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Treatment of childhood eczema prevents asthma: study

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Sydney, July 7 -- More proactive treatment of eczema in childhood might ensure that asthma stays away later, according to a new study.

The study, by Australian researchers, has followed more than 8,500 people from the ages of seven to 44.

Co-author John Burgess of the University of Melbourne said the study is the first to demonstrate an association between childhood eczema and asthma into middle age.

It found people who had childhood eczema were more likely to develop childhood asthma, new-onset asthma later in life or to have asthma which persisted from childhood into middle age.

Burgess said childhood eczema increased ...

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