Acute wheezing is one of the most common hospital presentations for young children. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and rhinovirus (RV) species A, B and the more recently described species C are implicated in the majority of these presentations. However, the relative importance and age-specificities of these viruses have not been defined. ...

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• 2021
• October 2021

The vast and growing challenges for human health and all life on Earth require urgent and deep structural changes to the way in which we live. Broken relationships with nature are at the core of both the modern health crisis and the erosion of planetary health. A declining connection to nature has been implicated in the exploitative attitudes that underpin the degradation of both physical and social environments and almost all aspects of personal physical, mental, and spiritual health. ...

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• 2023
• March 2023

Children far in advance of pubertal development may be deferred from further assessment for gender-affirming medical treatment until nearer puberty. It is vital that returning peripubertal patients are seen promptly to ensure time-sensitive assessment and provision of puberty suppression treatment where appropriate. ...

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• 2024
• May 2024

Diet and physical activity are two lifestyle behaviours that are critical for healthy ageing. The aim of this study was to explore how older adults negotiate dietary and physical activity decisions to identify areas of intersection between these two behaviours and inform health promotion interventions targeting both diet and exercise. ...

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• 2023
• September 2023

Prevalence of allergic diseases in infants, whose parents and siblings do not have allergy, is approximately 10% and reaches 20-30% in those with an allergic... ...

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• 2015
• January 2015

Vitamin D is involved in the regulation of the immune system and it may play a role in the development, severity and course of asthma and other allergic... ...

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• 2016
• January 2016

Mechanisms-including aerobiological and epigenetic-that might help explain some of the noted positive health outcomes ...

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• 2016
• January 2016

Study the innate immune function in ulcerative colitis patients who fail to respond to anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy ...

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• 2016
• November 2016

With emerging research involving green space, the microbiome, biodiversity and positive psychology, we discuss ecological justice in the dysbiosphere ...

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• 2016
• November 2016

High-rise apartment buildings have long been associated with the poor mental health of their residents ...

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• 2019
• July 2019

To our knowledge, this is the first study to show that the reported 25(OH)D concentration may be influenced by both age and assay type ...

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• 2020
• January 2020

One explanation for the high burden of allergic and autoimmune diseases in industrialized countries is inappropriate immune development under modern... ...

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• 2012
• November 2012