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After asthma: Redefining airways diseasesIdentify entrenched areas of asthma management and treatment in which progress has stalled and to challenge current principles
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Prenatal adverse life events increase the risk for atopic diseases in children, which is enhanced in the absence of a maternal atopic predispositionThere is evidence to suggest an association between prenatal maternal stress and the development of asthma or other atopic diseases in offspring.
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Prophylactic use of sublingual allergen immunotherapy in high-risk children: A pilot studyThese findings suggest that this modified version of SLIT should be considered for retesting of mucosal-based immunotherapy for atopic asthma prevention.
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Hierarchy and molecular properties of house dust mite allergensThe allergenic load of house dust mite allergy is largely constituted by a few proteins with a hierarchical pattern of allergenicity.
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Rhinovirus-induced asthma exacerbations and risk populationsAsthma exacerbations are heterogeneous conditions that involve the complex interplay between environmental exposures and innate and adaptive immune function
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Genome-wide association analysis identifies 11 risk variants associated with the asthma with hay fever phenotypePrevious analyses of family data from the Tasmanian Longitudinal Health Study provide evidence that this phenotype has a stronger genetic cause than asthma...
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Childhood asthma targeted in new researchNew research aimed at reducing the airway damage caused by asthma attacks in children has just begun at The Kids for Child Health Research in WA.
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Perth researchers test stress link to asthmaScientists at The Kids for Child Health Research have launched an innovative project to test the relationship between stress and asthma.
Healthy lungs help you to breathe better. This means you can sleep better, as well as play sports, run and walk without being short winded.
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A health inequality analysis of childhood asthma prevalence in urban AustraliaLong-standing health inequalities in Australian society that were exposed by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic were described as "fault lines" in a recent call to action by a consortium of philanthropic organizations. With asthma a major contributor to childhood disease burden, studies of its spatial epidemiology can provide valuable insights into the emergence of health inequalities early in life.