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Roundup: Inhaled asthma drug stunts growth

Asthma Drug Stunts Growth

For some kids, the price of controlling severe asthma is half an inch of adult height. Those who use the inhaled steroid drug budesonide (marketed under brands including Rhinocort and Pulmicort) see a permanent stunting of growth, new research shows.

 

'Shorter' get more lung disease

'Shorter' get more lung disease

People who develop chronic lung disease are more likely to be shorter in height than the general population, Nottingham researchers say.

 

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