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American College of Chest Physicians
Children whose parents snore are three times more likely to snore, study shows
May 8th, 2006
Young children born to parents who snore have an increased risk of snoring. New research published in CHEST, the peer-reviewed journal of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), shows that infants, who had at least one parent who snored frequently, were three times more likely to snore frequently than children with no parental history of snoring. In addition, children who tested positive for atopy, an early indicator for the development of asthma and allergies, were twice as likely to be frequent snorers as compared to nonatopic children. Lead author of the study Maninder Kalra, MD, MS, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center,...
Source: Biotech Week (2006-05-08)
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