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Babies taking antibiotics at higher risk of developing asthma
ParentDish UK Researchers at America's Yale University say that early exposure to antibiotics is risky, even if the child is not genetically predisposed to asthma. … Giving antibiotics to babies could increase asthma risk Antibiotic Use in Infancy May Increase Risk of Childhood Asthma Babies given antibiotics before six months are 70% more likely to get asthma … |
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Babies Given Antibiotics May Face 70% Higher Risk Of Asthma, US Study Shows
MyFox Washington DC By NewsCore Babies who are treated with antibiotics before they are six months old are at a significantly increased risk of developing asthma, scientists at … Giving antibiotics to babies could increase asthma risk Antibiotic Use in Infancy May Increase Risk of Childhood Asthma Babies given antibiotics before six months are 70% more likely to get asthma … |
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Bronx's high smoking rate puts kids at risk for asthma
New York Daily News It also has one of the highest rates of children with asthma. The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America points out that smoking is a risk factor for … |
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Antibiotics can lead to greater risk of asthma in children, says Yale study
Hartford Courant Children who receive antibiotics before they're 6 months old – about a third of all children in the US – are 52 percent more likely to develop asthma, … Giving antibiotics to babies could increase asthma risk Antibiotic Use in Infancy May Increase Risk of Childhood Asthma |
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Antibiotic Use in Infancy May Increase Risk of Childhood Asthma
HealthNewsDigest.com Children who receive antibiotics within the first six months of life are at a significantly increased risk of developing asthma and allergies by 6 years of … Giving antibiotics to babies could increase asthma risk |
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Giving antibiotics to babies could increase asthma risk
Telegraph.co.uk Giving babies antibiotics before they reach six months of age could increase their risk of developing asthma by more than two thirds, claims a new study. … |
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Low Vitamin D Puts Infants at Risk of Lung Infection
Voice of America However, low vitamin D levels were not associated with being diagnosed with asthma. While fortified cow's milk and cheese contain abundant amounts of … Less wheezing in babies with high vitamin D |
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Young people with asthma run a greater risk of developing caries
HealthCanal.com Children and adolescents with asthma have somewhat more caries and suffer more often from gingivitis (gingival inflammation) than people of similar age … |
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Environmental risk factors for respiratory symptoms and childhood asthma.
Ann Agric Environ Med. 2010 Dec;17(2):221-9
Authors: Kasznia-Kocot J, Kowalska M, Gorny R, Niesler A, Wypych-Slusarska A
The presented cross-sectional study, comprised a group of 1,130 children from 13-15 years of age living in Upper Silesia, Poland, was undertaken to ascertain the role of environmental factors in the development of adverse respiratory health outcomes. To estimate the prevalence of these effects, the ISAAC questionnaire supplemented by questions related to risk factors was used. Bronchial asthma was identified in 4.5 percent of the children, asthma diagnosed by physicians in 8.7 percent, and prevalence of wheezing in the previous 12 months in 12.6 percent. The highest probability of wheezing was found in children with maternal genetic propensity (such as asthma, allergy), exposed to maternal smoking, or was connected with household risk factors such as the presence of dampness/mould or living in 50-year-old building. Female gender and attendance at nursery school were shown to be protective factors against wheezing. The probability of asthma was nearly twice as high in children residing in damp/mouldy dwellings, heated by coal-fired furnaces and living in the immediate vicinity of a road with heavy traffic. This study revealed that exposure to indoor (tobacco smoke, coal stove emission, mould or dampness in dwelling) and outdoor (traffic pollution) air contaminants are major environmental factors responsible for adverse respiratory health effects in children.
PMID: 21186763 [PubMed – in process]
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Cord-Blood 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels and Risk of Respiratory Infection, Wheezing, and Asthma.
Pediatrics. 2010 Dec 27;
Authors: Camargo CA, Ingham T, Wickens K, Thadhani R, Silvers KM, Epton MJ, Town GI, Pattemore PK, Espinola JA, Crane J,
Objective: Higher maternal intake of vitamin D during pregnancy is associated with a lower risk of wheezing in offspring. The relationship between cord-blood levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) and childhood wheezing is unknown. We hypothesized that cord-blood levels would be inversely associated with risk of respiratory infection, wheezing, and asthma. Patients and Methods: Cord blood from 922 newborns was tested for 25(OH)D. Parents were asked if their child had a history of respiratory infection at 3 months of age or a history of wheezing at 15 months of age and then annually thereafter. Incident asthma was defined as doctor-diagnosed asthma by the time the child was 5 years old and reported inhaler use or wheezing since the age of 4 years. Results: The median cord-blood level of 25(OH)D was 44 nmol/L (interquartile range: 29-78). Follow-up was 89% at the age of 5 years. Adjusting for the season of birth, 25(OH)D had an inverse association with risk of respiratory infection by 3 months of age (odds ratio: 1.00 [reference] for ?75 nmol/L, 1.39 for 25-74 nmol/L, and 2.16 [95% confidence interval: 1.35-3.46] for <25 nmol/L). Likewise, cord-blood 25(OH)D levels were inversely associated with risk of wheezing by 15 months, 3 years, and 5 years of age (all P < .05). Additional adjustment for more than 12 potential confounders did not materially change these results. In contrast, we found no association between 25(OH)D levels and incident asthma by the age of 5 years. Conclusions: Cord-blood levels of 25(OH)D had inverse associations with risk of respiratory infection and childhood wheezing but no association with incident asthma.
PMID: 21187313 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]
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