Allergies News and Research

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From potent painkillers to humble cough syrups, the same medicines that help patients misused by teens

From potent painkillers to humble cough syrups, the same medicines that can help patients can also be misused to produce a high feeling. And they can hurt teens or hook them into addiction just as easily as other illicit drugs.

1 Jul 2004

Celiac disease may affect 3 million Americans, ten times higher than previous estimates

Celiac disease is considerably under-diagnosed, according to an independent consensus panel convened this week by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

1 Jul 2004

New research offers clues into how the body controls appetite and food intake

Concurrent with the national obesity epidemic has been a rise in the discoveries about how the body controls appetite and food intake.

30 Jun 2004

12 sites testing a new vaccine to prevent anthrax

The phase II trial will evaluate the safety and immunogenic response of a new recombinant anthrax vaccine, known as rPA102. The vaccine candidate consists of recombinant Protective Antigen (rPA), a synthetic protein that induces antibodies designed to prevent illness by neutralizing anthrax toxins, and aluminum hydroxide to enhance the immune response.

29 Jun 2004

Launch of the Jeffrey Modell Diagnostic Center for Primary Immunodeficiencies

Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA announced the launch of the Jeffrey Modell Diagnostic Center for Primary Immunodeficiencies at UCLA June 28.

29 Jun 2004

62 percent of frequent antihistamine users did not test positive for allergies

A new study in the current issue of Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy concludes that 62 percent of frequent antihistamine users did not test positive for allergies.

28 Jun 2004

New York study reveals that babies in the womb are more sensitive than their mothers to DNA damage from pollution

A new study of the effects of combustion-related air pollutants in New York City reveals that babies in the womb are more sensitive than their mothers to DNA damage from such pollution.

26 Jun 2004

A single dose of a test vaccine sprayed into the nose protects monkeys against the SARS virus

The study, published in the June 26 issue of the British journal The Lancet, is the third recently issued by NIAID that describes a promising candidate vaccine against SARS.

25 Jun 2004

Oral allergy syndrome, allergic response from fruit

For some of the nation's 35.9 million hay fever sufferers enjoying one of summer's fresh peaches or a juicy tomato may cause additional discomfort.

25 Jun 2004

Newborns are more susceptible to DNA damage from pollution than their mothers

New Study of New York City Residents Shows That Newborns are More Susceptible to DNA Damage from Pollution than Their Mothers.

24 Jun 2004

Genetic variation that doubles the risk for rheumatoid arthritis

A team of researchers has discovered a genetic variation that doubles the risk for rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

24 Jun 2004

Food labels will have to list certain ingredients that people may be allergic to (allergens)

The UK Food Standards Agency has launched a public consultation on new food labelling rules that will mean food labels will have to list certain ingredients that people may be allergic to (allergens).

21 Jun 2004

Seasons affect rates of asthma and eczema

Climate may influence prevailing rates of asthma and eczema indicates an international study of almost 670,000 children in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

21 Jun 2004

Cooking with gas increases risk of respiratory illness in young children

Cooking with gas seems to increase the risk of respiratory illness, indicates research in Archives of Disease in Childhood.

21 Jun 2004

Health Canada is advising of a potential risk related to Pre-Pen, a penicillin allergy test

Health Canada is advising health professionals and consumers of a potential risk related to Pre-Pen, a product used to test an individual's allergy to penicillin.

20 Jun 2004

Harmless virus known as GBV-C slows the progression of HIV

Iowa City Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center and University of Iowa (UI) researchers have unlocked part of the mystery of how a harmless virus known as GBV-C slows the progression of HIV and prolongs survival for many patients.

17 Jun 2004

Nurse who developed a life-threatening allergy to latex awarded £350,000 compensation

Cardiff County Court has today awarded a guaranteed £350,000 compensation, with the possibility of further interest, to UNISON member Alison Dugmore (37), who developed a life-threatening allergy to latex while working at two hospitals in Swansea.

17 Jun 2004

New tests to detect potentially fatal nut traces in food

The techniques they developed during the analysis included the discovery of sensitive “marker proteins” that can be used to detect trace amounts of nuts in processed foods.

17 Jun 2004

Soil-borne disease called allergic fungal sinusitis is on the rise

The bad news this summer is that a destructive, soil-borne disease called allergic fungal sinusitis (AFS) is on the rise -- at least according to the up tick in cases referred to specialist Steven Schaefer, MD, chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology at The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary.

16 Jun 2004

Inhibiting the expression of acidic mammalian chitinase (AMCase) may be effective in controlling asthma

A new target for control of early-stage asthma has been identified by McGill University professor Qutayba Hamid working as part of a team whose landmark study appears in the latest issue of the journal Science

15 Jun 2004

Allergies News and Research

Latest Allergies News and Research

From potent painkillers to humble cough syrups, the same medicines that help patients misused by teens

Celiac disease may affect 3 million Americans, ten times higher than previous estimates

New research offers clues into how the body controls appetite and food intake

12 sites testing a new vaccine to prevent anthrax

Launch of the Jeffrey Modell Diagnostic Center for Primary Immunodeficiencies

62 percent of frequent antihistamine users did not test positive for allergies

New York study reveals that babies in the womb are more sensitive than their mothers to DNA damage from pollution

A single dose of a test vaccine sprayed into the nose protects monkeys against the SARS virus

Oral allergy syndrome, allergic response from fruit

Newborns are more susceptible to DNA damage from pollution than their mothers

Genetic variation that doubles the risk for rheumatoid arthritis

Food labels will have to list certain ingredients that people may be allergic to (allergens)

Seasons affect rates of asthma and eczema

Cooking with gas increases risk of respiratory illness in young children

Health Canada is advising of a potential risk related to Pre-Pen, a penicillin allergy test

Harmless virus known as GBV-C slows the progression of HIV

Nurse who developed a life-threatening allergy to latex awarded £350,000 compensation

New tests to detect potentially fatal nut traces in food

Soil-borne disease called allergic fungal sinusitis is on the rise

Inhibiting the expression of acidic mammalian chitinase (AMCase) may be effective in controlling asthma

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Allergies News and Research

Latest Allergies News and Research

Small solutions for big problems in drug discovery and delivery

Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

Utilizing process Raman in optimizing cultivated meat production

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