
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Kevin Ochoa’s family is getting unusual help in answering a vexing riddle: Why is he having so much trouble breathing?
The Des Moines Register (http://dmreg.co/1SSfVNr ) reports that the local sixth-grader suffers severe asthma attacks, which routinely send him to the hospital. The situation is frightening, painful and expensive...
By Agata Blaszczak Boxe
Children who take certain antibiotics called macrolides to treat an infection may experience changes in their gut bacteria, a new study suggests.
And children given more than two courses of macrolides during the first two years of life may face an increased risk of developing asthma and becoming overweight later in childhood, according to the findings...
By Mark Tran
The use of antibiotics in young children may alter the natural populations of gut microbes in a way that leaves them predisposed to weight gain and asthma in later childhood, according to new research.
The study of 236 children aged between two and seven, with a median age of five, backs earlier research on mice and children indicating the negative consequences of early antibiotic use. Antibiotics are the most commonly used drugs in childhood populations of western countries...
By Amy Norton
Children whose mothers took certain asthma drugs during pregnancy may have a slightly increased risk of autism, a new study suggests.
The study, published online Jan. 6 in Pediatrics, found a connection between autism risk and prenatal exposure to drugs called beta-agonists. They are most often used to control asthma, and include inhaled medications such as albuterol, salmeterol (Serevent) and formoterol (Foradil)...
By Christopher C. Chang
1/6/2016
Although this winter has been relatively mild so far, at least on the East Coast, cold weather is inevitably going to come. When it does, how will this affect your ability to exercise? Does exercising in cold weather pose difficulties for you? Does it cause you to have wheezing, or cough, or shortness of breath? Many of our young elementary school and high school students are involved in a variety of sports activities in the winter time. What is the best way to get through the cold months?
Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) or “exercise-induced asthma” is a well-established condition with strict diagnostic criteria.The diagnosis is established by changes in lung function which are provoked by exercise, and is not based on symptoms. The condition involves acute narrowing of the airway occurring as a result of exercise...
