Day care, children Early child care attendance increased the risk for wheeze in children ≤2 years of age but decreased the risk for asthma in children 3 to 5 years of age. Early child care attendance ...

A new study is offering children with asthma an enhanced check-up to see whether it can bring down the overuse of inhalers. The Prescription Alerts for Reliever Inhalers in Children (PARC) study at ...

My 11-month-old son has had several wheezing episodes recently. Does this mean he has asthma? Not necessarily. Not all children who have wheezing episodes will develop asthma, and not all children who ...

Researchers found no evidence that initiation of inhaled corticosteroids or leukotriene receptor antagonist therapy is associated with fewer wheezing/asthma attacks than therapy with a short-acting ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . More than a quarter of children with refractory wheeze were positive for rhinovirus despite a lack of symptoms.

All that wheezes is not pediatric asthma Many upper- and lower-airway problems can cause wheeze and cough, and some conditions coexist with asthma. Here's how to pin down a diagnosis. Asthma causes ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Children exposed to higher levels of air pollution are at an increased risk for developing asthma and persistent ...

Eating disorders in mums-to-be are linked to a heightened risk of asthma and wheezing in their children, irrespective of the type of disorder, presence of co-existing depression/anxiety, or the timing ...

Frequent use of household cleaning products during a child’s early life was associated with increased risk of wheeze and asthma—but not atopy—by the age of 3, according to study findings ...

Ozone exposure in the first years of life correlated with a higher likelihood of asthma and wheeze at age 4 to 6. Ozone represents the criteria air pollutant most commonly exceeded among U.S. children ...

INDIANAPOLIS -- The diagnosis of asthma in a young child may well be more challenging to pediatricians than previously appreciated, according to a review of research and clinical experience literature ...