By Priyanjana Pramanik, MSc. New research finds that kids who don’t eat enough calories face a higher risk of asthma — but ...

Harms of race-specific lung function calculations extend to asthma and treatment, particularly in Black children.

More than a third of food-allergic kids were able to eat full servings of their trigger foods after treatment with an ...

Nov. 19, 2024 — A new study sheds light on a potential link between exposure to certain everyday chemicals during pregnancy and the development of asthma in children. The study analyzed data ...

Postnatal antibiotic exposure, even when not related to infant infections, may increase the risk of developing childhood ...

Outdated and flawed studies previously led to the belief that white children had “naturally higher” lung function compared to ...

Using a race-neutral equation identifies more than twice as many Black children with asthma or asthma symptoms as hav ...

Compared with race-specific equations, race-neutral equation identified twice as many Black children with asthma or asthma symptoms. HealthDay News — Using a race-neutral equation identifies ...

Diagnostic procedures based on that assumption have caused asthma to be dramatically underdiagnosed among Black children, researchers reported Feb. 28 in JAMA Open Network. About 2.5 to 4 times ...