Indoor Pools May Harm Infants’ Lungs

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Infant swimming lessons in an indoor pool may have the unintended effect of raising some children’s risk of asthma later on, new research findings suggest.In a study of 341 schoolchildren, Belgian researchers found that the 43 children who had been enrolled in a swimming program as infants were about three times more likely to have asthma or suffer recurrent bouts of bronchitis than children who did not.

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