Vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy may not reduce risk of asthma, wheezing in offspring

Wednesday, January 27, 2016 - 12:15 in Health & Medicine

Two randomized trials examine if vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy would reduce the risk of asthma or persistent wheezing in offspring. Asthma often begins in early childhood and is the most common chronic childhood disorder. The incidence has increased during the last half-century in westernized societies.

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