Research from New Zealand shows that children with asthma experience small but significant variations in lung function in response to changes in indoor air temperature.
Researchers show that patients with asthma experience a moderate loss of asthma control and increased neutrophilic airway inflammation on exposure to high altitude.
Swedish data show that children living in deprived areas have a significantly higher risk for hospitalization for asthma than do children from wealthier neighborhoods.
Researchers in China have found that a health education package targeted at schoolchildren can improve hygiene behaviors and reduce the incidence of soil-transmitted helminth infection.
Results from a Chinese study suggest that exposure to arsenic through contaminated drinking water may increase a person’s risk for developing hypertension.
Researchers have found that over the past 20 years, the incidence of Lyme disease has increased in the northern-most states of the USA, while declining in more southerly states.
Research shows that short-term hearing loss, such as that experienced by some music concert attendees, is actually protective rather than a sign of long-term damage.
Using hydrogen peroxide vapor to decontaminate unused hospital supplies that may have come into contact with multidrug-resistant organisms is effective and could save a significant amount of money, report researchers.
The cost of treatment with the tumor necrosis factor inhibitor etanercept is offset by increased ability to work, suggests a study of US patients with moderate-to-severe rheumatoid arthritis.
A study of nearly half a million Canadian residents confirms that exposure to ambient air pollution is associated with a risk for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
A high level of exposure to air pollution in early pregnancy significantly increases the risk for congenital birth defects, suggest US study findings published in the
Acute poisoning events requiring hospital admission are fairly common in children under the age of 6 years, but are usually resolved quickly with no loss of life or significant period of illness, show results from a Finnish study.
The Third Location Decompression program, currently a mandatory activity for UK military personnel following an overseas deployment, may not always be effective in helping personnel readjust, researchers report.
The majority of athletes are able to return to their chosen sport after hip arthroplasty for femoroacetabular impingement, achieving pre-injury levels of sporting activity.