We argue that the principles and practice of narrative medicine can be applied on a larger scale, one with planetary health in mind ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2019
• February 2019

As we discuss, equal weekly visits to major fast-food outlets by the affluent and deprived do not translate into biological equivalency. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2017
• November 2017

The dramatic rise in allergic disease has occurred in tandem with recent environmental changes and increasing indoor lifestyle culture. While multifactorial, one consistent allergy risk factor has been reduced sunlight exposure. However, vitamin D supplementation studies have been disappointing in preventing allergy, raising possible independent effects of ultraviolet (UV) light exposure. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2021
• May 2021

Debbie Susan Palmer Prescott D SL BSc BND PhD MBBS BMedSci PhD FRACP Head, Early Life & Life-Course Health Program; Team Lead, Nutrition in Early Life Honorary Research Fellow debbie.palmer@uwa.edu.au susan.prescott@telethonkids.org.au Head, Early ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2021
• February 2021

Early infancy oral vitamin D supplementation does not appear to reduce the development of early childhood allergic disease ...

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• 2020
• June 2020

Here, we summarize and discuss findings of randomized clinical trials that have examined the effects of these strategies on short and long-term. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• October 2017

Consistent with the original model of prebiotics, but aware of the latest scientific and clinical developments, the panel updated the definition of a prebiotics ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2017
• August 2017

We have undertaken to validating the specificity of commercially available antibodies marketed for flow cytometry to measure PKCα, βI, βII, δ, ε, η, θ, ζ, ι/λ and μ ...

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• 2019
• June 2019

Gut microbiome patterns have been associated with predisposition to eczema potentially through modulation of innate immune signalling. ...

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• 2015
• April 2015

We aimed to investigate the long-term effects (12 years) of fish oil supplementation in pregnancy on neurodevelopment, including cognition, language and fine... ...

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• 2015
• March 2015

Reliance on increasing use of dietary supplementation and fortification (eg, with folate) to compensate for increased consumption of processed foods is also... ...

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• 2014
• August 2014

Epidemiological studies have demonstrated that survivors of acute burn trauma are at long-term increased risk of developing a range of morbidities. The mechanisms underlying this increased risk remain unknown. This study aimed to determine whether burn injury leads to sustained immune dysfunction that may underpin long-term morbidity. Plasma and peripheral blood mononuclear cells were collected from 36 pediatric burn survivors >3 years after a non-severe burn injury (<10% total body surface area) and from age/sex-matched non-injured controls. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2020
• July 2020