Depression during pregnancy up asthma risk

Researchers at Columbia University''s Mailman School of Public Health have indicated that anxiety, stress and depression during pregnancy may lead to a greater risk of asthma for the offspring.
"Approximately 70 pc of mothers who said they experienced high levels of anxiety or depression while they were pregnant reported their child had wheezed before age 5," said Marilyn Reyes, senior research worker at the Mailman School of Public Health''s Columbia Center for Children''s Environmental Health (CCCEH), and lead author of the study......

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Increased Asthma Risk with HRT

Research in France and Denmark has shown HRT could significantly increase women’s chances of having asthma attacks severe enough to put them in hospital.
You may think that asthma has nothing to do with your hormones, but you would be wrong. The severity of asthma attacks does vary throughout the menstrual cycle and during pregnancy, but the incidence tends, in general, to fall after menopause. However Danish scientists beg to differ.....

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Controlling Your Asthma

Susan Ficken, APRN, of the Vanderbilt Asthma, Sinus and Allergy Relief Program, provides tips on controlling your asthma.....

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