NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women with inadequatelytreated asthma during pregnancy are at increased risk for prematuredelivery, according to a new study.

Medications to treat asthma are often restricted duringpregnancy out of concern for potential harm to the developingchild, even though there is evidence that severe asthma may have aharmful impact on mom and baby.

Dr. Ludmila N. Bakhireva, from the University of New Mexico inAlbuquerque, and her associates studied the potential adverseeffects of poorly controlled asthma in 719 pregnant women enrolledin their “Asthma Medication in Pregnancy Study” between 1998 and2003.

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