Babies Born Vaginally Could Be Protected From Allergies
Researchers looked at the medical records of 158,422 children who were seen at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia over the past two decades. The kids were either free of allergies, or had either eczema, a food allergy, asthma, allergic rhinitis, or a combination of all four. Those who were delivered vaginally were less likely to have allergies than children who weren’t. The data also showed children who were exclusively or partially breastfed were less likely to develop an allergy....