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Analytical bias in the measurement of plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations in infantsTo our knowledge, this is the first study to show that the reported 25(OH)D concentration may be influenced by both age and assay type
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Catalyst Twenty-Twenty: Post-Traumatic Growth at Scales of Person, Place and PlanetPlanetary health is a broad multidisciplinary effort that attempts to address what has been described as “Anthropocene Syndrome”—the wicked, interrelated challenges of our time. These include, but are not limited to, grotesque biodiversity losses, climate change, environmental degradation, resource depletion, the global burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), health inequalities, social injustices, erosion of wisdom and civility, together with the many structural underpinnings of these grand challenges.
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Planning ahead: the mental health value of natural environmentsOver the past decade, a growing number of studies have linked urban green space and aspects of biodiversity with emotional wellbeing.
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Randomized controlled trial of early regular egg intake to prevent egg allergydetermining if regular consumption of egg protein from age 4 to 6 months reduces the risk of IgE mediated allergy in infants with genetic risk, without eczema.
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Transforming Life: A Broad View of the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease Concept from an Ecological Justice PerspectiveWith emerging research involving green space, the microbiome, biodiversity and positive psychology, we discuss ecological justice in the dysbiosphere
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Dysregulation of innate immunity in ulcerative colitis patients who fail anti-tumor necrosis factor therapyStudy the innate immune function in ulcerative colitis patients who fail to respond to anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy
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Natural environments, nature relatedness and the ecological theater: connecting satellites and sequencing to shinrin-yokuMechanisms-including aerobiological and epigenetic-that might help explain some of the noted positive health outcomes
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World Allergy Organization-McMaster University Guidelines for Allergic Disease Prevention (GLAD-P): ProbioticsPrevalence of allergic diseases in infants, whose parents and siblings do not have allergy, is approximately 10% and reaches 20-30% in those with an allergic...
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World Allergy Organization-McMaster University Guidelines for Allergic Disease Prevention (GLAD-P): Vitamin DVitamin D is involved in the regulation of the immune system and it may play a role in the development, severity and course of asthma and other allergic...
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Histone modifications and their role in epigenetics of atopy and allergic diseasesThis review covers basic aspects of histone modification and the role of posttranslational histone modifications in the development of allergic diseases