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Asthma
Out of breath
Issue Date: Mar 15, 2004
The shanties in Yamuna Pushta are packed tight. A dusty and torn curtain hangs over the entrance to Sabina's house. Trunks and cupboards leave little space for Sabina and her family. A kabadiwala has spread his polythene bags and plastic ware at their doorstep. A neighbour's goats roam nearby.
Dust storm and mist
Issue Date: Nov 30, 2009
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Lungs, beware
@vibhavarshney Issue Date: Nov 15, 2009
People suffering from asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have been taking help from cfcs
(chlorofluorocarbons), an ozone-depleting chemical, to breathe easier. cfc is used as a delivery agent, or
propellant, in inhalers. But an international agreement signed in 1987 makes it mandatory to stop using cfc after
The dawn of pollution
Issue Date: Jul 31, 2009
A walk in pre-sunrise hours may increase chances of asthma
health enthusiasts living near freeways should minimize their outdoor exercise timings during the early morning
hours; they should also keep their windows closed through the night. A team of environmental health scientists found the levels of air pollution to
A tactical war with pests
Issue Date: Jul 15, 2009
Treat a fever, get a wheeze
Issue Date: Nov 15, 2008
Paracetamol increases the risk of asthma in children
paracetamol, sold under brand names such as Metacin, Crocin and Calpol in India, is considered a safe bet
against fever and body ache. But it may pose problems for children, a new study revealed. It found that if a child was given paracetamol within the
first year of birth, it increased the risk of asthma by 46 per cent five or six years later. It also made children prone to repetitive sneezing, nasal
Wrong cure
Issue Date: Sep 30, 2008
Who will benefit from globally promoted pneumonia vaccine?
the pneumonia vaccine that the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, a public-private coalition, and who are promoting in developing countries is expensive, inefficient and causes serious side-effects, contends a letter
published in a public health journal.
Tree cover reduces risks of childhood asthma
Issue Date: Jun 15, 2008
Asthama's female bias
Issue Date: Feb 29, 2008
it is believed that women who grow up on farms have a strong immunity and face a lower risk of allergies than those who don't grow up on farms.
A study has found that farm women may be at a risk of contracting allergic asthma--the reason is pesticides. The chemicals lower resistance levels to allergens, says the first-of-its-kind study that tracked about 26,000 women in North Carolina and Iowa, usa.
How air pollution hits lungs
Issue Date: Jan 31, 2008
doctors advise asthma patients against spending much time travelling. Now a London study has demonstrated how air pollution affects the functioning of the lungs in asthmatics in real-life conditions, not laboratories.
"For the first time we are able to measure exactly what's happening inside the lungs of people with asthma when they spend only a couple of hours strolling in a polluted area," said Fan Chung of the Centre in Allergic Mechanisms of Asthma at the Imperial College, London, who led the study.
