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[Guideline Summary] S3 guidelines on allergy prevention
Recommendations of the S3 guideline Allergy Prevention were revised to enable evidence-based and updated recommendations for preventing allergic diseases. They are for primary prevention of bronchial asthma, allergic rhinitis, food allergy and atopic eczema, applying to individuals at risk and those not at risk (unless explicitly stated otherwise. Below listed a brief summary.
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[Science Update] Phospholipid content in Chinese human milk across lactation stages
Phospholipids (PL) are critical for infant growth and neurodevelopment. A part of the Chinese study (the Maternal Nutrition and Infant Investigation) collected 2,270 human milk samples from 0 to 400 days postpartum in 6 regions of China, to determine the major classes of PLs in human milk and their respective levels across lactation stages.
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[Local Data] Serum vitamin D level and in vitro fertilization
Data from a local retrospective study revealed that vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency were prevalent among infertile women in Hong Kong. The association between serum 25(OH)D level before ovarian stimulation and the cumulative live birth rate (CLBR) of the first in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycle have been further investigated.
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[Science Update] Intervention of iron supplements for iron deficiency anemia during pregnancy
Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is a typical micronutrient deficiency in pregnant women with severe outcomes. The present animal study aimed at evaluating the effects of three iron supplements on female IDA rats and their offspring.
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[Science Update] Associations between HMOs and bacterial profile and their relationships with infant body composition
This pilot study investigated associations between human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) and the predominant bacterial species found in human milk, as well as their relationships with body composition of three-month-old exclusively breastfed infants. Altogether, 60 dyads from the Breastfeeding Longitudinal Observational Study of Mothers and Kids (BLOSOM) in Australia were included in the analysis. Among the 60 mothers, 49 were secretors while 11 were non-secretors.
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[Literature library] Correlation between variations in HMO composition and intestinal epithelial barrier
A recently published in vitro study demonstrated that various HMO compositions trigger both common and different intestinal epithelial cell responses. 4 HMO blends were extracted from mature human milk of 4 randomly selected individual mothers in Canada. In this study, barrier-protective effects were considered as one of the ‘core’ functions of HMOs, while immune regulation was considered as an ‘additive’ function of HMOs.
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[Science Update] Maternal iodine deficiency and human milk composition
In this study, the influence of maternal iodine deficiency on the metabolome and elemental composition of human milk was examined through a metabolomic analytical approach. Lactating women with normal and deficient iodine status were clearly distinguished accordingly to their multi-element and metabolomic profiles.
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