Alergy Reports

For many of the nation’s 40 million contact lens wearers, seasonal ocular allergy symptoms such as itching, tearing, and redness caused by contact lens wear, often hit them during the time that they want to be wearing their lenses for outdoor sports, exercise, and socializing. This increase in incidences of lens discomfort causes many to use rewetting drops more often, wear their lenses less frequently, or Read the rest of this entry »

Scientists in Sydney have identified a process, a synergistic encounter between two molecules, that may account for the extreme allergic reactions some people experience. generic propecia online buy By silencing at least one of these molecules, it may be possible to treat allergies.
The molecules, IL-4 and IL-21, are cytokines or ‘chemical messengers’ produced by immune cells Read the rest of this entry »

Fungi can cause a number of life-threatening diseases but they also are becoming increasingly useful to science and manufacturing every year. However, many people, scientists among them, are largely unaware of the roles fungi play in the world around us. Research on fungi and fungal diseases are seriously neglected as a result - a situation with grave negative repercussions for human health, agriculture, and the environment Read the rest of this entry »

Greer, a leading developer and provider of allergy immunotherapy products and services, has completed enrollment for its pivotal Phase III clinical trial designed to study the efficacy of sublingual-oral immunotherapy (SLIT) as a treatment for adults with allergic rhinoconjunctivitis caused by short Read the rest of this entry »

New evidence for the first time suggests that people suffering from hay fever (allergic rhinitis) will over time experience a progressive worsening of their nasal passage functioning, depending on how long they have the disorder, according to a new study published in the June 2008 edition of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery.
The study, authored by researchers in Italy, Read the rest of this entry »

Inhibiting the proton currents in basophils, a rare type of white blood cell, can stop the release of histamine and could provide a new target for allergy and asthma drugs according to a new study by researchers at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago and the Johns Hopkins Asthma and Allergy Center in Baltimore. The Read the rest of this entry »

As the leaves fall, the dust mite population in your bedroom could well be on the rise.
Research from Sydney’s Woolcock Institute of Medical Research shows that dust
mite levels can increase 2-3 fold during late autumn, compared with summer levels.1
According to National Asthma Council Australia director, Dr Janet Rimmer, Read the rest of this entry »

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