Pills can break bone

Studies explain how drugs for asthma, diabetes cause osteoporosis

US comes clean

Diesel becomes a dirty word in the official US environmental lexicon

Re-examined

Air pollutants alone may cause acute asthma attacks

Health in news on May 1

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and developments around health

Asthma, race, environment

Urbanised problem

Suburban lifestyle is the cause behind numerous diseases, research authenticates

Wrong cure

The dawn of pollution

Future jeopardised

Union ministers squabble over aphrodisiac musk

Diwali day sees rise in number of hospital visits for respiratory problems in Delhi

Most patients complained of throat pain and breathing problems

How a change in inhalers can cut CO2

Textile therapy

A handloom trader experiments with traditional medicinal herbs for dyeing garments

Dust storm and mist

Why a pleasant autumn morning turned grimy for Savvy Soumya Misra

Bangalore besieged

Respiratory problems increase with rise in air pollution in Bangalore

In polluted Delhi, children have no place to hide from diseases

Seasonal measures, graded action not enough when millions of children are at risk of chronic ailments

Breaking the skin barrier

Genetic source of eczema and a form of asthma located

Asthama's female bias

Lungs, beware

Switching to ozone-friendly inhalers is not going to be easy

How air pollution hits lungs

A tactical war with pests

Capital punishment

No breather in sight

Research reinforces theory that air pollution and smoking perpetrate asthma

One in every two children in Kolkata suffers from air pollution, set to rise this year with AQI worsening

Rate of asthma within Kolkata teenagers highest among Indian major cities, first generation asthmatic children soaring

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