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Putting On The Pounds May Mean Added Asthma Risk For Texans
The more you weigh, the less you may be able to breathe. New research suggests that overweight and obese individuals in Dallas, Houston and throughout Texas are 50 percent more likely to develop asthma than normal-weight men and women. Public health efforts to control asthma should therefore emphasize the importance of healthy weight management, the study researchers reported.
Reducing Salt Use Reduces Risk Of Heart Disease For Texans
Researchers from the American Dietetic Association report that reducing the amount of salt in your diet can lower your risk of developing heart disease by 25 percent, and the risk of dying from heart disease by 20 percent.
Asthma Causes In Texas Still A Mystery, But Young Practitioners May Offer Hope
Diana, a young mother in Dallas, was devastated when she discovered her four-year-old son had asthma. She kept thinking she could have done something - maybe even while she was pregnant - to have prevented it. "I've heard drinking cow's milk and eating eggs while you're pregnant can cause it. I don't know. You always wonder."
Speed Still Kills In Texas
A 2007 study, conducted by the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, provides researchers with additional evidence of a correlation between frequent amphetamine and cocaine usage among young individuals in Dallas, Houston and elsewhere in Texas and the occurrence of strokes.
Study Finds Parents In Texas Pass Whooping Cough To Babies
The New York Times reported, in an April 2007 article, that the rates of pertussis, or whooping cough, have been steadily increasing since the 1980s, and a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that infants most often catch the disease from older household members, especially infected parents.
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