Allergies and asthma affect an increasing number of children worldwide, but now an international research group led by DTU ...

Researchers at DTU have patented a new invention that uses naturally produced substances from bifidobacteria in the gut to help lower the risk of allergies and asthma. Allergies and asthma are ...

Breastfeeding through the first year of infants' lives can lower their risk of asthma by colonizing their bodies with a healthy mix of microbes, a new study finds. Photo by Adobe Stock/HealthDay News ...

In recent decades, scientists have revealed the importance of the human microbiome - the vast community of microbes that live in and on us. These microbes often perform essential functions and can ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An infant’s first feed had a significant impact on developing childhood asthma. Early breastfeeding might ...

New cohort data showed breastfeeding was associated with reduced asthma and allergic sensitisation into adulthood. Learn more about the long-term impact.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Season of birth appeared associated with significant influence on human milk microbiome composition. Milk ...

The use of antibiotics in the first year of life has been found to be a risk factor for the development of childhood asthma. What is not known is how to protect children from the long-term effects of ...

Gestational diabetes exposure is linked to decrements in lung function, current asthma, and wheeze among children at ages 8 to 9 years.

February 26, 2007 (San Diego) — Infants who wheeze when they are infected with rhinovirus are more likely to have a diagnosis of asthma by the time they are 6 years old, according to investigators who ...

Receiving antibiotics during infancy is associated with developing asthma during childhood, according to a study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. Researchers studied 152,622 children ...