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<p class="entry-title">The impact of the environment on our health is a global problem, but as you will read about below it is also a very local issue for many.&nbsp; In these articles you will learn how air pollution impacts cancer survivor outcomes, the impact of climate change on our health, our living environment and asthma and more.<h2 class="entry-title">Childhood Cancer Survivors Impacted by Air Pollution More Than Others</h2><p><a href="https://www.docwirenews.com/docwire-pick/the-impact-of-climate-change-on-our-health/">Air pollution</a>&nbsp;significantly increases the risk of hospitalizations in childhood cancer survivors, according to a case-crossover study published in the&nbsp;<em>International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health</em>.</p><p>Cancer survivors may experience&nbsp;<a href="https://www.docwirenews.com/abstracts/hem-onc-abstracts/skin-cancer-early-detection-childhood-cancer/">long-term detrimental health issues</a>&nbsp;related to their cancer treatment, particularly pulmonary-toxic properties that increase the risk for adverse respiratory health outcomes.</p><p><a href="https://www.docwirenews.com/hematology-oncology/chemotherapy-treated-cancer-survivors-pollution/">Read More</a></p><h2 class="entry-title">Environmental Factors Do Not Largely Impact Asthma Control in Children</h2><p>When following&nbsp;proper&nbsp;asthma&nbsp;protocol, parents&nbsp;may&nbsp;not have to worry about other outside factors, such as pets&nbsp;and secondhand cigarette smoke,&nbsp;affecting&nbsp;improvements in their children&rsquo;s asthma,&nbsp;recent research suggests.<span data-ccp-props='{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}'>&nbsp;</span></p><p>Dr.&nbsp;Christopher Carroll, medical director and research director for pediatric critical care at Connecticut Children&rsquo;s Medical Center in Hartford, told&nbsp;<a href="https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/chest/75600" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><i>MedPage</i><i>&nbsp;Today</i></a>,&nbsp;&ldquo;These researchers showed that adherence to asthma treatment guidelines was more important than pet exposure, in terms of improving asthma symptoms over time.&rdquo; Carroll&nbsp;was not involved in the study.</p><p><a href="https://www.docwirenews.com/latest-general-medical-news/impact-asthma-control-children/">Read More</a></p><h2 class="entry-title">The Impact of Climate Change on Our Health</h2><p><strong>Linda Birnbaum, PhD, DABT, ATS,&nbsp;</strong>of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS; part of the National Institutes of Health [NIH]), discussed the interactions between the environment and health. She was the recipient of the AAAAI Foundation and Dr. William and Judith H. Busse Lectureship: Investing Together in Our Future award.</p><p>The impact of climate change leads to air pollution, severe weather, extreme heat, environmental degradation, decreased water and food supply, decreased water quality, increasing allergies, and changes in vector diseases.</p><p><a href="https://www.docwirenews.com/docwire-pick/the-impact-of-climate-change-on-our-health/">Read More</a></p><h2 class="entry-title">Interview: Asthma Interventions&mdash;More Than Just the Medicine</h2><p>A variety of factors come into play when treating asthma&mdash;and environmental respiratory triggers go beyond the obvious.</p><p>Many interventions exist &ldquo;to target the variety of exposures,&rdquo; according to Elizabeth Matsui, MD, MHS, professor of pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, in an interview. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s been a lot of controversy about whether [allergen exposures] are actually effective in terms of improving asthma symptoms and reducing asthma morbidity.&rdquo;</p><p>Studies on the topic have yielded conflicting results, but one overarching theme Dr. Matsui pointed to was interventions reducing allergen exposure among pediatric patients are very effective.</p><p><a href="https://www.docwirenews.com/docwire-pick/asthma-interventions-more-medicine/">Watch or Read More</a></p><h2 class="entry-title">Consideration of Public Health Strategies for Asthma Care</h2><p>Speakers discussed public health strategies for targeting the indoor environment as an intervention for asthma care during a session at the AAAAI Annual Meeting.</p><p><strong>Matthew Perzanowski, PhD,&nbsp;</strong>of Columbia University in New York, began by talking about the need for community-level interventions. He discussed a 2002 study by Rauh et al published in&nbsp;<em>Environmental Health Perspectives</em>&nbsp;that found that indoor household allergen levels are related to degree of household disrepair, after adjusting for individual family attributes, suggesting that social-structural aspects of housing may be appropriate targets for public health interventions designed to reduce allergen exposure. Dr. Perzanowski said the ability to remediate structural problems in low-income urban homes is often not possible for the individual. &ldquo;We need to reframe this as a public health issue instead of interventions,&rdquo; he said.</p><p><a href="https://www.docwirenews.com/docwire-pick/consideration-of-public-health-strategies-for-asthma-care-2/">Read More</a></p></p>


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