Baby antibiotics 'link to asthma'

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4801118.stm

 

 

A Canadian study of 12,082 children suggests those treated with

antibiotics under the age of one are twice as likely to develop

asthma in childhood.

 

And researchers writing in US journal Chest found additional courses

of antibiotics in the first year of life increased asthma risk still

further.

 

Earlier studies suggested the drugs may affect the way the immune

system works.

 

Experts believe they kill off beneficial bacteria in the intestine

and that this may lead to changes in the way the body deals with

disease.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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