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Testing your lungs: Spirometry

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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Perth researchers test stress link to asthma

Scientists at The Kids for Child Health Research have launched an innovative project to test the relationship between stress and asthma.

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Regulatory role of IL10 genetic variations in determining allergen-induced TH2 cytokine responses in children

Interleukin-10 is a key immunomodulatory cytokine the principal function of which is to limit the magnitude of immune response.

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Do early-life viral infections cause asthma?

Epidemiologic associations between viral lower respiratory infections (LRIs) and asthma in later childhood are well known

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UV exposure and protection against allergic airways disease

Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the small and large conducting airway mucosa characterised by Th2 cell immunity.

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Toward improved prediction of risk for atopy and asthma among preschoolers: A prospective cohort study

Atopy and asthma are commonly initiated during early life, and there is increasing interest in the development of preventive treatments for at-risk children.

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Providing feedback on adherence increases use of preventive medication by asthmatic children

This study investigates the impact of measuring adherence and providing feedback on medication usage by children with unstable asthma.

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Toll-like receptor 2 ligands inhibit Th2 responses to mite allergen

There is intense interest in the interaction between microbial compounds and allergy.

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Epigenome-wide meta-analysis of DNA methylation and childhood asthma

Novel loci differentially methylated in newborns represent potential biomarkers of risk of asthma by school age

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Bronchodilator responsiveness in children with asthma is not influenced by spacer device selection

Spacer device was not associated with clinically important differences in lung function following bronchodilator inhalation in children with asthma