Asthma

Asthma in children linked to memory difficulties, study suggests

Researchers found early-onset asthma may negatively affect cognitive development over time.

 Linked to cognitive development. Early-onset asthma.
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Israel lacks pulmonologists to treat thousands with asthma, COPD, other lung diseases

 Finding ways to stop the progression of cancer (Illustrative).

Israelis find breakthrough treatment for cancer patients' severe itching

 A teenager smoking (illustrative).

Teenage boys who smoke risk respiratory damage to future kids


Shaare Zedek staff arrange for equipment and provide ongoing support to Zanzibar

Jerusalem Medical Center brings a doctor and nurse from Zanzibar to learn how to cope with lung diseases that are partially responsible for Zanzibar's low life expectancy.

 Prof. Gabriel Izbicki and medical personnel from Zanzibar.

More asthma sufferers live in areas with high levels of pollution

The researchers found that communities east of Haifa have the highest number of asthma patients.

 A visible layer of air pollution stretches out across the sea. Photograph taken from the research vessel during the AQABA campaign.

Smoking around children could harm their children as well - study

Fathers’ smoking around their young sons could raise the risk of asthma for their future grandchildren according to a recent study.

Cigarettes and ashtray, illustrative

Asthmatics may soon breathe easier thanks to new breakthrough -study

The research, culminating in a peer-reviewed study published in the European Respiratory Journal, focused on urine analysis; specifically on carnitines.

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Changes during pregnancy may contribute to the development of asthma in baby -study

Researchers believe that the observed epigenetic modifications in the asthmatic patients likely occurred during pregnancy.

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How can you treat allergies and stop sneezing?

Spring comes, the flowers bloom and allergies spread. How can we determine if we have allergies, and if so to what, and the best treatment methods today?

 allergies

Hanukkah’s hidden hazard: Baker’s asthma

Every year, more than 30,000,000 sufganiyot (Hanukkah donuts) are sold in Israel. Yet, while people indulge, the workers who prepare this oily treat may suffer from "baker’s asthma." Why?

 Itzik Kadosh, co-owner of Café Kadosh, prepares sufganiyot, on November 24, 2021.

Air pollution during Lag Ba'omer causes damage of NIS 43 million

Environmental-health damage can even increase in situations where plastic products are burned in fires, causing the emission of dioxins, which are extremely toxic

A Lag Ba'omer bonfire in Jerusalem sponsored by FIG - Food Integrated Gardens, a Jerusalem-based permaculture service headed by Paz Feigenbaum

65% drop in severe asthma, Israeli hospital says it’s the masks

Prof. Nancy Agmon-Levin, who conducted the study, told The Jerusalem Post that she believes “masks blocked infectious agents and definitely pollen.”

An ultra-Orthodox man wears three masks over his face while celebrating Purim amid coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions in Jerusalem February 28, 2021

Israeli research: People with asthma 30% less likely to contract COVID-19

The findings were not dependent on age, gender or socioeconomic status.

An inhaler used to treat asthma

Home cleaning products may increase risk of childhood asthma

With greater exposure to cleaning products, kids were also 35% more likely to have chronic wheezing and 49% more likely to have chronic allergies, a study found.

PARENTS SHOULD read labels and look for items that are free of dye and perfume, and consider natural cleaning products instead of chemical alternatives.