Article: NSW: February worst time for child asthma attacks, Knowles warns

Article: Study shows sharp rise in child asthma ...
The Press;  February 19, 1999 ;     564 words ... ... school-age children admitted to Christchurch hospital for asthma attacks is more than seven times higher than in 1978. A study by ... the students were looking at whether it was a real rise in asthma attacks or whether other illnesses were being mistaken for asthma ...

Article: Painkiller may trigger child asthma ...
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  September 19, 2008 ;     517 words ...A COMMON painkiller may be one of the key driving forces behind the worldwide epidemic of childhood asthma, reveals a major study today. Researchers who analysed data on more than 200,000 children found strong links between paracetamol use and both the development of asthma and the symptoms'

Article: Coping with your child's asthma: the secret of controlling ...
Vibrant Life;  May 1, 1991 ;     700+ words ... ... in episodes, or "attacks." In the very young child, asthma attacks can be set off by a cold virus or even by an allergy ... began to learn that the secret of controlling the asthma attacks was not in overprotecting our children, but rather ...

Article: Asthma attacks among adults soar in London; ...but ...
The Evening Standard (London, England);  June 21, 2005 ;     529 words ...Byline: ISABEL OAKESHOTT;SOPHIE HINDS ASTHMA attacks in adults are soaring, new figures show. Hospitals in ... assessed as 70 times the acceptable level." The number of child asthma cases fell from 4,367 in 2001-2 to 3,751 in 2003 ...

Article: Child asthma method backed
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  October 12, 2000 ;     589 words ...Child asthma method backed Inhaled steroid treatment won't stunt kids' growth ... inflammation in the lungs and thus prevent or reduce the severity of asthma attacks, physicians have long debated the risks of treating children with ...

Article: Paracetamol link to child asthma.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  September 19, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... makes it likely. More exposure to the drug resulted in more asthma attacks, which tended to happen only after the start of paracetamol ... because aspirin and ibuprofen have been known to provoke asthma attacks. Professor Richard Beasley, from the Medical Research ...

Article: One in three child asthma deaths: due to mild form
Charleston Gazette;  June 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ...VIENNA, Austria - One in three fatal asthma attacks worldwide involves a child with a mild form of the disease ... nighttime awakenings (46 percent) and more frequent asthma attacks or exacerbations (40 percent)," it said. Patients ...