Women who use antacids to fight heartburn during pregnancy may be increasing their child's risk of asthma, a new study suggests. Researchers tracked 585,000 children born in Sweden and found that a mother's use of common antacids during pregnancy was associated with a 43% greater likelihood that a child would have asthma. The link between the two is not fully understood, but experts say previous studies have linked antacids to adult asthma. Researchers point out that despite the risks, antacids...
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