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Exciting new clinical trials in cystic fibrosis: Infants need not apply

The recent announcement of the negative results of the TIGER- 2 phase 3 study of denufosol tetrasodium

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...

Interaction between adaptive and innate immune pathways in the pathogenesis of atopic asthma: Operation of a lung/bone marrow axis

Atopic asthma is the most common form of asthma, particularly during childhood, and in many cases it persists into adult life.

Vitamin D and atopy and asthma phenotypes in children: a longitudinal cohort study

Vitamin D has been linked in some studies with atopy- and asthma-associated phenotypes in children with established disease,but its role in disease inception...

Two newly identified cat allergens: The von Ebner gland protein Fel d 7 and the latherin-like protein Fel d 8

Characterization of the complete IgE binding spectrum of cat allergens is important for the development of improved diagnosis and effective immunotherapeutics.

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...

Back and neck pain are related to mental health problems in adolescence

There is a high prevalence of mental health problems amongst adolescents

Exhaled breath temperature in healthy children is influenced by room temperature and lung volume

Exhaled breath temperature (EBT) has been proposed for the non-invasive assessment of airway inflammation

Sterile abscess formation associated with depot leuprorelin acetate therapy for central precocious puberty

We describe a case of an 8 year old girl with central precocious puberty

No association between early gastrointestinal problems and autistic-like traits in the general population

No association between early gastrointestinal problems and autistic-like traits in the general population, determine whether gastrointestinal problems, early...