That's why Harvard Medical School and the University of Virginia Medical School worked together to find common factors in infants who had wheezing episodes in their first year of life.

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As reported in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, young infants most likely to develop wheezing episodes are those born with a low birthweight, those who develop respiratory infections in their first year of life, and those whose mothers smoke.

The one risk factor that stood out for wheezing among young infants -- independent of one's health history or family income -- was cockroaches in the home.

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