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Can a dirty house help fight chronic disease? Study suggests early exposure to "farm-like microbiota" helps prevent asthma in children
There can be no doubt that proper hygiene practices like regular hand-washing are vital to maintaining good health. An understanding of how germs are spread and what makes...
3 days ago - Natural News - 2 articles
Vitamin D Supplementation in Pregnancy Has No Effect on Reducing Asthma in Children
A new study finds that giving mothers vitamin D during pregnancy doesn't prevent asthma or recurrent wheezing in young children.
3 days ago - University of Rochester Medical Center
Parent-Centered Perspectives on a Validated Asthma Questionnaire in the Emergency Department
Although national asthma guidelines recommend use of validated questionnaires to improve asthma care, little is known about the extent to which these questionnaires are...
6 days ago - Academic Pediatrics
Addition of pediatric observation unit improves care at NYC hospital
The implementation of a pediatric observation unit, or POU, reduced patient length of stay and conversion rates and increased patient satisfaction at a New York City hospital...
6 days ago - Healio - 3 articles
Variability in Diagnosed Asthma in Young Children in a Large Pediatric Primary Care Network
Our objectives were to (1) quantify the frequency of wheezing episodes and asthma diagnosis in young children in a large pediatric primary care network and (2) assess the...
9 days ago - Academic Pediatrics
Prenatal vitamin D supplementation failed to prevent asthma in at-risk children
Children whose mothers received high-dose vitamin D supplementation while pregnant were not less likely to develop asthma or recurrent wheeze at age 6 years than children whose...
9 days ago - Healio
Six-Year Follow-up of a Trial of Antenatal Vitamin D for Asthma Reduction
Vitamin D deficiency has been hypothesized to have contributed to the increase in asthma and allergies in westernized societies. Because asthma and wheezing illnesses begin...
10 days ago - New England Journal of Medicine - 2 articles
Vitamin D Supplementation during Pregnancy and the Prevention of Childhood Asthma
Asthma is a major cause of illness and health care costs: in 2016, almost 200,000 Americans were admitted to the hospital for an asthma attack, and 40% of them were children...
10 days ago - New England Journal of Medicine - 2 articles
Prenatal Vitamin D Therapy Fails to Prevent Childhood Asthma
Updated results on a study of vitamin D and childhood asthma has concluded that giving extra doses to pregnant women fails to reduce the risk of wheezing and breathing problems...
10 days ago - Medscape
Does Prenatal Vitamin D Reduce Asthma in School-Aged Children?
High-dose vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy did not reduce asthma or recurrent wheezing in children at 6 years of age.
11 days ago - Journal Watch - 3 articles
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