Mumbai: Apart from the malaria menace, you can also blame the rising burden of another disease, asthma, on the incessant construction activity in the city.

In fact, the Asthma and Bronchitis Association of Mumbai has dashed off a letter to the civic body and to the ministry of housing, urging them to formulate guidelines for contractors and engineers to control

As the Icelandic volcano continues to spew ash across much of Europe, questions are circulating about whether the fine airborne particles of rock and glass pose health or environmental risks.

Pune With environmental pollution, eating habits and a sedentary lifestyle making children prone to asthma, an initiative by the Chest Research Foundation (CRF) is set to make asthma detection easy.

British scientists claim to have developed a new therapy that can permanently cure deadly peanut allergies within three years, in a breakthrough that may help treat millions of people suf- fering from various kinds of allergies.

Exhaust from cars and trucks exacerbates asthma in children. It may also cause other respiratory illnesses and heart problems resulting in deaths, a fresh study has found.

The report, to be issued by the non-profit Health Effects Institute, analysed 700 peer-reviewed studies conducted around the world on varying aspects of motor vehicle emissions and health.