Will the time of year when my child is born affect asthma risk?
In this entry, I would like to discuss some very recent research that has grabbed media attention: the effect of birth during the time of year on the development of asthma in infants. There has been a well-known association between viral infection (typically from cold viruses and related viruses) in infancy and the risk of developing asthma in childhood. Until now, we haven't known whether early viral infection contributes to the...
