Asthmatic Children: Did Mom Use Her Pump During Pregnancy?

Monday, October 5, 2009 - 11:28 in Health & Medicine

Expectant mothers who eschew asthma treatment during pregnancy heighten the risk transmitting the condition to their offspring, according to one of the largest studies of its kind. Researchers found that 32.6 percent of children born to mothers who neglected to treat their asthma during pregnancy developed the respiratory illness themselves.

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