Asthma In The News

2009 news stories on asthma in chronological order

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Asthma inhaler 'failing children'
BBC health news - 6 October 2009
More than one in ten children with asthma may be taking reliever inhalers that do nothing for them, UK researchers say.
Eczema's link to asthma uncovered
BBC health news - 24 May 2009
Scientists from the Washington University School of Medicine believe they have found what triggers many children with eczema to go on to develop asthma.
Asthmatic children 'missing out'
BBC Wales news - 5 May 2009
Teachers' pre-conceptions about asthma are causing children with the condition to "miss out", a report has revealed.
Vitamin deficiency asthma 'link'
BBC health news - 16 April 2009
A review of 40 studies carried out over the past 30 years by a Nottingham University-led team indicates that a low intake of vitamins A and C could raise the risk of asthma.
Study finds stress link to asthma
BBC England news - 8 April 2009
Pregnant women who suffer from stress are more likely to have a child with asthma, according to research from the Children of the 90s study carried out by the University of Bristol.
Fresh hope for people with asthma
BBC England news - 6 March 2009
Medical experts at the Glenfield hospital in Leicester have developed a new antibody therapy treatment that may help those with the severest form of asthma.
Antibodies tackle severe asthma
BBC health news - 5 March 2009
Two research studies in the UK and Canada, have found the treatment mepolizumab helped those patients with asthma exacerbated by a condition called eosinophilia.
TV linked to asthma risk doubling
BBC health news - 3 March 2009
A UK study has found that young children who spend more than two hours a day watching TV double their risk of developing asthma.
London children in asthma study
BBC England news - 18 February 2009
School children in east London are to be the subject of a new study into the effect of air pollution and lack of sunlight on asthma levels.
Pollution link to asthma in womb
BBC health news - 15 February 2009
Research by the University of Cincinnati suggests that traffic pollution causes genetic changes in the womb which increase a child's risk of developing asthma.
Doubt over child steroid tactic
BBC health news - 22 January 2009
A study of 700 children suggests that steroid tablets do not reduce the symptoms of virus-induced wheezing in pre-school children.

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