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Breastfeeding Tied to Stronger Lungs, Less Asthma Kids who were breastfed as babies may have better lung function, and a lower risk of asthma, than those who were formula-fed, two new reports suggest.
Reuters Health Information, February 6, 2012
Traffic-Related Asthma Costs Two Cities Big Money Traffic pollution may cost two California cities millions each year in managing children's asthma, a new study suggests.
Reuters Health Information, February 6, 2012

Top 10 Pulmonary Medicine Articles: 2011 The 10 most-read articles of 2011 from Medscape Pulmonary Medicine.
Medscape Pulmonary Medicine, December 8, 2011
Top 10 Allergy & Clinical Immunology Articles of 2011 The top 10 articles read by Medscape allergy and immunology members in 2011.
Medscape Allergy & Immunology, December 8, 2011

Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis and Related Syndromes
Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, February 1, 2012
Systemic Effects of Inhaled Corticosteroids
Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, January 29, 2012
Impact of Tiotropium on Mortality and Exacerbations in COPD
CHEST, January 27, 2012
Neomacrolides in the Treatment of Severe Asthma
Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease, January 23, 2012
Efficacy in Asthma of Once-daily Fluticasone Furoate
Respiratory Research, January 19, 2012