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Asthma Medicine During Pregnancy
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 Control During Pregnancy is Essential
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Pregnancy & Asthma: The Effects on the Baby
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Pregnancy & Asthma: How to Keep You & Baby Healthy
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Pregnancy and Risk of Asthma in Infants
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Sometimer Asthmatics: Adult Asthmatics Who Don't Take Their As...
These are adult asthmatics who sometimes have mild asthma symptoms, and when they do they take a puff or two or three or four of their quick-relief... Read more »
The Hard-Luck Asthmatic: Their Asthma Is Difficult to Control
These are the asthmatics who, regardless of how compliant they are with their preventative medicines, still have bad asthma episodes. We don't know... Read more »
Eating Nuts During Pregnancy Increases Childs Asthma Risk
(Ivanhoe Newswire) You may want to limit the amount of nuts you eat while you're pregnant. A new study from the Netherlands finds expectant mothers... Read more »
The Goofus Asthmatic: The Lazy Asthma Patient
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