A spike in asthma-related hospitalisations is expected as children flock through school gates for the start of a new year.

"The ‘back-to-school effect’ is greater than the ‘winter effect’ when it comes to children’s respiratory disease with the risk of hospitalisation two and a half times higher on the peak day in the ...

The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation says hospitalisations from attacks are at their highest in week three of Term 1, more than in winter. One in eight New Zealand children are affected, and also ...

Children with asthma suffer from worse memories than those ... Episodic memory is how people remember experiences and ...