Families with food allergic individuals make significant lifestyle alterations when it comes to vacation planning, according to a study presented at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI).
Stephanie A. Leonard, MD, and colleagues looked at how having a food allergic family member impacts the vacation (more…)

New research presented at the 2009 American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting (AAAAI), highlighted poor compliance among allergy immunotherapy candidates. The research project, supported by Greer, was conducted by Allergy Partners, P.A., a large, single-specialty allergy practice, and is the first to evaluate patterns of allergy immunotherapy care in a "real world" allergy practice (more…)

Avoiding foods may do more harm than good / Elimination diets can only help children who have food sensitivity
The number of children who have eczema has risen - one in five children are now affected by this skin condition, which is often associated with an allergy. Researchers are not yet sure what is causing this growing problem. Many people believe that certain foods are responsible, or at least make the symptoms worse. However, in information (more…)

Newborns whose first few months of life coincide with high pollen and mold seasons are at increased risk of developing early symptoms of asthma, suggests a new study led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley.
Researchers found that children born in the high mold season, which generally encompasses the fall and winter months, have three times the odds of developing wheezing - often an early sign of asthma - by age 2 compared with those born (more…)

The toxic gas formaldehyde is contained in building materials including carpeting, curtains, plywood, and adhesives. As it is emitted from these sources, it deteriorates the air quality, which can lead to "multiple chemical sensitivity" and "sick building syndrome", medical conditions with symptoms such as allergies, asthma, and headaches. The prevalence of formaldehyde and other volatile organic compounds (VOC) is greater in new construction.
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Many mistakenly believe recall involves national brands of peanut butter and are not aware of the range of products involved
A new national survey conducted by the Harvard Opinion Research Program at the Harvard School of Public Health finds that the vast majority (93%) of Americans have heard or read about the recent ongoing recall of peanut products. Buy generic soma (more…)

A new study finds that a botanical drug could provide the key to new treatments for peanut allergies. The findings are published online in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
Lead author Xiu-Min Li, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Director of Center for Chinese Herbal Therapy for Allergy and Asthma at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and colleagues found Food Allergy (more…)

generic propecia online buy The snow is thawing, the first crocuses are fighting their way through the cold earth into the daylight and hay fever sufferers are already pulling out their handkerchiefs. A new type of measuring station will automatically determine the pollen count and thus improve the forecast.
"And here is the pollen forecast for tomorrow: Low levels of alder and hazel…" (more…)

The Food Allergy Initiative and The Food Allergy Project announced a merger of their organizations, a powerful combination that will increase public awareness of the severity of life-threatening food allergies, empower advocates and family support groups, and encourage the nation’s leaders to increase funding for this potentially deadly disease. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has said that "food allergy (more…)

If you’ve ever wondered why some allergic reactions progress quickly and may even become fatal, a new research report published in the February 2009 issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology (http://www.jleukbio.org) provides an important part of the answer. In the report, scientists from Queen’s University (more…)