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What Your Birth Month Says About Your Health
From Columbia University's 1.75-million-patient medical study to University of Chicago centenarian research, here is how birth month shapes lifelong health.
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Large hospital datasets reveal how birth season imprints lifelong health 
20. Late-Pregnancy Sunlight Shapes Fetal Bone And Heart Strength 
19. School Cutoff Dates Drive Higher Childhood ADHD Diagnoses 
18. Winter Flu Season Exposure Alters Fetal Immune Programming - AdvertisementSwipe or tap ▶ to continue countdown
17. Summer Daylight In Infancy Influences Adult Nearsightedness 
16. Early Allergen Timing Calibrates Lifetime Respiratory Sensitivity 
15. Perinatal Daylight Hours Tune Dopamine And Serotonin Pathways 
14. Birth Season Shapes Newborn Gut Microbiome Colonization - AdvertisementSwipe or tap ▶ to continue countdown
13. Cold-Weather Conception Boosts Brown Fat Calorie Burning 
12. March Births Face Higher Atrial Fibrillation Risk But Sunny Moods 
11. January Births Show Elevated Adult Blood Pressure Risk 
10. April Births Carry Higher Angina Rates But Fewer Allergies - AdvertisementSwipe or tap ▶ to continue countdown
9. August Births Gain Bone Density From Maternal Summer Sunlight 
8. February Births Show Lower Neurological And Respiratory Risk 
7. July Births Pair Low Chronic Disease Risk With High Optimism 
6. December Births Show Lower Adult Cardiovascular Mortality - AdvertisementSwipe or tap ▶ to continue countdown
5. June Births Correlate With Taller Height And Healthier Puberty Timing 
4. October Births Trade Higher Asthma Risk For Centenarian Longevity 
3. September Births Excel In Physical Stamina And Heart Protection 
2. May Births Logged The Lowest Overall Disease Risk At Columbia - AdvertisementSwipe or tap ▶ to continue countdown
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For decades, doctors dismissed any link between birth month and adult illness as superstition. Then bioinformaticians at Columbia University, Harvard, and the UK Biobank analyzed millions of medical records and found 55 conditions tied to the season you were born.
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