Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Another Risk To Caesarean Births

See MSNBC: C-sections tied to higher asthma risk for babies: Natural birth helps prime infant’s immune system, researchers explain
Babies born by Caesarean section are more likely to develop asthma than children delivered naturally, Swiss researchers said on Tuesday.

There has been conflicting evidence on the link between asthma and C-sections but the researchers said the number of children involved in their study and a long monitoring period strengthened their results.