Asthma Drugs in Pregnancy Might Pose Risk for Kids

GENEVA: Infants born to mothers who use inhaled glucocorticoids, a class of steroids to treat asthma during pregnancy may be at risk for endocrine and metabolic disorders, a new study indicates...

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Asthmatic Children Had Lung Function Deficits As Newborns

According to a new study from researchers in Denmark published online ahead of print publication in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, children who develop asthma by the time they are seven years old have deficits in lung function and increased bronchial responsiveness as neonates...

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Indoor air pollution and childhood asthma

One out of every seven children I see in my pediatrics practice has asthma. An even bigger number - one out of three - have wheezed at least once in his/her lifetime, a potential warning signal for asthma...

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