All about asthma and allergy

The background for this project is that the risk of asthma in children is higher when the mother has asthma than when the father has asthma.

The word allergy is Greek and means altered reaction. Allergy involves changes in the body's response to harmless substances in our environment.

Both maternal antibiotic use and infections during pregnancy are associated with childhood asthma at 7 years, according to a new MoBa study.

We will build a multifaceted toolbox to help assess the impact of the exposome on the immune system at the level of individuals and populations.

Regular oil baths or early introduction of solid foods in addition to breastfeeding do not prevent atopic eczema in the first year of life.

Children of parents who have had difficulty conceiving, or who are the result of assisted reproduction, are at increased risk of asthma according to a Norwegian study.

Report from National Register of Severe Allergic Reactions to Food 2000–2015.

The National Register of Severe Allergic Reactions to Food is a national reporting system and registry in which doctors in general practice and in hospitals can report cases of serious allergic reactions to food.