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by ruth on March 18, 2010
Among children and teenagers with asthma, those who also have peanut allergies may have more or more-severe asthma attacks, acording to a new study published online last month in the Journal of Pediat...
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by ruth on March 5, 2010
I'm a bit concerned after reading a recent study (read abstract here) saying that children who had eczema during the first two years of life were more likely to have psychological abnormalities an...
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by Gloria Gamat on March 4, 2010
British researchers reported at the AAAAI Annual Meeting in New Orleans that children with eczema are at at a higher risk of having peanut and other food allergies.
According to Graham Roberts, MD,...
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by ruth on February 10, 2010
When my children were just babies and were just starting to eat solid foods, the current recommendation then was to put off introduction of solid foods until the baby was at least 6 months old, partic...
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by ruth on September 25, 2009
Stallergenes has announced positive results on a new phase IIb/III clinical trial on the efficacy of a sublingual immunotherapy tablet containing the recombinant allergen of this birch pollen, rBet v ...
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by ruth on June 24, 2009
We all know that an individuals chances of developing allergies is determined by both genetics and environmental influences. While we can control environmental conditions to a certain extent, genetics...
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by ruth on May 22, 2009
Cigarette smoke aggravate allergies. Correct? Well, according to a recent study, perhaps cigarette smoke is not the villain it's considered to be, in relation to allergies, at least. In fact, the ...
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by ruth on April 30, 2009
A new study reviewing the medical records of more than 8,000 people ages 2 to 85 revealed that blood levels of folate, the naturally occurring form of folic acid, appears to be negatively correlated w...
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by ruth on April 4, 2009
The report does sound a bit technical, but two recently published studies relate allergies to a malfunction of the epithelial cells lining the respiratory tract particularly the nose and eyes. Apparen...
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by ruth on March 18, 2009
Finally, after so many years of experimentation and careful monitoring, a handful of kids who were previously severely-allergic to peanuts can now tolerate about 15 peanuts a day.
For the study, which...
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by ruth on February 8, 2009
According to a recently published study, children born by cesarean delivery are at increased risk for developing asthma, particularly if the condition already runs in the family.
Overall, children del...
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by ruth on January 31, 2009
This has also been mentioned in the article on hygiene hypothesis that I cited in my previous entry: the health benefits of worms. The BBC article discusses current research on the therapeutic value o...
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by ruth on November 23, 2008
If you have allergies- be it food, latex, pet dander, metal, or other environmental allergies- your best course of action is to avoid the offending substance(s). There have been reports of people who ...
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by ruth on November 13, 2008
They say to every cloud is a silver lining. Next time you're having a bout of allergy attacks, instead of cursing your overreacting immune system, think of it this way: those sneezing fits could b...
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by ruth on October 16, 2008
Around this time 2 years ago, I've written about a study showing that probiotics reduced the incidence of eczema and atopic eczema in newborns. Personally, I know of people with eczema who were ad...
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by ruth on September 2, 2008
That stress can aggravate allergies among children is something that has already been documented. But how? And how stressful must an even be to have an effect?
German researchers addressed these ques...
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by ruth on August 29, 2008
German researchers report having identified a major gene for allergic diseases.
The newly discovered FCER1A Gene encodes the alpha chain of high affinity IgE receptor, which plays a major role in cont...
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by ruth on August 23, 2008
A recent Newsweek article discusses the effects of global warming on the prevalence of different types of allergies. Ragweed allergies, which account for the majority of seasonal allergies that peaks ...
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by Gloria Gamat on August 17, 2008
Stress and anxiety can make allergies worse and last longer. Such were the research findings presented Thursday at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association held in Boston.
Accordi...
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by ruth on August 1, 2008
If you want to avoid perennial allergic rhinitis, you might want to cut down on your alcohol consumption. A recent Danish study of 5,870 young adult women found that the risk of developing perennial a...
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by ruth on July 30, 2008
Cursing your allergies already? Well, here's a consolation: people with atopic diseases such as asthma, hay fever and food allergies have 25 percent less likelihood of contracting B-cell Non-Hodgk...
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by ruth on July 29, 2008
Exposure of children to tobacco smoke has always been associated with increased risks of asthma and allergies. A news study presents data supporting that smoking during pregnancy or short after the bi...
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by ruth on July 26, 2008
Should pregnant women avoid eating nuts during pregnancy, or continue eating them? Such an old issue, and never been really clear. And yet, here's another study muddles it up for pregnant women ev...
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by Gloria Gamat on July 25, 2008
Lab experiments with mice by a team from Duke University have discovered why so many patients with asthma also suffer from GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease).
GERD triggers asthma, as recently ...
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by Gloria Gamat on July 24, 2008
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Most kids with milk allergy may tolerate cow's milk when it is heated extensively.
One hundred children (mean age, 7.5 years; range, 2.1-17.3 years...
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by ruth on July 13, 2008
Because allergies and asthma runs in the family, I am planning to exclusively breastfeed my second child until she's six months old, the age at which I plan to introduce solids. Such is the common...
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by ruth on July 7, 2008
Have you seen the New York Times Health Guide on Allergies? The current Reporter's File focuses on the currently available allergy treatment options for hay fever or allergic rhinitis. If you'...
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by ruth on July 3, 2008
If your are 18 to 55 years of age, non-smoker and are taking asthma medications and requiring bronchodilator medication for periodic symptom relief and/or to protect against exercise-induced asthma sy...
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by ruth on June 22, 2008
Mediterranean diet - characterized as being rich in fruits, vegetables and nuts- has already been documented to protect against allergic rhinitis and asthma symptoms. A new study involving pregnant wo...
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by ruth on June 15, 2008
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and AllerGen NCE Inc. are investing $12 million in a research study referred to as the CHILD study, which will investigate the genetic and environment...
