Several studies assessed the association of maternal folate intake with infant asthma risk, but the fndings are controversial. We performed a meta-analysis to clarify the association between maternal folate intake and infant asthma risk. Original Source
the California Air Resources Board (carb) has recently approved stricter standards for checking particulate matter (pm) in the state. carb calculations show that realisation of the new standards would reduce 6,500 premature deaths every year. "This is an important step because these particles seriously impact human health, particularly infants, children, …
passive smoking causes decreased lung function in women, especially those suffering from asthma. Surprisingly, men's lung function is not affected due to such exposure. These startling facts were recently revealed during a study conducted by researchers from San Francisco-based University of California. Researchers studied more than 10,000 adults, 440 of …
safe inside the warm womb of the mother, a child kicks and turns. This is the third time that Sarah Connell is pregnant, but she has never reached her second trimester of pregnancy. She aborted twice earlier. This time she has moved houses, cleaned up her home, and taken every …
Waterborne diseases, caused by the intake of chemicals and contaminated water, affects around 3.4 million people globally. In India, around 563,000 people are affected annually, one fourth of which are children, according to the Union ministry of health and family welfare. Water gets contaminated due to sewage from households, industrial …
Indians are at great risk of lifestyle diseases. Inactivity alone claims two million lives globally every year, warns a recently-published who report. Indians, particularly the younger generation, are increasingly facing problems due to overweight, blood pressure, stress, high cholesterol and diabetes, all of which are a fallout of physical inactivity. …
Some chemicals can affect brain development and function. They also have serious effect on children's learning and behavioural abilities. Compared to other organs, the human brain develops over a long period of time
Open the recent National Human Development Report (nhdr), or any glossy document of the World Bank and its ilk, and it will reveal how the world is a much better place. Death rates have declined, people live longer, fewer children are dying and incomes are increasing. Of course, forget the …
Paediatricians are worried about rising cancer rates among children. Like Anupam Sachdeva and A K Dutta, head of department of paediatrics at Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi. They have been witness to a rise in the incidences of brain cancer and acute lymphocytic leukaemia, commonly found among children. In …
union health minister C P Thakur recently announced a plan to commercialise the farming of musk deer for medicinal purposes. To execute this plan, he proposes to set up captive breeding centres in Jammu, Himachal Pradesh and in certain areas of Uttaranchal. Musk, an aromatic secretion from the male Himalayan …
PACKED off. A stunning US study has clinched the battle of evidence on what tiny particles in the air, mostly emitted by the combustion of fossil fuels do to human health. The industry had refused to admit the mounting scientific evidence that had emerged till now. But this study has …
FINE KILL The health effect of ULTRAFINE particles - smaller than 0.1 micron in diameter - on human health was never properly studied. Epidemiological studies done till now only linked the effects of these particles on respiratory diseases not death. A German study sponsored by the Health Effects Institute has …
A study shows that 7.5-10 per cent of males in Delhi suffer from various respiratory diseases. Another says that 10 per cent suffer from breathlessness and their lung function is way below the expected levels. One study from Bangalore records the shooting up of asthma in tune with vehicular population …
LIKE A FISH out of water, she chokes and gasps. Writhes. She struggles to snatch a lungful of air, while watching television she suddenly hits a vacuum. She is asthmatic. She is just about anybody. One of the 150 million that are reminded the hard way that life in today's …
It lives in your pillow and if you have asthma it could be your worst enemy. It is the dust mite. The house dust mite are tiny (up to 0.3 mm) arthopods, which revel in the dust. Their numbers in a house depend not on cleanliness, but on the amount …
Asthma control regime Step 1: Symptoms occuring less than once a week Clinical features before treatment Daily medication required to maintain control • Occurs less than once a week • Mild simptoms • Asthma symptoms during night • Normal lung function between attacks • Medicines to be taken as needed, …
Under a global strategy for asthma management and prevention, the World Health Organisation has prescribed international guidelines. These guidelines recommend the regular use of prophylactic inhaled medication along with inhaled bronchodilators. But do asthma patients in poor countries receive proper treatment? A survey conducted in 24 African and Asian countries …
Patients from across the country come to Hyderabad for an unusual therapy using a live fish every year in the summer on the Mrigashirakarthi day. The other three doses are given on the following three nakshatras (constellation moons) in the next 45 days. About 156 years ago, it is believed …
Air Pollution aggravates asthma. Industrial smog (sulphur dioxide particulate complex) and photochemical smog (ozone and nitrogen oxides) are known to be triggers of mass asthma attacks. Yet the causal relationship is complex. Asthmatics are the most sensitive group in a community, that is, they suffer the most at lower levels. …
WITH increasing patients and many of them in industrialised nations the market for asthma drugs is growing rapidly. It is the eighth largest selling drug market and possibly the most profitable venture for pharmaceutical companies, at par with profits made from cancer and heart diseases related drugs. In the absence …
Several reports from large metropolitan cities have indicated significant association between acute morbidity and mortality from cardio-respiratory disorders and daily levels of major pollutants in the ambient air. Despite the wide-spread public concern about the adverse health effects of air pollution, there is substantial uncertainty regarding the effects of these …
