Antibiotics key to asthma epidemic
6th Sep 2005, 15:20 GMT
New research suggests the asthma epidemic among British schoolchildren is caused by over-use of antibiotics which upset the body's immune system by killing off beneficial, infection-fighting bacteria - and the problem is worsened by unhealthy diet.
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