Studies Show Maternal Smoking Triggers Asthma in Grandchildren

Everyone knows that smoking cigarettes and other tobacco products is bad for your health... and for those around you. Now, there’s new evidence from studies with lab rats that the habit can cause asthma not only in smokers' children, but in their grandchildren, as well......

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Clarksville girl kept without asthma medication, covered in bed bug bites

CLARKSVILLE, TENN. — A man and his wife are in custody after repeatedly shoving and hitting a 16-year-old girl in their care at around 2 a.m. Thursday, according to a report from the Clarksville Police Department......

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Many women stop their asthma meds while pregnant

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Almost a third of women on asthma control medications stop using them during the first few months of pregnancy - despite advice that a mother's uncontrolled asthma is more dangerous to the developing fetus than the drugs, according to a new study from the Netherlands......

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