In the past few decades spectacular advances have occurred in molecular biology
techniques. Researchers have been eager to use these new techniques to study ethnic or …

Background: Phase Three of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood
(ISAAC) measured the global prevalence and severity of asthma symptoms in children …

Polynesia consists of several islands that are scattered across a vast triangle in the Pacific,
and include New Zealand, Hawaii, and the Pacific islands. There are reported differences in …

The underlying values and priorities that drive policy responses depend largely on the
constructs that researchers and decision makers select to measure and the metrics used …

BACKGROUND: Phase III of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood
measured the global prevalence of symptoms of asthma, rhinoconjunctivitis, and eczema in …

Background Associations of larger families with lower prevalences of hay fever, eczema and
objective markers of allergic sensitization have been found fairly consistently in affluent …

Purpose: After a moderate to severe traumatic brain injury, it is widely recommended that
family members be actively engaged in the client's rehabilitation journey because evidence …

Background: The “hygiene hypothesis” postulates that infections during infancy may protect
against asthma and atopy. There is also some evidence that antibiotic and/or paracetamol …

Background: Associations between exposure to cats and dogs and respiratory and allergic
outcomes in children have been reported in affluent countries, but little is known about such …

For the transmissible, neurogenerative family of prion diseases, few human models of
infection exist and none represent structured neuronal tissue. Human cerebral organoids …