Warning over child 'screen time'
Parents need to do more to stop children spending too much time in front of televisions, computers and smartphones, according to a psychologist. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)

Risk Factors For An Exacerbation-Prone Asthma Phenotype
A number of specific risk factors are associated with an exacerbation-prone phenotype of severe asthma, according to a new study from researchers in Sweden. The results were presented at the ATS 2012 International Conference in San Francisco. Acute exacerbations are a major source of morbidity and mortality in asthma, said lead author Maciek Kupczyk, MD, PhD, a researcher at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm In children, the costs of asthma care are three times higher in exacerbators as compared to those patients who did not experience any attacks... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)