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Patients with asthma using this weight loss drug ‘may have fewer attacks’

Connection to reduced asthma or COPD flare-ups was stronger with higher doses of the drug, study found

The Independent UK · Sep 7

A Choir Class Left a 15-Year-Old with Air Around His Heart, and the X-Ray Almost Missed It

A Tokyo teenager had chest pain after choir class. Air had leaked into his chest, and the classic X-ray signs doctors look for were absent.

Medical Daily · Aug 29

Young vapers ‘at risk of breathing problems and becoming smokers’

Review by paediatricians links child vaping with poor respiratory health such as coughing, wheezing and asthma

The Guardian - UK · Aug 19

A Trial of Nearly 4,000 Babies Found No Difference in Eczema or Bronchiolitis Hospitalization Between Acetaminophen and Ibuprofen

A randomized trial of 3,923 infants found acetaminophen and ibuprofen produced no meaningful difference in eczema or bronchiolitis at age one.

Medical Daily · Aug 13

A Flathead Valley Clinic Reports COPD and Asthma Flare Ups as Wildfire Smoke Settles Over Western Montana

Wildfire smoke from Oregon and Washington pushed Columbia Falls air to very unhealthy levels, and a Flathead Valley clinic reports COPD and asthma flare-ups.

Medical Daily · Aug 12

Woman Moved In With Her Boyfriend And Everything Seemed Fine, Until Unexplained Symptoms Began Months Later

"At the time, the doctors had no answers for why I was in such bad chronic pain," Sabrina Castaldi told Newsweek.

Bored Panda · Aug 8

Cow Gut Bacteria May Explain Most of the Farm Effect That Protects Children from Asthma

Researchers identified nine bacterial genera in the cow gut that appear to explain most of the farm effect that protects children from asthma.

Medical Daily · Aug 7

Philadelphia’s failing air quality hits hardest in neighborhoods near industry and highways, where asthma rates soar

Philadelphians who live near industrial land and major roads – those who live in the Port Richmond and Bridesburg neighborhoods along I-95, or the Delaware River port-industrial corridor, for example – face worse air pollution and are more likely to have asthma than residents who live farther from those sites.

The Conversation · Aug 5

Puget Sound Agencies Warn Wildfire Smoke Could Push Air Quality to Unhealthy Levels Through Thursday

A wildfire smoke alert covers King, Kitsap, Pierce and Snohomish counties, with air quality forecast to reach unhealthy levels through Thursday.

Medical Daily · Aug 4

Healthy Lungs? Avoid These 5 Surprisingly Harmful Habits

The term lung disease instantly evokes the issue of smoking.Smoking is the most common cause of respiratory issues. However, doctors are seeing more patients with lung disease who do not smoke. It could have to do with a normal activity that can be easily forgotten. Some of the other factors…

MyLifeXP · Aug 1