?Researchers challenge inner-city asthma theory – CBS News


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?Researchers challenge inner-city asthma theory
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Poverty increased the risk of asthma, as did being from certain racial/ethnic groups. Asthma rates were 20 percent for Puerto Ricans, 17 percent for blacks, 10 percent for whites, 9 percent for other Hispanics, and 8 percent for Asians, the study found.
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More proof of hygiene theory – exposure to microbes help kids breathe better – Natural News.com


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More proof of hygiene theory – exposure to microbes help kids breathe better
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(NaturalNews) More and more children in Europe are being diagnosed with asthma. But not all youngsters are equally at risk. Curiously, a new epidemiological study just published in The New England Journal of Medicine shows that children living on farms
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