Red-bellied black snake found curled up inside a teenager’s asthma puffer

Enough to make you gasssp: Venomous red-bellied black snake is found inside a teen girl’s asthma puffer Venomous red-bellied black snake was found curled up inside an asthma puffer A teenage girl was bringing in her washing at her home in Bli Bli, Sunshine Coast The snake slithered out of her clothes and into her … Read more

Covid-19: Some severe asthma sufferers eligible for a vaccine have been refused one, charity warns

People with severe asthma are being refused Covid vaccines by GPs, a charity has warned.  Asthma UK said there is widespread confusion over whether people with the lung condition qualify as one of the top priority groups.   The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) guidance for priority group six, which is under way now, … Read more

More than half of Americans with uncontrolled asthma smoke marijuana

More than half of Americans who do not have their asthma under control are marijuana users, a new small study suggests. Researchers found that about one-third of patients whose asthma is untreated and out of control have smoked cannabis in the past while one-fifth report currently use the drug. What’s more, the patients were more … Read more

Jessie James Decker says her son Forrest, two, has been diagnosed with asthma

Jessie James Decker says her son Forrest, two, has been diagnosed with asthma after being hospitalized three times in six weeks: ‘It breaks my heart’ By Heather Waugh For Dailymail.com Published: 19:02 GMT, 29 January 2021 | Updated: 19:25 GMT, 29 January 2021 Jessie James Decker shared a heartbreaking photo of her son Forrest after … Read more

Eating plenty of fish in childhood can halve the risk of developing asthma, study suggests 

Regularly eating salmon, mackerel and sardines as a child can halve the risk of developing asthma as you get older, according to a team of scientists.  Queen ‘Mary University of London researchers studied data from 4,500 children born in the 1990s in the UK – that have been monitored by scientists since birth. Those who … Read more

Girl, nine, killed by chronic asthma attack was hospitalised 27 times, landmark inquest hears

The ‘desperate’ mother of a nine-year-old girl who died following a chronic asthma attack has said she would have moved house had she known air pollution was harming her daughter, an inquest heard. Ella Kissi-Debrah died in February 2013 after suffering numerous seizures and making almost 30 visits to hospital with breathing problems over the previous … Read more

Inquest into asthma girl’s death is told policy fuelled rise in pollution 

Was tragic Ella, 9, killed by the ‘dash for diesel’? Inquest into asthma girl’s death is told policy fuelled rise in pollution Ella Kissi-Debrah died in 2013 after 3 years of seizures and 27 visits to hospital The nine-year-old lived 80ft from the South Circular road in south-east London Inquest into her death in 2014 … Read more

Girl, nine, died of asthma attack after being exposed to pollution, inquest hears 

Air pollution levels outside the home of a schoolgirl who died after an asthma attack ‘consistently exceeded’ legal limits, an inquest heard today.  Ella Kissi-Debrah died after three years of seizures and 27 visits to hospital for treatment to breathing problems. The nine-year-old lived just 80ft from a notorious pollution ‘hotspot’ on the busy south … Read more

Caesarean sections can ‘double the risk of asthma and allergies’

Babies born through caesarean sections have more than double the risk of early childhood asthma and allergies, a new study claims.  In a study of 700 children, US researchers have found a link between babies born by a caesarean (C-section) and having asthma and allergies at the age of six years.  A caesarean – a … Read more

Babies of depressed mums ‘face bigger risk of asthma’

Babies of depressed mums ‘face bigger risk of asthma’: Pregnant women who suffer mental health issues such as anxiety may give birth to children with greater chance of developing asthma, study finds Children aged 10 can be almost twice as likely to suffer from asthma   Hormones released by women because of stress may affect their … Read more