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MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Hans Bisgaard, MD, DMSc Professor of Pediatrics The Faculty of Health Sciences University of Copenhagen Head of the Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood University  of Copenhagen and Naestved Hospital MedicalResearch: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Bisgaard: Vitamin D deficiency has become a commonRead more

MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Hans Bisgaard, MD, DMSc Professor of Pediatrics The Faculty of Health Sciences University of Copenhagen Head of the Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood University of Copenhagen and Naestved Hospital Medical Research: What is the background for this study? Dr. Bisgaard: Childhood asthma is often preceded by recurrent asthma-like symptoms inRead more

A small revolution could be about to the hit the market in the treatment of asthma attacks: Antibiotics reduce the number of sick days of asthmatic children aged one to three years by more than 50 per cent. Read the full story at ScienceNordic

By Anne Harding January 11, 2016 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Azithromycin significantly shortens the duration of asthma-like episodes in young children, according to a new randomized controlled trial. "We've shown in the new study that taking out the bacteria has a very dramatic effect," Dr. Hans Bisgaard of the Copenhagen Prospective Studies of AsthmaRead more

Taking omega-3 fatty acid supplements during pregnancy can reduce the risk of childhood asthma by almost a third, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The research, at the University of Waterloo in Canada, found that women who were prescribed 2.4 grams of ‘long-chain’ omega-3 supplements during the third trimesterRead more

The grant was awarded to uncover the mechanisms underlying the development of childhood asthma, which today affects approximately 20% of all pre-school-age children in the westernized world. The project is based on extensive data and biological samples from 700 Danish children followed closely since the last part of their mother's pregnancy in the COPSAC (CopenhagenRead more

Prof. Bisgaard: Birth season has been reported to be a risk factor for several immune-mediated diseases, although the critical season varies depending on the disease. Autoimmune diseases are generally associated with spring births, whereas asthma and allergies are more common among subjects born in fall and winter.   Read the interview here

Prof. Bisgaard: Programming of the immune response in perinatal life seems to contribute to the increased prevalence of immune-mediated diseases. We hypothesized that initiation of labor could affect the developing newborn immune system. Hans Bisgaard is interviewed for Medical Research.   Read the interview here

Dr. Bisgaard: Extended breast-feeding is recommended for newborn children at risk of allergy-associated diseases, but the evidence of a protective effect on sensitization and these diseases remains elusive. Hans Bisgaard is interviewed for Medical Research. Read the interview here

Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Prof. Bisgaard: The purpose of this study was to look for a shared risk factor for immunological diseases which make its debut in childhood. During the recent decades a parallel increase in prevalence of immune diseases such as asthma, allergy, inflammatoryRead more