Lung inflammation from childhood asthma linked with later anxiety

Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 09:00 in Health & Medicine

Persistent lung inflammation may be one possible explanation for why having asthma during childhood increases your risk for developing anxiety later in life, according to Penn State researchers. In a study with mice, researchers found that childhood exposure to allergens was linked with persistent lung inflammation. It was also connected to changes in gene expression […]

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