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Antacids linked to asthma in offspring

WARMING TREND - An iceberg melts off Ammassalik Island in Eastern Greenland in 2007. More than 2 trillion tons of land ice in Greenland, Antarctica, and Alaska have melted since 2003, according to new NASA satellite data that show the latest signs of what scientists say is global warming. WARMING TREND - An iceberg melts off Ammassalik Island in Eastern Greenland in 2007. More than 2 trillion tons of land ice in Greenland, Antarctica, and Alaska have melted since 2003, according to new NASA satellite data that show the latest signs of what scientists say is global warming. (John McConnico/associated press)
December 22, 2008

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Children whose mothers took antacid drugs during pregnancy were 1.5 times more likely to develop asthma than children whose mothers did not take the drugs, researchers from Children's Hospital Boston report. (Full article: 570 words)

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