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Eating Nuts in Pregnancy May Lower Kids' Asthma Risk
MyHealthNewsDaily Women who eat peanuts during pregnancy may reduce their child's risk of asthma later in life, a new study from Denmark suggests. In the study, children of mothers who ate peanuts at least once a week during pregnancy were 21 percent less likely to … |
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Depression and Asthma Linked in People Worldwide
MyHealthNewsDaily In countries around the world, people with asthma appear to have an increased risk of depression, a new study finds. The results show that among people living in 57 countries, those with asthma had more than double the odds of experiencing depression … |
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3 Things That Raise Adults' Whooping Cough Risk
MyHealthNewsDaily For adults, obesity may increase the risk of catching whooping cough, a new study from Australia suggests. In the study, obese adults were 50 percent more likely to become infected with whooping cough over a 10-month period compared with those who … |
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Infant Colds Don't Boost Asthma Risk
MyHealthNewsDaily Babies who catch a lot of colds are not at an increased risk for asthma-associated wheezing later in life, a new study from the Netherlands suggests. The study found no link between the number of viral infections a child had as a baby and their risk of … Viral infections in infancy are not associated with wheezing symptoms in later … |
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Eating Fewer Calories May Lower Risk of Asthma, Other Diseases
MyHealthNewsDaily VANCOUVER — People with asthma may one day receive an unconventional prescription for their condition: eat less. Known as caloric restriction, eating fewer calories than you need has been touted for many years as a way to increase lifespan. Fasting can help protect against brain diseases, scientists say |
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Depression in Pregnancy Raises Kids' Asthma Risk
MyHealthNewsDaily It also may protect her baby from developing asthma during childhood, according to a new study. Researchers from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health followed 279 inner-city African-American and Dominican women during their … Depression in Pregnancy Linked to Childhood Asthma Asthma 'linked to premature babies' Asthma link to premature births |
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Kids With Asthma Often Prescribed Unnecessary Antibiotics
MyHealthNewsDaily Antibiotics are not a proven treatment for asthma, yet the drugs are frequently prescribed to child asthma sufferers, according to a new study. The results show 1 in 6 US children (15.6 percent) who went to visit their primary care physician or the … |
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Mutation That Fights Parasitic Worms May Boost Asthma Risk
MyHealthNewsDaily A genetic mutation that protects people from the disease schistosomiasis, caused by parasitic worms, may increase their risk for asthma, according to new research. The results may explain why people in the United States whose ancestors lived in Africa … |
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Burden of Asthma May Be Underestimated in Poorer Countries
MyHealthNewsDaily Asthma is often thought of as a disease of developed nations — clean living conditions saddle us with overactive immune systems, or so the theory goes — but, in fact, more people die of the condition in low- and middle-income counties than in … |
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Kids with Asthma Found To Be Worse Off from Alternative Medicine
MyHealthNewsDaily The trend toward alternative therapies for children who have asthma is leaving those kids worse off, according to a study of their parents' practices. … Alternative care makes for worse asthma, study finds Alternative therapies may leave asthmatics gasping |
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