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Routine asthma test more reliable in the morning and has seasonal effects

12 Mar 2025

A lung function test used to help diagnose asthma works better in the morning, becoming less reliable throughout the day, Cambridge researchers have...

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Sick

Opinion: How your body clock helps determine whether you’ll get ill or not

17 Aug 2016

Akhilesh Reddy (Department of Clinical Neurosciences) discusses how circadian rhythms can affect whether you get the flu.

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Clock

Time of day influences our susceptibility to infection, study finds

15 Aug 2016

We are more susceptible to infection at certain times of the day as our body clock affects the ability of viruses to replicate and spread between...

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