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. ...

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Pat Tom Jonathan Holt Snelling Carapetis AM PG T JR PhD, DSc, FRCPath, FRCPI, FAA BMBS DTMH GDipClinEpid PhD FRACP AM MBBS FRACP FAFPHM PhD FAHMS Emeritus Honorary Researcher Head, Infectious Disease Implementation Research Executive Director; Head, ...

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Helen Samantha Monks Veurink H SV MPH BA(Psych) PhD BSc PostGradDip MPH Senior Project Officer Research Officer 08 6319 1470 08 6319 1492 helen.monks@telethonkids.org.au Samantha.Veurink@telethonkids.org.au Senior Research Officer Research Officer ...

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The incidence of anaphylaxis is increasing globally in tandem with changing environmental and lifestyle factors. There is very limited data on very early childhood presentations. We aim to assess changes in rates, characteristics and management of infant anaphylaxis in a paediatric ED over a 15-year period. ...

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These results show that a word gap related to maternal education is not apparent up to twelve months of age ...

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Allergen specific immunotherapy aims to subvert or divert immune responses to allergens to ones that do not cause immunological hypersensitivities. ...

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The effects of weight management interventions that include a diet component on weight-related outcomes in pregnant and postpartum women. ...

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The epidemic increase in the prevalence of allergic disease, which first started in the industrialized countries in the 1960s, may have reached a peak in the... ...

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Emma Helen Jenny Peter Glasson Leonard Downs Jacoby EJ HM JA PJ BPsych BSc (Hons) PhD MBChB MPH BApplSci (physio) MSc PhD BA (Hons) MSc Senior Research Fellow Principal Research Fellow Program Head, Development and Disability Biostatistician +61 ...

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

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

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ORIGINS is a new birth cohort study, collecting detailed information about the early environment's influence on a broad range of non-communicable diseases ...

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