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Putting On Weight in Infancy and Post‐Bronchiolitis Coughing

by on 21. Jul, 2011 in Health

Conclusion:  High birth weight and the introduction of overweight might be connected with advertise‐bronchiolitis coughing in infancy. (Source: Acta Paediatrica) More details: More info...

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Gestational age at birth and risk of allergic rhinitis in young adulthood

by on 03. May, 2011 in Health

Background: Previous studies of the association between gestational age or birth weight and allergic rhinitis in later lifetime have had various limitations, including the inability to estimate risk among subjects born extremely preterm or to examine specific contributions of gestational age and fetal growth.Objective: We sought to determine whether gestational age at birth independent of fetal growth is associated with allergic rhinitis medication prescription in a national cohort of young adults.Methods: We conducted a national cohort study of 630,090 infants born in Sweden from 1973 through 1979 including 27,953 born preterm ( (Source: Journal of Allergy and Clinical …

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