Heavy breathing - an obscure link in asthma and obesity
Friday, September 5, 2008 - 11:28
in Health & Medicine
There is a strong link between obesity and asthma and as the prevalence of both conditions has been increasing steadily, epidemiologists have speculated that there is an underlying condition that connects the two. But one long-suspected link, the systemic inflammation associated with obesity, has been ruled out by a recent New Zealand study that found no evidence of its involvement...
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