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WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS FOX HEALTH STORY?

TOO MUCH STRESS FOR A MOM-TO-BE COULD HAVE A LASTING EFFECT ON HER CHILD.

HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL DOCTORS SAY WOMEN WHO ARE STRESSED OUT DURING PREGNANCY ARE MORE LIKELY TO GIVE BIRTH TO BABIES PRE-DISPOSED TO ALLERGIES AND ASTHMA.

THEY TOLD THE AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY ON SUNDAY THAT BABIES BORN TO STRESSED OUT MOMS HAVE HIGH LEVELS OF AN IMMUNE SYSTEM COMPOUND KNOWN AS I-G-E.

THAT INCREASES THE IMMUNE SYSTEM'S RESPONSE TO DUST EXPOSURE.

THE FINDINGS HELD UP EVEN IF THE MOM'S HOME HAS LOW LEVELS OF DUST MITES.

THE STUDY INVOLVED NEARLY FOUR-HUNDRED NEWBORNS.