Steroid medications may not help wheezing kids

Courtesy Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Health and Fitness  Wed, 01/21/2009 - 23:15

LOS ANGELES -- Steroid drugs, a common treatment for young children prone to wheezing and colds, do not help and may even be harmful, according to new research.


 

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