Asthma attacks during pregnancy may increase the risk for complications for both the mother and child, according to a study published online November 26 in the European Respiratory Journal. The study ...

When a woman with asthma becomes pregnant, she’s not only “eating for two,” as the saying goes, she’s also breathing for two. Oxygen is essential to a healthy placenta and fetus development. And since ...

A new University of Alberta study shows that the family risk for asthma--typically passed from moms to babies--may not be a result of genetics alone: it may also involve the microbes found in a baby's ...

Eating disorders in mums-to-be are linked to a heightened risk of asthma and wheezing in their children, irrespective of the type of disorder, presence of co-existing depression/anxiety, or the timing ...

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ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (August 1, 2014) – Women over the age of 65 face numerous barriers to good health: an increased risk for obesity, greater struggles against poverty and higher rates of asthma ...

Kids should be the ones telling moms to eat their veggies. A new study shows that moms-to-be who consume green vegetables during the first trimester help prevent asthma in their offspring. Broccoli, ...

All new parents are warned about those first diaper changes right after birth. That first poop — called meconium — tends to be black or greenish and very sticky, almost tar-like. While moms and dads ...

A new study has shown that babies who sleep on animal fur early in life have less of a chance of developing asthma later on. The research, presented Monday at the European Respiratory Society ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study suggests that women who eat apples while pregnant may protect their child from developing asthma and related symptoms. In the study, researchers from The ...

Children could be set on a path to developing allergies, asthma and eczema before they are born. Analysis of a baby’s first stool, known as meconium, shows that a lack of certain biochemicals and gut ...