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Asthma Management Guidelines
New guidelines published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine stress the importance of managing asthma symptoms during pregnancy. Dr. Mitchell Dombrowski, chief of obstetrics and gynecology at St. John Hospital and Medical Center in Detroit, along with other experts, say that about one-third of pregnancies cause a worsening of asthma symptoms, which could cause premature birth or low birth-weight. Dombrowski says that previous studies show asthma medications are safe to use during...
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Asthma
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Bronchial asthma; Exercise-induced asthma Prevention You can reduce asthma symptoms by avoiding known triggers and substances that... Read more »
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