Depression linked to asthma onset in African American women

Depression and asthma—two of the most vexing public health issues in the United States—were once thought to have no connection.

But a new study by School of Public Health researchers at the Slone Epidemiology Center has found evidence that depressive symptoms may be linked to the development of adult-onset asthma in African American women. The likely pathway: stress.

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