Amid an ongoing and inexplicable increase in childhood asthma cases, researchers worldwide continue searching for possible contributing factors. One recent study has linked slow fetal growth to the development of asthma in children.
According to research compiled at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, babies who were 10 percent smaller than most babies in the 10th week of fetal development were five times more likely to have asthma or allergies later in life.
The findings were published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
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Fri, July 15, 2011
by Shelley Branum
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