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Herbal treatment not to be sneezed at

Pollen pains spring can be a nightmare for hay fever sufferers. According to a new study in Arizona hay fever sufferers should be pointing to their garden for help and not trying to avoid it.// The study ...

Nasal sprays used for other ailments!

...the use of nasal sprays to treat allergies such as hay fever. A nasal spray is a good way of delivering a drug, because it gets into the bloodstream fast through mucous membranes in the nasal area. The drug will, in fact, act quicker than the corresponding pill. Nasal sprays are already being used in t...

Cleanliness might lead to Asthma

... 12 fill out questionnaires// regarding asthma and hay fever. They also took blood samples from the kids ...ociated with a significant decrease in the risk of hay fever, atopic sensitization, atopic asthma, and atopic wheeze in childhood....

Allergies: A major health problem

...sions occur in the nose and sinuses it is known as hay fever or allergic “rhinitis”. When it occurs in lungs we call it as asthma. In the event of symptoms surfacing on the skin it is described as “hives”. When it attacks the whole body violently it is known as “anaphylaxis” and in this case victims have...

Controlling Allergies Before They Start

Nearly 60 million Americans suffer from hay fever - runny noses to watery and itchy eyes. Now...Researchers are studying a new type of therapy for hay fever. If it works well, They say that it could be the perfect treatment. After exposure to allerge...

Skin Allergies Found To Increase The Risk Of Leukemia

...ter cancers and other allergic conditions, such as hay fever. However, since results did trend toward a higher leukemia risk among those with asthma. Thus researchers urge people to consider these findings in relation to the overall risk for blood cancers, which is low. ...

Hay fever may be cured by self-hypnosis

...Sweden had been able to cure people suffering from hay fever by teaching them self-hypnosis.//The researc...the study. All these people have been sufferers of hay fever for more than two years. Random parallel group was used as control for the study that went on ...

Parent’s mental state may affect the childhood asthm

...nclined to develop certain allergic reactions like hay fever, asthma, or chronic urticaria if they are exposed to the allergens that can specifically cause these health hazards. After looking into the health records of 9240 parent child pairs, research says that major depression and panic attacks in the...

Allergies can prevent brain cancer

The incidence of asthma, hay fever or any of the allergic conditions can reduce the risk// of a kind of brain cancer that may be fatal. Variations in certain genes in adults can cause the adults being more prone to the attacks of asthma and other allergic reactions. And these g...

Oral Edible vaccine for Allergy Vaccines

...tibody injections against allergy diseases such as hay fever, cat and venom allergies requires continuous monitoring after antibody therapy as the patients may develop adverse immune reactions. Researchers jointly from University of Tokyo and Shimane University team of Japan developed the new edible va...

Generic Products Compete With GlaxoSmithKline

... competitors for the antidepressant Wellbutrin XL, hay fever medication Flonase, and Zofran. The per share earnings for 2006 is forecast at only 10% by the company. The results of the Cox-2 painkiller’s phase-III tests are also not very encouraging, according to the management of GlaxoSmithKline. Further...

Losing Sleep over Money or Money over Sleep? Sleep over It!

...s of detecting dormant sleep disorders, and making hay while the sun shines. So, insomniacs had better wake up to these sleep strategists or sleep tacticians, with paraphernalia in tow, that use air mattresses and monitors to record how people sleep or don’t sleep!...

Strengthen Your Childs Immunity Give Him A Cat

...no less likely to have developed allergies such as hay fever, asthma or eczema. Tests showed last year 29.3 % of the children whose families had acquired cats in the past five years, had atopy. Where as about 47.2 % children who lived in a feline-free household had atopy. She said that children who are e...

Hope for Dust Mite Allergy Sufferers

...velop vaccines for other common allergies such as hay fever. ...

Effective Vaccine Found For Dust Mite Allergy

...t hair and tree pollen. The current treatments for hay fever allergy such as antihistamines and inhaled steroids, suppress symptoms temporarily. The Cytos vaccine is thought to give a permanent cure as it consists of an empty virus filled with DNA designed to trigger a response from the immune system. ...

Children Having An Early Exposure To Cats May Develop Eczema

...hance of also having allergic conditions including hay fever and asthma. "Other studies have found that having cats or dogs at home seems to be protective against allergic diseases, so we expected to have similar findings," said Dr. Morales. "Pets are a source of a compound called endotoxin, and if a c...

Use Of Indoor Swimming Pools Linked To Development Of Asthma In Children

...countries analysing the rates of wheezing, asthma, hay fever, allergic rhinitis and atopic eczema, reported in a study of almost 190,000 13 and 14-year-olds from 21 countries across Europe. They had then compared the rates they obtained with the number of indoor chlorinated swimming pools per 100,000 o...

Exam stress may affect immune systems

...he institute's website. Twenty-two students with hay fever and/or asthma and 19 healthy students took the test. The researchers found that there are important links between mental stress and the complex physical inflammation reactions characteristic of allergies. For the first time on record, scien...

World wide Increase in Childhood Allergies

...even in several developing countries where asthma, hay fever and eczema have become serious// public heal...noted in eczema among the younger children and for hay fever in both age groups. However it was found that in the older age group where there was an increa...

Eczema And Hay Fever Decline In UK While Allergic Reactions On The Rise

A new study shows that the prevalence of hay fever and eczema in the U.K has steadied considera...f Edinburgh have said that the rates of eczema and hay fever in UK have stabilised, after many years of steady rise but at the same time allergic reactions...

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