They include Cathy Lopez, a paralegal whose 9-year-old son suffers from asthma and bronchitis, conditions aggravated by air pollution.
Representative Edward J. Markey, Democrat of Massachusetts, referring to asthma aggravated by air pollution, said the Republicans' new motto was to regulate softly and carry a big inhaler.
Physical Benefits As more people like those in Natomas rely on themselves instead of fuel-driven vehicles to get from place to place, experts expect a decline in health problems known to be aggravated by air pollution, stress and inactivity: asthma and other respiratory diseases, heart disease, high blood pressure, Type 2 diabetes, depression and even some cancers.
Not when thousands of our children suffer from asthma aggravated by air pollution.
Mounting evidence suggests that asthma rates are rising and that this disease can be caused or aggravated by air pollution.
Recent studies have suggested that other chronic diseases may also be aggravated by air pollution, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cardiovascular disease (including heart attack and stroke), cancer and diabetes.
Having a dog in the house may worsen the symptoms of children with asthma by aggravating their response to air pollution, but living with cats has no detectable effect, a new study reports.
Children may be absent from school because of respiratory or other acute diseases caused or aggravated by exposure to air pollution.
"In contrast, severe asthma, which is aggravated by viruses and air pollution, may be a separate Th1-type immune disorder that involves the excess production of TNF-α." This could explain why the use of etanercept in previous studies of mild asthma produced no improvement in symptoms.
These findings highlight the importance of environmental factors such as particulate air pollution in aggravating ARF.
