Protecting Children from Wildfire Smoke
Smoke from wildfires in Canada is affecting air quality in parts of the U.S. Northeast. Understand the risks to children and how to protect them.
Category: Asthma
WATCH: Climate, Air Pollution and Increased Lung Disease Risk: How Can Exposomics Identify the Most Vulnerable?
A lunchtime chat webinar by Rosalind J. Wright, MD, MPH, Co-Director, Mount Sinai Institute For Exposomic Research
WATCH: Asthma and Exposomics
Asthma is one of the most common conditions in childhood. It can affect up to almost 10% of children in the United States. Experts from the Mount Sinai Institute for Exposomic Research explain how studying the environment can help prevent and better treat asthma, especially in children
Childhood Asthma Study Uncovers Risky Air Pollutant Mixtures
Researchers use a novel machine learning algorithm to discover that early exposure to a variety of toxic air pollutants can lead to poor asthma outcomes
Rescue and recovery workers and volunteers who arrived early at the World Trade Center site face higher risk of developing COPD
Rescue and recovery workers who attended the World Trade Center site are beginning to develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to research presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress by Mount Sinai researchers.
In Utero Exposure to Tiny Pollution Particles in the Air Is Linked to Asthma in Preschoolers
Researchers from the Mount Sinai Institute for Exposomic Research are first to find ultrafine particles from traffic pollution influences asthma risk in U.S. children
WATCH: Stress and Childhood Asthma: How to Protect Children
Dr. Wright reviews evidence linking psychological stress to asthma expression in children. She highlights protective effects of nutrition and the early caregiving environment.
WATCH: Children’s Asthma and Reducing Environmental Triggers: Pediatric Perspectives
Webinar by: Lauren Zajac, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Erin Thanik, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai