Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
Children whose parents smoke tend to miss more school than their classmates with non-smoking parents — possibly because of a higher rate of respiratory infections, a new study suggests.
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Saturday, July 23rd, 2011
Consuming nicotine during pregnancy, even through non-smoking means, raises the risk for the fetus of elevated blood pressure, which can increase the chances of having a heart problem later in life, say researchers from California. Dr. DaLiao Xiao, from Loma Linda University School of Medicine, California, said: "We have found ...
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Saturday, April 23rd, 2011
Researchers at the University Of Pittsburgh Asthma Institute at UPMC and the University Of Pittsburgh School Of Medicine are recruiting patients for the VIDA (Vitamin D add-on therapy enhances corticosteroid responsiveness in Asthma) Study. Adults 18 and older who have been diagnosed with asthma and are non-smokers may be eligible ...
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Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
Children can be exposed to tobacco smoke through many venues - in the home, in the car, in child care or from other units in multi-unit housing. The study, "Acceptability of Testing Children for Tobacco Smoke Exposure: A National Parent Survey, " in the April 2011 issue of Pediatrics (published ...
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Monday, December 13th, 2010
A child who lives in an apartment where nobody smokes has a significantly higher risk of still inhaling tobacco smoke compared to a child who lives in a detached house where nobody in the household smokes, researchers from the University of Rochester Medical Center wrote in the journal Pediatrics. ...
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