Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Childhood Asthma Link

A major international study, involving more than 200,000 children in 31 countries, has found those treated with paracetamol in the first year of life had a 46 per cent increased risk of developing asthma by the age of seven.The risk was up to three times higher among children who were the heaviest users of the drug, indicating a strong dose-dependent link.

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