Urban Dwellers Have Higher Odds Of Asthma

MONDAY, Aug. 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Urban dwellers have a higher risk of developing asthma, thanks to dirty air and lower amounts of green space, a major new study says.

In fact, better urban planning could prevent more than 1 in 10 new cases of asthma, researchers estimated recently in The Lancet Regional Health-Europe.

"This study provides strong evidence for the need to rethink our city model,” researcher Rafael de Cid said in a news release. He’s scientific director of the GCAT/Genomes for Life project at the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute in Barcelona, Spain.