Incomplete maturation of immune regulatory functions at birth is antecedent to the heightened risk for severe respiratory infections during infancy. Our forerunner animal model studies demonstrated that maternal treatment with the microbial-derived immune training agent OM-85 during pregnancy promotes accelerated postnatal maturation of mechanisms that regulate inflammatory processes in the offspring airways. ...

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Our findings provide additional insight into the early clinical profile of Rett syndrome. ...

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This review emphasises the need to gain evidence for the mechanisms linking early racism exposure to adverse health outcomes in later life ...

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To review the effectiveness of oral health education and oral health promotion interventions for children and adolescents with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), in ensuring optimal gingival health, caries experience and oral health-related quality of life, compared to no interventions or alternative interventions. ...

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Supplementation with n-3 LCPUFA in infancy revealed a reduction in waist circumference at 5 years ...

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Human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) remains the most common cause of severe lower respiratory tract disease amongst infants, and continues to cause annual epidemics of respiratory disease every winter worldwide. ...

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This study aimed to assess the effect of n-3 fatty acid supplementation in pregnancy on offspring SPM at birth and 12 years of age (12 years) ...

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This study highlights a range of unique profiles that can be used for improving the early development of young Aboriginal children ...

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The conduct of longitudinal research in early childhood is the focus of this chap­ter ...

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Including immediate implications for pregnancy complications, increasing evidence implicates maternal obesity having a major impact on long term child health. ...

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Advances in science have illuminated the role of the “ecological theatre”—the total living environment—in human health ...

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Francis Sarah Mitrou Johnson FG SJ BEc BA, PostGradDip; PhD Program Head, Population Health, and Team Head, Human Development and Community Wellbeing Senior Research Fellow 08 6319 1499 francis.mitrou@telethonkids.org.au Sarah.Johnson@ ...

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