Antacid medication in pregnancy may increase childhood asthma
Friday, January 2, 2009 - 12:42
in Health & Medicine
(PhysOrg.com) -- Children of mothers who took acid-suppressive drugs during pregnancy had a 1.5 times higher incidence of asthma when compared with children who were not exposed to the drugs in utero, finds a large population-based study by researchers at Children`s Hospital Boston.