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Maternal consumption of coffee and tea during pregnancy and risk of childhood ALL: Results from an Australian case-control study

The objective of this study was to investigate whether maternal coffee and/or tea consumption during the last 6 months of pregnancy was associated with risk...

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Innate immunity in human newborn infants: prematurity means more than immaturity

Neonates, particularly those born prematurely, are exquisitely vulnerable to life-threatening infections. This increased susceptibility to infection...

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Immediate and Longer Term Immunogenicity and Safety of a Single Dose of the Combined Haemophilus influenzae Type

Hib-primed but MenC-naive toddlers (N = 433) were randomized to receive 1 dose of Hib-MenC-TT or separate Hib-TT and MenC-CRM197 vaccines.

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Population-based trends in pregnancy hypertension and pre-eclampsia: an international comparative study

The objective of this study was to compare international trends in pre-eclampsia rates and in overall pregnancy hypertension rates...

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Migraine and preterm birth

Maternal migraine, as self-reported early in pregnancy, was associated with preterm birth in survivors without CP & in infants who died in the perinatal period

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Neck/shoulder pain is more strongly related to depressed mood in adolescent girls than in boys

A cross-sectional study of 1258, 14 year old girls and boys used self-report and physical examination measures to assess neck/shoulder pain in the last...

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Reproduction in females: the role of the early life environment

There is now compelling evidence that long-term health and physiological function are modified by events that occur early in life and involve interactions...

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Glucose enhancement of human memory:

The brain relies upon glucose as its primary fuel. In recent years, a rich literature has developed from both human and animal studies indicating...

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Research as intervention: Engaging silenced voices

The emergence of Indigenous researchers into the public health research sector presents a challenge to what have traditionally been Western-based research...

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Comprehensive candidate gene analysis for symptomatic or asymptomatic outcomes of Leishmania infantum infection in Brazil

Our results imply a role for IgG-mediated inflammation in determining delayed-type hypersensitivity associated with asymptomatic leishmaniasis