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posts related to: immune systems
Breast milk linked to lower risk of obesity
16 May 2001 BREAST MILK LINKED TO LOWER RISK OF OBESITY Breastfeeding could help reduce the likelihood of children being overweight later in life, a new study suggests. A study carried out in America by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and two other centres found that breast milk is better…
Premature baby – development and immunisation
Most babies who are born prematurely will stay in special care until around the time they were due to be born. The neonatal or special care baby unit, for a while, provides some of the basic functions that your womb would have. Because if this, you might feel confused about what to expect from your baby as he approaches…
MMR: weighing up the facts
All the evidence points to the tiny risk of side effects from MMR being far outweighed by the benefits, and that single jabs are even less safe or effective. But we’re all more cynical since the Department of Health insisted that beef was safe. Confidence in government experts was badly dented, and the sometimes arrogant dismissal of parents’ concerns…
Posted in Baby Health, Immunisations
Tagged Autism, Child Health, Down’s syndrome, immune systems, immunisation, Measles, MMR, MMR vaccine, Mumps, Vaccination
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Sickly babies less likely to develop asthma than healthy youngsters
SICKLY babies are less at risk of developing asthma than healthy youngsters who are never ill. German scientists believe that viral infections in early life may stimulate children’s immune systems. One in seven UK children aged two to 15 has asthma, the number of under-fives with the condition has doubled in the past decade. The…
Sickly babies less likely to develop asthmas
Sickly babies are less at risk of developing asthma than healthy youngsters who are never ill. German scientists believe that viral infections in early life may stimulate children’s immune systems. One in seven UK children aged two to 15 has asthma, the number of under-fives with the condition has doubled in the past decade. The…
Farmers’ children have less asthma
22 September 1999 Early contact with dirt and bacteria may protect children against developing allergies, say researchers at the British Association for the Advancement of Science. Three separate studies have shown that children raised on farms with livestock are significantly less likely to develop allergies than other children. In the last 20 years, the incidence of asthma and…
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Tagged allergy, asthma, British Association for the Advancement of Science, Cat allergy, Dirt, eczema, food allergy, immune systems, Immunology
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