A study published this month in the journal Pediatrics found that infants given multivitamin supplements before 6 months of age had increased risks of asthma and food allergies. The asthma link was ...

Breastfeeding through the first year of infants' lives can lower their risk of asthma by colonizing their bodies with a healthy mix of microbes, a new study finds. Photo by Adobe Stock/HealthDay News ...

The use of inhaled corticosteroids during pregnancy may protect against reduced lung function in infants born to mothers with ...

A new University of Alberta study shows that the family risk for asthma--typically passed from moms to babies--may not be a result of genetics alone: it may also involve the microbes found in a baby's ...

Use of inhaled corticosteroids by pregnant mothers with asthma may protect infants against reduced lung function at 4 to 6 weeks of age.

Studies in newborn infants and in mice have linked the microbiome, and more specifically a compound produced by gut bacterial enzymes, with childhood allergies and asthma. The research in mice found ...

A study finds that asthma passing from mother to child may not solely be down to genetics; gut bacteria seem to play a pivotal role, too. Probiotics could, in the future, prevent some cases of infant ...

In recent decades, scientists have revealed the importance of the human microbiome - the vast community of microbes that live in and on us. These microbes often perform essential functions and can ...

Receiving antibiotics during infancy is associated with developing asthma during childhood, according to a study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. Researchers studied 152,622 children ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An infant’s first feed had a significant impact on developing childhood asthma. Early breastfeeding might ...

A study of newborn infants has identified a compound produced by gut bacteria that appears to predispose certain infants to allergies and asthma later in life. We have discovered a specific bacterial ...