In adults with persistent asthma, elevated blood eosinophil levels may be able to predict which individuals are at increased risk for exacerbations, according to a new study. “Eosinophils are known to be involved in the pathophysiology of asthma, and determining...
Maternal intake of dietary methyl donors during the first trimester of pregnancy modulates the risk of developing childhood asthma at age 7, according to a new study. Methyl donors are nutrients involved in a biochemical process called methylation, in which chemicals...
Parents in low-income families were less likely to delay asthma care for their children or avoid taking their children to see a doctor if they had lower vs. higher levels of health insurance cost-sharing. “The Affordable Care Act will do a great deal to reduce...
Children who are exposed in utero to high levels of particulate air pollution during the second trimester of pregnancy may be at greater risk of developing asthma in early childhood, according to a new study. The study included 430 full-term children followed to age 7...
Supplemental vitamin C taken by pregnant smokers improved measures of lung function for newborns and decreased the incidence of wheezing for infants through 1 year, according to a study. The researchers found that newborns of women randomized to vitamin C, compared...
In adults with persistent asthma and low vitamin D levels, treatment with vitamin D3 did not reduce the rate of treatment failure or exacerbation of symptoms, according to a study. There was also no significant reduction in other measured outcomes related to asthma...
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