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Antibiotics in Childhood May Increase Bowel Disease Risk: Study

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Use of certain antibiotics may put children at higher risk for developing bowel diseases, new research has found.

The earlier children take antibiotics and the more they take, the higher the risk of later developing the inflammatory bowel diseases known as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, the researchers found.

"There appears to be a 'dose response' effect," said Dr. Matt Kronman,...

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