Opposing Digits

Infants exposed to at least one course of antibiotics during their first year of life are twice as likely to develop asthma as children who do not take the medications, scientists report in a new analysis.

The study by researchers at the University of British Columbia is known as a meta-analysis, statistical research in which data from previous studies are pooled and re-analyzed. Some of the children in the studies had not been exposed to antibiotics while others had and those who had one course of the drug during their first year of life were more likely to develop the disorder.

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