Mothers’ Stress May Increase Children’s Asthma

Children whose mothers are chronically stressed during their early years have a higher asthma rate than their peers, regardless of their income, gender or other known asthma risk factors. “It is increasingly clear that traditional environmental risk factors do not fully explain the origins of asthma,” said lead investigator, Anita Kozyrskyj, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Manitoba, Canada.

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