TORONTO – Researchers have found a possible link between the use of acetaminophen by children and a greatly increased risk of asthma, allergies and eczema. There is no indication at this time that the link is actually causative, but the high rates of increased risk shown in the study are ...

PHILADELPHIA – Yet another gene has been found to raise the risk of asthma, but only in Europeans and their descendants and not in African Americans. The study, conducted jointly by the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, was published in the Journal of ...

TORONTO – New research indicates that children who are placed in daycare from 6 months of age on, have a lower rate of developing asthma. The numbers were impressive: in the British study of over 900 children, those placed in daycare after 6 months of age had 1/3 less risk ...

NEW YORK – It seems that if you are infected with the right kind of bacteria, your chances of asthma go down. At least that's what researchers in the US have found. Apparently, childhood asthma rates are much lower in kids who carry Helicobacter pylori (also known as H. pylori), ...