NEW YORK, Nov 20 : Children whose mothers took antibiotics while they were pregnant were slightly more likely than other kids to develop asthma in a new Danish study. The results don’t prove that antibiotics caused the higher asthma risk, but they support a current theory that the body’s own ‘friendly’ bacteria have a role in whether a child develops asthma, and antibiotics can disrupt those beneficial bugs. (agencies)
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