Inhaled Steroids Help Asthmatic Tots

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Daily use of inhaled steroids can reduce breathing problems in toddlers at high risk for asthma, but the treatments do not prevent development of asthma in the children, according to a new study.

The research, being published today in The New England Journal of Medicine, sought to determine whether the intensive treatments for inflammation could thwart the onset of the most common chronic childhood illness in the United States.

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Inhaled Steroids Help Asthmatic Tots

"Asthma is an enormous public-health problem, and this study was designed to see if we could stop the development of asthma in its tracks, while the lungs...

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