Background: Although guidelines for the diagnosis and management of asthma have been
published over the last 15 years, there has been little focus on issues relating to asthma in …

Background: Effective approaches to education about asthma need to be identified. We
evaluated the impact on asthma control by children and their caregivers of an intervention …

The prevalence of posterior subcapsular cataracts in young patients receiving inhaled
glucocorticoids for treatment of chronic asthma is unknown. In a cross-sectional study, slit-lamp …

The bronchodilator effect of a 10 mg/kg dose of theobromine (3,7-dimethylxanthine) was
compared with that of 5 mg/kg of theophylline (1,3-dimethylxanthine) in young patients with …

In this study, we introduce two key improvements that overcome limitations of existing polygon
scanning microscopes while maintaining high spatial and temporal imaging resolution …

Background Asthma guidelines recognize asthma education as “an essential component of
asthma therapy”. The Children’s Asthma Education Centre (CAEC)’s small group interactive …

The purpose of this study was to arrive at an understanding of the mother's lived experience
of parenting a child with a life-threatening food allergy. Phenomenology was used to guide …

Background As adolescents transition away from the comforts of their homes and parental
guidance and into a more independent and changing lifestyle, those who are food allergic …

Background Education is required to effectively manage food allergy. In young children,
parents are the primary managers. Once children enter school, a shift should begin towards a …

Intravital multiphoton microscopy has emerged as a powerful technique to visualize cellular
processes in-vivo. Real time processes revealed through live imaging provided many …