Childhood Wheezing With Rhinovirus Can Increase Asthma Odds 10-f...

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Thu, 10/02/2008 - 22:30

Infants who experience viral respiratory illnesses with wheezing are known to be at increased risk for developing asthma later during childhood.

Using new molecular techniques to identify different viruses, researchers now believe they have pinpointed the biggest culprit: rhinovirus.


 

More related items

First-born Babies' Higher Asthma And Allergy Rates...
First-born children are at higher risk of developing asthma and allergy because of different conditions they experience in the uterus, according to new research.

Possible Link Between Baby Swimming And Breathing...
Children with mothers who have allergies or asthma have an increased risk of wheezing in the chest if they take part in baby swimming before 6 months of age.

Children Of Centenarians Live Longer, Have Lower Risk...
Centenarian offspring (children of parents who lived to be at least 97 years old) retain important cardiovascular advantages from their parents compared to a similarly-aged cohort.

The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to...
What happens when something is sucked into a black hole? Does it disappear? Three decades ago, a young physicist named Stephen Hawking claimed it did-and in doing so put at risk everything we...

La Crosse Technology WS-8117U-IT-OAK Atomic Wall...
Lacrosse Technology WS-8117U-IT-OAK Atomic Digital Wall Clock Lacrosse Technology WS-8117U-IT-OAK Atomic Digital Wall Clock IN / OUT Temp 12 Moon Phases Time Alarm with Snooze 4...


 

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
science-nature.marc8.com