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  • 21 Sep 08
    western4uk
    Kieran Lamb

    Use of paracetamol in babies increases the risk of developing asthma five years later, a study of more than 200,000 children suggests.

    Those given the painkiller for fever in the first year of life had a 46% increased risk of asthma by the age of six or seven, The Lancet reported.

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