Vitamin D supplementation can prevent and cure nutritional rickets in infants and children.
Preclinical and observational data suggest that the vitamin D endocrine system has a wide …

Asthma is a heterogenous disease, and its prevalence and severity are different in males
versus females through various ages. As children, boys have an increased prevalence of …

Asthma is a complex disease that often starts in childhood. Genomic and environmental
factors as well as aberrant immune maturation early in life can contribute to the onset of …

Importance Severe asthma exacerbations cause significant morbidity and costs. Whether
vitamin D 3 supplementation reduces severe childhood asthma exacerbations is unclear …

In this review, we discuss recent publications on asthma and review the studies that have
reported on the different aspects of the prevalence, risk factors and prevention, mechanisms …

Background: The persistently high prevalence of allergic diseases in Western industrial
nations and the limited possibilities of causal therapy make evidence-based …

The last couple of decades have seen an explosion in our interest and understanding of the
role of vitamin D in the regulation of immunity. At the molecular level, the hormonal form of …

There is increasing recognition of the importance of both the microbiome and vitamin D in
states of health and disease. Microbiome studies have already demonstrated unique …

Asthma is the most common chronic disease in childhood and a rise in prevalence has been
observed concomitantly with changing dietary habits in the Western world. This change has …

Micronutritional deficiencies are common in atopic children suffering from atopic dermatitis,
food allergy, rhinitis, and asthma. A lack of iron, in particular, may impact immune activation …