Allergy and Immunology News of the Day

Health News of the Day is a daily summary made from the selected links I post on Twitter. It is in a bullet points format with links to the original sources which include 350 RSS feeds that produce about 2,500 items per day.

• Breast feeding is associated with a lower asthma risk in children until 8 years of age http://bit.ly/RZxwn
  
  
• Low dietary intakes of vitamins A and C are associated with significant increased odds of asthma and wheeze http://bit.ly/C2MlP
  
  
• New Guidelines Issued for Asthma Assessment by ATS and ERS http://bit.ly/3FhpX
  
  
• Influenza but not pneumococcal vaccination was associated with a reduced risk of all-cause mortality in COPD. http://bit.ly/XsXm8
  
  
• Tennis player allergic to grass at the grass courts of Wimbledon 2009... http://bit.ly/J3A4G

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