New Canadian study looks for connection between antibiotic use, environmental factors, birth delivery method and risk of asthma or allergies; seeks 1,000 babies from Edmonton area.
Over the next few months, researchers will be mining the seven-month-old’s diapers and mapping the DNA of the bacteria in her and thousands of other babies’ poop in hopes of eventually figuring out if antibiotic use, C-sections or environmental factors increase a child’s risk of asthma or allergies.
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