Studies examining associations of early-life cat and dog ownership with childhood asthma have reported inconsistent results. Several factors could explain these inconsistencies, including type of pet, timing, and degree of exposure. Our aim was to study associations of early-life cat and dog ownership with asthma in school-aged children, including the role of type (cat vs dog), timing (never, prenatal, or early childhood), and degree of ownership (number of pets owned), and the role of allergic sensitization. ...

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• 2022
• February 2022

Anthony David Stephen Susan Kicic Martino Stick Prescott A DM SM SL BSc (Hons) PhD BSc PhD MB BChir PhD MRCP FRACP MBBS BMedSci PhD FRACP Rothwell Family Fellow; Head, Airway Epithelial Research Head, Clinical Epigenetics Head, P4 Respiratory Health ...

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Anthony David Stephen Susan Kicic Martino Stick Prescott A DM SM SL BSc (Hons) PhD BSc PhD MB BChir PhD MRCP FRACP MBBS BMedSci PhD FRACP Rothwell Family Fellow; Head, Airway Epithelial Research Head, Clinical Epigenetics Head, P4 Respiratory Health ...

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The increase in childhood allergic disease in recent decades has coincided with increased folic acid intakes during pregnancy. Circulating unmetabolized folic acid (UMFA) has been proposed as a biomarker of excessive folic acid intake. We aimed to determine if late-pregnancy serum UMFA and total folate concentrations were associated with allergic disease risk in the offspring at 1 y of age in a population at high risk of allergy. ...

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• 2021
• June 2021

Globally and even in high-income countries where a balanced diet is generally accessible, an inadequate maternal micronutrient status is common ...

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• 2019
• April 2019

In this review, we describe both the mechanisms and the therapeutic evidence from preclinical and clinical studies exploring the role of prebiotics in allergy prevention ...

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• 2019
• August 2019

There was a significant improvement in the management of anaphylaxis after the introduction of intensified physician training programs ...

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• 2018
• September 2018

The grand, interconnected challenges of our time demands that all of medicine be viewed from an ecological perspective ...

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• 2019
• February 2019

We conducted an investigation of all cases coded as anaphylaxis presenting to the main tertiary PED in Perth, Australia, where all coding is performed by staff. ...

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• 2017
• May 2017

Infant feeding in the first postnatal year of life has an important role in an infant's risk of developing food allergy ...

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• 2017
• November 2017

The microbiome is intimately connected to diet, nutrition, and other lifestyle variables ...

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• 2016
• May 2016

The developmental origins of handedness remain elusive, though very early emergence suggests individual differences manifesting in utero could play an important role. Prenatal testosterone and Vitamin D exposure are considered, yet findings and interpretations remain equivocal. ...

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• 2022
• August 2022