Study links antibiotics and asthma – Mother Nature Network (blog)


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Study links antibiotics and asthma
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Researchers find connection between kids who take antibiotics early in life and the later development of asthma. I have often wondered why my 6-year old developed such severe allergies. No one else on either side of our family has them.
Nut Allergies: Study Shows Many Can't Identify Nuts That May Cause Allergic Huffington Post

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Breast-feeding = Stronger lungs for babies – Mother Nature Network (blog)


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Breast-feeding = Stronger lungs for babies
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If you're a mom with asthma, you may be concerned about whether or not you could put your baby at risk for the condition by breast-feeding. Apparently, this was a legitimate concern for asthmatic moms for many years due to sketchy research on the topic

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Breastfeeding = stronger lungs for babies – Mother Nature Network (blog)


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Breastfeeding = stronger lungs for babies
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If you're a mom with asthma, you may be concerned about whether or not you could put your baby at risk for the condition by breastfeeding. Apparently, this was a legitimate concern for asthmatic moms for many years due to sketchy research on the topic.
Breastfeeding tied to stronger lungs, less asthmaReuters
Breastfeeding OK for Moms With AsthmaWebMD
Study: Breastfeeding Strengthens Children's LungsYahoo! Contributors Network
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New study links C-section to childhood asthma – Mother Nature Network (blog)


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New study links C-section to childhood asthma
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C-section delivery found to increase the risk of asthma and respiratory disease in young children. Approximately 34.1 million Americans have been diagnosed with asthma by a health professional during their lifetime. 13 million school days are missed

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N.J. school district earns ‘asthma-friendly’ status – Mother Nature Network (blog)


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N.J. school district earns 'asthma-friendly' status
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New Jersey school district has been working to improve asthma awareness and lessen asthma triggers for students. New Jersey's Woodbury City public school district received a unique honor this week. The district earned an “asthma-friendly” designation

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Is your child using her asthma inhaler correctly? – Mother Nature Network (blog)


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Is your child using her asthma inhaler correctly?
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A few months ago, my youngest daughter was prescribed an asthma inhaler in order to treat her moderate to severe breathing difficulties during allergry season. I had never used an inhaler before, and neither had my 5 year old. So needless to day,

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Want to know what asthma is like? Try breathing through a straw – Mother Nature Network


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Want to know what asthma is like? Try breathing through a straw
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During an asthma attack, Sarah said, a person's airway constricts to roughly the size of that straw. In nursing school, she and her classmates were instructed to pinch their noses and breathe only through the straw to simulate what an attack feels like

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Mold, cockroaches linked to asthma and allergies – Mother Nature Network (blog)


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Mold, cockroaches linked to asthma and allergies
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Environmental pollution has often been linked to allergies and asthma, but two new studies were published last week that shed new light on why kids in one house develop the conditions while kids exposed to similar pollution levels in the house next
Cockroaches may be asthma culprit for city childrenReuters
Cockroaches may be asthma culpritNews24
Cockroach May Be Culprit In Urban Kids' AsthmaRedOrbit

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