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Warm season and emergency department visits to US children’s hospitals
Evidence shows that high temperatures lead to excess morbidity and mortality in adults, but less is known about how heat affects children. A new...
Oral immunotherapy induces remission of peanut allergy in some young children
A clinical trial has found that giving peanut oral immunotherapy to highly peanut-allergic children ages 1 to 3 years safely desensitized most of them...
Simple screening for common lung disease could relieve millions globally
The global burden of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), a group of common lung conditions that affects more than 300 million people, could be...
How exercise interventions could help people with asthma
Interventions aimed at promoting physical activity in people with asthma could improve their symptoms and quality of life -- according to new research. Researchers...
How LPS prevents or promotes development of asthma and allergic disease by airborne allergens
Many experiments show that exposure to LPS during exposure to environmental allergens protects against developing asthma or allergic disease. Yet other numerous experiments show...
Researchers lay groundwork for potential dog-allergy vaccine
Scientists have identified a series of molecular candidates for those parts of dog allergens that cause immune reactions in people--the first step in developing...
Study questions widely used race-based formula to define lung disease
New results from a long-term epidemiologic study reveal that one of the oldest racially based diagnostic formulas in medicine is no better than a...
Better identification of sesame in food packaging needed to avoid anaphylaxis
A new study found that among those who self-reported an allergic reaction to sesame, more than 56% of products which contained sesame did not...
Melatonin exacerbates asthma, study finds
Asthma sufferers generally find their condition gets worse at night. Now researchers may understand why. Melatonin, a sleep hormone that is sometimes prescribed to...
Guidelines may promote over-diagnosis of cow’s milk allergy in infants, study finds
International guidelines developed to help doctors diagnose cow's milk allergy may lead to over-diagnosis, according to new research. The study found that three-quarters of...
