Increase in the Rate of Food Allergy
...o evaluate the recent increase in the rate of food allergy in Australia and its significant impact on the n... Mullins, a Canberra-based clinical immunology and allergy physician, said his practice has seen a 12-fold increase in demand for food allergy-related consulta...Buckyball Has the Ability to Fight Against Allergy: Research
...reaction, making the progress of new therapies for allergy possible. Allergic disease is the sixth leading cause of chronic disease in the United States, and though various treatments have been developed to control allergy, no cure has been found. These findings advance the up-and-coming field of medicine k...Dozens of Panamanians Gravely Ill from Toxic Substance from China
...d earlier this month after 14 medicines for cough, allergy and flu produced by the SSF laboratory were found to be contaminated with DEG imported from China. The arrest followed an extensive investigation in which 353 bodies were exhumed to determine if their deaths were caused by DEG. Chinese officials sa...Chilean President's Cousin Successfully Tests Allergy 'Knockout' Technique on Mice
...pment, his technology may become the first line of allergy therapy in the near future....Allergic Individuals Should Keep Away from Cats, Say UK Scientists
...oms of asthma, even in people who have no specific allergy to the animals. Of course the problem is restricted to individuals who generally suffer from allergy of one kind or another. A Europe-wide study by a team from Imperial College, London, took samples ...Boffins Identify Molecule That Might Treat Food Allergy
... resistance against food allergy. During a food allergy the immune system responds to a food protein as if...cells in the gut and in the spleen of allergic and allergy resistant mice. Researchers found that the dendritic cells stopped producing IL-12 in the gut of ...Potential Target for Allergy Therapy
A vital molecule for resistance to food allergy has been identified and offers a potential target ...r therapy.There is currently no way to treat food allergy and the only way for sufferers to manage the problem is to avoid certain foods and make sure they ha...UK Scientists to Undertake Seven Year Study of Peanut Allergy
Peanut allergy is increasingly common, affecting one in 70 school...peanuts. Both groups will be assessed for peanut allergy when they are five-years-old. Professor Lack said, "Determining whether avoidance or early exposur...Farm Milk Reduces Childhood Asthma and Allergies but Raw Consumption is Unsafe
...ers took part in the PARSIFAL study Prevention of allergy risk factors for sensitisation in children related to farming and anthroposophic lifestyle....New Food Allergy Clinic Opens at University of Michigan Health System
...rms in north Ann Arbor offers an expansion of food allergy services previously provided by U-M experts. The A... Clinic and Food Allergy Clinic will be a regional allergy center where patients can be treated for a variety of conditions, including food allergies, a specia...America on Brink of Allergy Crisis
...ses. Allergists help people treat or prevent their allergy problems. After earning a medical degree, the allergist-immunologist completes a three-year residency training program in either internal medicine or pediatrics. Next the allergist completes two or three more years of study in the field of allergy-im...Panama Official Arrested Over Tainted Medicine Deaths of 100
...ere related to one of some 14 medicines for cough, allergy and flu produced by the SSF laboratory and contaminated with diethylene glycol. The medicines were produced with glycerin imported from China.Officially the government has said that 52 people have died from the tainted drugs. The dead, mostly patie...AAAAI Offers Advice on Stinging Insect Allergies
... of insects buzzing around outside. People with an allergy to stinging insects will want to take extra precau...ma. An allergist/immunologist might also suggest allergy shots, also known as immunotherapy treatment. Venom immunotherapy shots take effect within just a fe...Cannabis can Help to Treat Allergies, Autoimmune Disorders
...noticed that the mice soon developed a severe skin allergy to the nickel in the metal tags the researchers had fastened to their ears. Zimmer set up a series of experiments to test the anti-allergy effect of natural and synthetic THC compounds and found that they reduced skin irritation by half. The rese...Canadian Court Rules Grocery Shops can Sell Cold Medications Containing Pseudoephedrine
... has ruled that Ontario residents can get cold and allergy medicine containing pseudoephedrine from local gro...ut in many rural communities, if your child has an allergy or a cough, you're driving two or two and a half hours in some cases, to the nearest pharmacy," he n...UK Scientists to Undertake Seven Year Study of Peanut Allergy
Peanut allergy is increasingly common, affecting one in 70 school...peanuts. Both groups will be assessed for peanut allergy when they are five-years-old. Professor Lack said, "Determining whether avoidance or early exposur...Hay Fever Can Send Work Productivity Down the Drain
...rly 4 million days of missed work each year due to allergy symptoms. Hay fever symptoms can disrupt all are...that people who suspect they have hay fever get an allergy test, either from a family doctor or an allergist. In previous work, she found that some people with...Ulcer Causing Microbe Linked To Protection From Asthma
... and Nutrition Examination Survey about asthma and allergy history. This involved about 8000 adults. The results showed that people infected with a particular strain of H. pylori had a 21 percent decreased risk of having asthma and a 23 percent decreased risk of allergies compared to people without the bu...Dining Out is Risky for Food-allergic Consumers
...from a finished meal was safe (25 percent). Food allergy registries indicate that reactions in restaurants ...f a safe meal and deficits in knowledge about food allergy found in this study carries important lessons for restaurants and consumers. “Food preparers shoul......as nothing wrong with driving while on hayfever or allergy medication. The report also found that eight in ten drivers would amend their behavior if they discovered a hayfever medicine might affect their driving. Says Dr James Lawrie, a GP: "Certain types of drugs or even herbal supplements can affect a ...