Whereas asthma was rare in the late 1800s and early 1900s, the marked increase in its incidence and prevalence since the 1960s points to substantial…
The epidemic increase in the prevalence of allergic disease, which first started in the industrialized countries in the 1960s, may have reached a pea…
There is evidence to suggest an association between prenatal maternal stress and the development of asthma or other atopic diseases in offspring.
This paper is a review of potential novel therapeutic targets or tools for the treatment of asthma and COPD.
Improving health outcomes for pregnant women with allergic asthma and their babies: Thursday 22nd May.
The lungs are one of the last organs in the body to develop as a baby grows. They're also one of the most important.
Population-based birth cohorts on asthma and allergies increasingly provide new insights into the development and natural history of the diseases.
Asthma exacerbations are associated with human rhinovirus (HRV) infections, and more severe exacerbations are associated with HRV-C.
These data highlight that antigen administration to the neonate through the oral route may contribute to child allergic sensitization and have import…
In this study, we combined human-rhinovirus infection with a clinically relevant mouse model of aero-allergen exposure using house-dust-mite in an at…