Researchers in the US have found that childhood asthma is significantly less likely in children infected with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), a
bacterium that has inhabited the stomach and small intestine of humans for thousands of years. They found that children between the ages of 3 and
13 were nearly 59 per cent less likely to have asthma if they carried Read the rest of this entry »
Archive for August 8, 2008
Children who are given antibiotics in their first three months often wheeze at 15 months of age. However, this wheezing is probably more due to the presence of chest infections than to the use of antibiotics.
These were the key findings of research carried out Read the rest of this entry »
Some form of immunotherapy is expected to be available for peanut allergy within the next five years. But the reasons for the increasing prevalence of this allergic reaction remain unclear. The issues are discussed by Professor Wesley Burks, Duke University Medical Center, NC, USA, in a Seminar in this week’s edition of The Lancet.
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