Baby allergy fears 'over the top'
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Mothers who fear their babies suffer from food allergies are largely wrong, research has found.
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Children with allergic conditions such as asthma may receive too high a dose of steroids, drug experts warn.
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Parents may be left with only love and lots of liquid to give their sniffling babies and toddlers now that the government is declaring over-the-counter cough and cold medicines too risky for tots. The Food and Drug Administration was issuing that warning Thursday to parents of children under 2.
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Women who smoke, inhale pollen, dust mites and dog dander or possibly eat the wrong kind of food during pregnancy might be putting their children at greater risk of getting allergies or asthma.
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Children under 2 should not be given over-the-counter cough and cold medicines because they are too risky, U.S. health authorities warned on Thursday.
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NEW YORK  - The use of commonly prescribed "broad-spectrum" antibiotics, which destroy a wide range of bacteria, during infancy may raise the risk of asthma later in childhood, according to a Canadian report in the journal Chest.
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Babies born by Caesarean section may have a greater risk of suffering food allergies and diarrhoea during their first 12 months, research suggests.
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Mothers and their babies can be harmed by aerosols and air fresheners, says a study by researchers at Bristol University in the UK.
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(AGI) - Rome, Italy, Oct 21 - A research made by a group of scientist of Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich reports that the children born with a caesarean section, have a higher risk of contracting food allergies in the first 12 months of life.
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NEW YORK  - What a woman eats during pregnancy may influence the odds that her child will develop allergies, a new study hints.
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Air fresheners, furniture polish and household cleaners may increase the risk of asthma in young children, a study has found. Those exposed to fumes from common domestic products
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Allergy sufferers are receiving confusing advice and a network of specialist clinics are needed to combat an &quot;allergy epidemic&quot; in Britain, an influential House of Lords committee recommended Wednesday.
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Mums-to-be told to get enough vitamin E as low levels during pregnancy increase the risk of childhood asthma.
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NEW YORK  - Children who are not exclusively breastfed during the first 6 months of infancy have a higher risk of asthma and allergy, according to a report from Australia.
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Â· Experts 'concerned' by dramatic rise  Â· Questions over triple jab for children
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A study published in the journal &#39;Thorax&#39; has revealed that high levels of antibodies to allergens in a baby&#39;s umbilical cord blood might be more important in the development of childhood allergies and asthma than exposure to allergens.
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THURSDAY, Dec. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Exposure to secondhand smoke in early infancy can boost a child's risk of developing allergies, Swedish researchers say.