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Azithromycin and high-dose vitamin D for treatment and prevention of asthma-like episodes in hospitalised preschool children: study protocol for a combined double-blind randomised controlled trial

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2022
Introduction Previous randomised controlled trials (RCTs) suggest antibiotics for treating episodes of asthma-like symptoms in preschool children. Further, high-dose vitamin D supplementation has been shown to reduce the rate of asthma exacerbations ...
Klaus Bønnelykke   +9 more
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Cost of Illness in Young Children: A Prospective Birth Cohort Study

open access: yesChildren, 2021
Childhood illness is extremely common and imposes a considerable economic burden on society. We aimed to quantify the overall economic burden of childhood illness in the first three years of life and the impact of environmental risk factors. The study is
Sarah Kristine Nørgaard   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development of a circular economy and evolution of working conditions and occupational risks—a strategic foresight study

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Futures Research, 2020
The circular economy can be defined as an economic system of exchange and production intended to increase the efficiency of the use of resources at all stages of products’ life cycle (including goods and services).
Michel Héry, Marc Malenfer
doaj   +1 more source

Handgrip strength associates with effort-dependent lung function measures among adolescents with and without asthma

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
Studies have shown association between handgrip strength (HGS) and FEV1, but the importance of this in relation to asthma pathophysiology and diagnostics remains unclear. We investigated the relationship between HGS and lung function metrics and its role
Laura Marie Hesselberg   +5 more
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The Prospects for ‘Prospect Utilitarianism’

open access: yesUtilitas, 2022
AbstractHun Chung argues for a theory of distributive justice – ‘prospect utilitarianism’ – that overcomes two central problems purportedly faced by sufficientarianism: giving implausible answers in ‘lifeboat cases’, where we can save the lives of some but not all of a group, and failing to respect the axiom of continuity.
openaire   +2 more sources

The developing airway and gut microbiota in early life is influenced by age of older siblings

open access: yesMicrobiome, 2022
Background Growing up with siblings has been linked to numerous health outcomes and is also an important determinant for the developing microbiota.
Emil Dalgaard Christensen   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Age-specific relevance of usual blood pressure to vascular mortality: a meta-analysis of individual data for one million adults in 61 prospective studies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
BACKGROUND: The age-specific relevance of blood pressure to cause-specific mortality is best assessed by collaborative meta-analysis of individual participant data from the separate prospective studies.
Lewington, S   +12 more
core   +1 more source

Childhood asthma is associated with development of type 1 diabetes and inflammatory bowel diseases: a Danish nationwide registry study

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2022
Asthma and autoimmune disorders might be affected by opposing immune mechanisms, T helper cells type 2 (Th2) and T helper cells type 1 (Th1) immunity, respectively. Knowledge on comorbidity can increase understanding of the underlying etiologies.
Mie Sylow Liljendahl   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of alcohol on subjective ratings of prospective and everyday memory deficits [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Background: Research has shown that heavy alcohol use has a detrimental effect on retrospective memory. Less is known about the effect of alcohol on everyday memory.
Buchanan, Tom   +11 more
core   +1 more source

The airway microbiota of neonates colonized with asthma-associated pathogenic bacteria

open access: yesNature Communications, 2023
Culture techniques have associated colonization with pathogenic bacteria in the airways of neonates with later risk of childhood asthma, whereas more recent studies utilizing sequencing techniques have shown the same phenomenon with specific anaerobic ...
Jonathan Thorsen   +16 more
doaj   +1 more source

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