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A new observational study by Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers has found that RSV infection in the first year of life is associated with a significantly increased risk of asthma in children. The study, the first to look at the effects of RSV infections of all different severities on childhood asthma risk at a population level, was published in the journal The Lancet.
Severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection has long been associated with the onset of childhood wheezing diseases, but the relationship between RSV infection during infancy and the development of childhood asthma has remained unclear.
Tuesday we are facing yet another so-called Code Orange Air Quality Alert day — with air quality that can be unhealthy for people with heart and lung disease, older people, and children.
E-Mail IMAGE: Katherine Cahill, MD, medical director of Clinical Asthma Research in the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. view more Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center Type 2 diabetes patients who also have asthma are benefitting from a diabetes medication, typically given to help the pancreas produce more insulin, that also improves asthma symptoms and may reduce lung and airway inflammation. These types of medication -- GLP-1 receptor agonists -- are a newer class of FDA-approved therapeutics that are gen...
Runny nose, headache, fatigue? Doctors explain the differences in allergies and COVID symptoms If you find your nose is running, you have a piercing headache and an overall icky feeling, is it allergies or could it be COVID-19? and last updated 2021-04-15 23:51:12-04 NASHVILLE, Tenn (WTVF) â If you couldn't tell by the flowers, the green grass and full trees, springtime is officially here. And your body is probably reminding you of this as well because we're in the height of oak season right now. As most people know, itâs not just allergy season, we're also still in the midst of the...