Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A more mature microbiome at age 1 year decreased odds for atopic wheeze at age 1 year and 4 years. There was no ...

Infant weight and weight gain are positively associated with later obesity, but whether there is a particular critical time during infancy remains uncertain. In a cohort representing 28 340 children ...

Having a food allergy as a baby is linked to asthma and reduced lung function later in childhood, according to a world first study. The research, led by Murdoch Children's Research Institute and ...

An ongoing study of pregnant women and their babies has found that rapid weight gain during the first six months of life may place a child at risk for obesity by age three. Researchers studied 559 ...

A study found that not being infected with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in the first year of life was associated with a decreased risk of developing asthma in childhood. A study published by The ...

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 ...

Global study reveals many infants face physical aggression and abuse from caregivers during the first two years of life ...

Babies cry. Some, however, cry a lot and seem less able to be soothed. Approximately 20 percent of young infants meet the criteria for colic, often defined by the “rule of three,” meaning a baby that ...