THURSDAY, April 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) Preterm birth is a risk factor for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in adulthood, according to a study published online March 29 in the European Respiratory Journal. Anna Pulakka, Ph.D., from the University of Oulu in Helsinki, Finland, and colleagues used data from national registers (706,717
THURSDAY, April 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) Preterm birth is a risk factor for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in adulthood, according to a study published online March
Norway: A nationwide register study from Finland and Norway found that preterm babies are more likely to have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma in adulthood. “The risk decreased.
Breathing problems are among the most common problems that babies born preterm have after birth. A new study of over 2.6 million people from Finland and Norway shows that such problems may extend at least up to middle age.