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Asthma — 70% genetic?

What causes asthma? Is it more common today, or just more diagnosed? Do you get it as a result of living in a big polluted city? Or do you get it by taking too many baths?

HealthDay reports that Asthma [is] Emerging as Genetic Disorder

…A child with one parent who has asthma has a 30 percent chance of developing the airway condition herself. If both parents have it, her odds of getting it approach 70 percent — not a given but a stacked deck.