Oral Contraceptives Linked to Increased Allergies among Offspring

In the December 2006 issue of the medical journal Allergy, Finnish researchers published results of a study which suggest that babies are more likely to develop allergic rhinitis if their mothers had previously taken oral contraceptive pills. The results are "tentative and possibly provocative," according to the research team.

Posted by Scott on Tuesday, January 02, 2007

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