David Staszak
ASTHMA a Predictor of CHRONIC MIGRAINE ATTACKS
Pre-existing asthma may be a strong predictor of future chronic migraine attacks in individuals experiencing occasional migraine headaches, according to researchers from the University of Cincinnati (...
Farm Animal Exposure Reduces Childhood Asthma 52%
Children who are raised in households with dogs or farm animals during their first year of life may have a lower risk of asthma a few years later, a new study suggests. In the study, the researchers l...
Diabetes risk linked to Smoking
Researchers analyzed data on almost 5.9 million people in 88 previous studies examining the connection between smoking, second-hand smoke exposure and diabetes. They estimated that roughly 28 million ...
Seasonality is often overlooked in Childhood Asthma
Asthma is a commonly overlooked condition affecting 10% of the nation’s children. The article below is by David Staczak from MDSpiro the nations leading provider of Spirometry products to primar...
Cigarette Smoke and COPD Link Confirmed
Researchers from Brown University examined healthy patients’ and smoking patients’ lung samples in order to demonstrate that the expression of the pathways in immune responses is decreased in COPD pat...
Bacteria may be key to non smoking compliance
A bacterial enzyme may be a future candidate in smoking cessation, according to a new study led by researchers at The Scripps Institute. Findings from the study are published in the Journal of the Ame...
Bad Cholesterol linked to increased pediatric asthma and airway obstruction
Blood lipid profiles are associated with childhood asthma, airway obstruction, bronchial responsiveness, and aeroallergen sensitization, researchers from Denmark report. Dr. Hans Bisgaard from the Uni...
E-Cigs power increases exposure to chemicals
The higher the power of an e-cigarette, the higher the concentrations of potentially hazardous substances the device produces, including acetaldehyde, acrolein, and formaldehyde. Those are among the f...
Smoking has Long Term Consequences
There may be 35 million older Americans with undiagnosed lung disease due to cigarette smoking, a new study suggests. They don’t meet the criteria for a diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary dise...