Breathe Easier Knowing Spring's Pollen Triggers
Children are especially vulnerable to seasonal allergies, so be prepared, expert says SUNDAY, April 5 (HealthDay News) -- Spring can be challenging if your child is one of the more than 35 million Americans with hay fever. But a bit of preparation can help the youngster enjoy being ou...Babies Born in High Pollen Months at Wheezing Risk
Findings may clarify why fall and winter infants more likely to develop asthma THURSDAY, Feb. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Infants exposed to high levels of pollen and mold in their first few months of life are more likely to develop wheezing -- a possible early symptom of asthma, say U.S. ...Lymph Node Shots Tested for Grass Pollen Allergy
Eight-week regimen better than 3 to 5 years of standard shots under skin, study finds TUESDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) -- A Swiss-led study appears to point the way toward a faster, safer and less painful treatment for grass pollen allergy by using direct injections into the lymph nod...Climate Change Linked to Longer Pollen Seasons
Increasing temperatures, carbon dioxide levels add to discomfort of ragweed allergies MONDAY, Aug. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Add increased suffering for people with ragweed allergies to the list of problems caused by climate change, a new study suggests. Recent research indicates tha...Spring and Pollen Are in the Air
Expert says common sense and planning can stop allergy attacks in their tracks SATURDAY, April 12 (HealthDay News) -- Spring is here, and so is allergy season for millions of Americans. With a bit of planning, effort and common sense, many people can limit their suffering or per...Circassia Begins Phase II Clinical Trial With Ragweed Allergy Therapy
...ading causes of allergic reactions in North America, where allergies to its pollen are commonly referred to as 'hay fever'. Circassia is undertaking its lates...ragweed allergy," said Steve Harris, Circassia's CEO. "Allergies to ragweed pollen are very common in the US, where they affect over a quarter of the populati...STALLERGENES: Oralair(R) Grasses Obtains a Pediatric MA(1) in Germany
...keted for both indications in Germany for the 2009 pollen season. Stallergenes will now begin a mutua...llens from the first season, throughout the entire pollen season and during pollen peaks: - in poly- and mono-sensitized pati...Stallergenes: New Study VO 56 Highly Positive Results Conducted in an Allergen Challenge Chamber
...rasses included 86 adult patients exposed to grass pollen challenge with different treatment durations: 1 we... of the study were to assess the efficacy of grass pollen extract SLIT tablets compared to placebo on the av...ting with the first season, lasting throughout the pollen season, and at the...Allergens, Inhalants, California Pollen
Description: ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' client...Allergen, Occupational, Sunflower Pollen
Description: ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' client...Allergen, Grass, Cultivated Wheat Pollen
Description: ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' client...Allergen, Grass, Cultivated Oat Pollen
Description: ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' client...Allergen, Grass, Cultivated Corn Pollen
Description: ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' client...Inflammatory molecules released by pollen trigger allergies
How do pollen particles provoke allergic reactions? A new study in the February 21 issue of The Journal of Experimental Medicine puts some of the blame on bioactive molecules that are released from pollen. These molecules bind to immune cells and cause them to launch a typical allergy-promoting imm...When palm trees gave way to spruce trees
...ning to open, and lying now at the bottom of today's Norwegian-Greenland Sea. Sediment cores taken from there contained a record of ancient spores and pollen blown from the continent to the west. "These marine sediment cores give us a very precise chronology of the changes in the dominant land plants," s...CU-Boulder study shows Maya intensively cultivated manioc 1,400 years ago
...-- allowed the archaeologists to estimate the size of the field and assess the related agricultural activity that went on there. Sheets said manioc pollen has been found at archaeological sites in Belize, Mexico and Panama, but it is not known whether it was cultivated as a major crop or was just remnant...Global warming increasing the dispersal of flora in Northern forests
...stronger winds caused by global warming, seeds and pollen are being carried over longer distances. An increa...arch into the impact of global warming on seed and pollen dispersal. The goal was to learn whether global wa...the Royal Society B on 10 June 2009. Seed and pollen dispersal profoundly affects the dynamics and gene...Is this the beginning of the end of plant breeding?
...e experimentally combined. These divisions are normally meiotic which make pollen and egg cells and are replaced by mitotic divisions. The work, by a team o...') in which meiosis is totally replaced by mitosis. MiMe plants produce pollen and eggs that are genetically identical to their parent. If MiMe eggs are s...New technology shows promise against resistant staph infections
...as become urgent. The drug-delivery system, developed by Einstein scientists, consists of biocompatible nanoparticles each smaller than a grain of pollen that can carry tiny payloads of various drugs or other medically useful substances and release them in a controlled and sustained manner. In this stu...STALLERGENES: Strong Sales Growth in 1st Half-Year: up 12% Full-Year Guidance Maintained
... of the operations to a subsidiary in Switzerland. Growth was more moderate in Southern Europe (up 9%). In addition to the consequences of weak pollen seasons in 2008, these markets appeared more affected by the economic crisis in a context of partial reimbursement (Italy and Spain). The decli...STALLERGENES: 2008: Strong Performance
... 15% of sales and a positive free cash flow. Significant recent transactions and events The marketing authorization of Oralair(R) (grass pollen tablets) in its paediatric indication was delivered on 19 January 2009 by the German agency. Oralair(R) is thus marketed in its two indications in Ger...Video: Experts Unite to Help People Manage Spring Nasal Allergy Sneezin'
...e length of the zipper. Wipe your feet. pollen often clings to shoes when walking around outside ...ave pollen-covered shoes outdoors. Leave pollen outside. It's better not to let the allergen in y...s and doors closed, especially on days with a high pollen count With spring allergy season u...Persistent Vaccination Effect of GRAZAX(R) After Completion of Treatment
...dy (GT-08) with GRAZAX(R), the company's tablet-based vaccine against grass pollen allergy. The clinical study documents that the effect of GRAZAX(R) persists...treatment in the autumn of 2007. The above-mentioned results cover the 2008 pollen season, the first season in which the patients did not receive active treat...Stallergenes: Sales at end September 2008: + 17% - 2008 Sales Guidance Revised Upwards: + 14%
...s well received by allergy professionals. However, ORALAIR(R) Grasses' sales over the quarter were not significant since the launch occurred after the pollen season. The marketing licence of ORALAIR(R) Grasses in its paediatric indication, which should be delivered by the German agency before the end of t...