Asthma News

World Asthma Day

May 7, 2013

World Asthma Day is an annual celebration organized by the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) to promote asthma awareness around the world.  This year's theme is "You Can Control Your Asthma" and GINA is introducing a sub-theme "It's Time To Control Asthma".  To find out more about World Asthma Day and GINA, please visit their website http://www.ginasthma.org

New Look and a new name for the SAGE Blog!

The SAGE blog is now the AGE blog!

The blog remains a great place to read about current research related to asthma, allergies, genes, and the environment, but will now also include information obtained through other related research, such as the CHILD Study (The Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development Study ) and CAPPS (Canadian Asthma Primary Prevention Study). Information will be posted about studies done by world renown researchers right here at home and from around the world.

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Study Links C-sections to Disease Susceptibility

New research shows that being born by C-section and being breastfed affects the bacteria fond in the baby’s gut.  Some of these bacteria play an important role in the development of the immune system and possibly in the development of some diseases as children get older. Follow the links below to read more about these interesting findings.

C-section babies missing crucial gut bacteria, study finds