Health Buzz: Early Births Could Cause Health Risks

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For an additional, up-to-date look at this issue, visit Certified Nurse Midwife Amy Roman's post on the risks of labor inductions on Science & Sensibility:http://www.scienceandsensibility.org/?p=1998

Kimmelin Hull of MT 1:24PM February 25, 2011

Babies born by Caesarean section are more prone to asthma than babies delivered vaginally, suggests research published ahead of print in the Journal Thorax.
80% more likely to have been diagnosed with asthma than their vaginally delivered peers.
Authors say that the link between Caesarean section births and an increased risk of asthma may lie in the timing of the priming of the immune system: Caesarean delivery delays exposure to microbes.

Stephen of IL 9:33AM December 28, 2010