Timing is everything when it comes to childhood asthma
Monday, November 24, 2008 - 14:42
in Health & Medicine
Children who are born four months before the peak of cold and flu season have a greater risk of developing childhood asthma than children born at any other time of year, according to new research from Vanderbilt University Medical Centre. In the Tennessee Asthma Bronchiolitis Study (TABS), which involved an analysis of the birth and medical records of more than 95,000 children and their mothers, researchers addressed the question of whether winter respiratory viral infections during infancy cause asthma. They asked if there is a relationship between winter virus circulation (cold and flu season) during infancy, timing of birth, and the development of childhood asthma...
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