Wheezing is a whistling sound caused by narrowed airways and is common in asthma. Asthma involves airway inflammation leading ...

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 ...

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 ...

To earn CME related to this news article, click here. April 23, 2009 — Relatively low dietary intakes of vitamins A and C are associated with statistically significant increased odds of asthma and ...

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.

This analysis underscores the importance of better understanding the role of early-life exposure to ambient ozone in addressing risk factors for pediatric asthma in the US. HealthDay News — Early-life ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Children of mothers who had high-dose prenatal vitamin D and who had sufficient vitamin D at age 12 months had ...

Observational data suggest that a diet deficient in long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) during pregnancy is associated with a greater risk for asthma and wheezing in the offspring. Previous ...

Eating three or more burgers a week may boost a child's risk of asthma and wheeze - at least in developed nations - reveals a large international study, published in Thorax today. Conversely, a ...

Reduced intake of n−3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs) may be a contributing factor to the increasing prevalence of wheezing disorders. We assessed the effect of supplementation with ...