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A study that lasted almost half a century found children with severe, persistent asthma were almost 32 times more likely to develop chronic obstructive lung disease as adults. The Melbourne Asthma Study tracked children born in 1957 from age 7 to 50. <a href='/servlet/aaRedirect?url2=http%3a%2f%2fww

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