Archive for the ‘Allergy’ Category
Thursday, May 15th, 2008
The House of Lords will on Thursday 8 May debate the Science and Technology Committee's report on Allergy which was published in September last year. The Government responded to the report in November and accepted many of the Committee's recommendations. The debate will give the Committee the opportunity to question ...
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Indoor and outdoor allergies affect about 50 million people in the United States.(1)(2) Yet, according to "Attitudes About Allergies," a national telephone survey, allergies are often disregarded as a nuisance: in today's society allergies get little respect. As a result, allergy sufferers continue to cope needlessly with not ...
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
Wholesnax has recalled some batches of its chocolate coated brazils, peanuts, raisins, peanuts and raisins and mixed nuts and raisins because they contain soya lecithin which is declared as lecithin in the ingredients list. The products, therefore, are unsuitable for people with a soya allergy. The Agency has issued an ...
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Monday, March 17th, 2008
Data presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) suggests that the continuous use of intranasal corticosteroid Nasacort AQ (triamcinolone acetonide) Nasal Spray had no treatment effect on stature-for age distribution among children aged 2-5 years old with year-round allergic rhinitis. "Continuous use ...
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Monday, March 17th, 2008
Read by professionals and patients alike it is both authoritative and supportive covering, each month subjects as diverse as total food intolerance, electromagnetic sensitivity, enzymatic activity in food, meditation and trekking in the Himalayas on a restricted diet. Each issue also carries up to the minute research reports across the ...
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Saturday, March 15th, 2008
Since a patients' understanding of asthma symptoms and their management plan is vital to preventing asthma complications, Amanda Hudgins, MD and colleagues at Texas Tech University presented their study at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI). They studied the effectiveness of a one ...
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Saturday, March 15th, 2008
Viral illnesses that produce wheezing are very common in early childhood, but not all children who wheeze in the first several years of life go on to develop asthma. D.J. Jackson, MD and colleagues at the University of Wisconsin, Madison presented their study at the 2008 American Academy of Allergy, ...
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Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
Cockroaches spread nearly 33 different kinds of bacteria, six kinds of parasitic worms and at least seven other kinds of human pathogens. As cockroaches crawl through decaying matter or sewage, they turn into disease-carrying pests by picking up germs on the spines of their legs and bodies. The National Pest ...
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Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
For the more than 40 million people throughout the country who suffer from indoor allergies, spring cleaning can be an important step to take in order to reduce allergy symptoms, according to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI). Spring cleaning takes some time and effort, but ...
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Monday, February 4th, 2008
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals, and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, pharmacy and the pharmaceutical industry, announces a new publishing partnership with the World Allergy Organization (WAO). LWW and the WAO have launched ...
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Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
In demonstrating that a group of calcium ion channels play a crucial role in triggering inflammatory responses, researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) have not only solved a longstanding molecular mystery regarding the onset of asthma and allergy symptoms, but have also provided a fundamental discovery regarding the ...
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Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
William Stewart Halsted, The Johns Hopkins Hospital's first surgeon in chief, is widely credited as the first to develop and introduce rubber surgical gloves in the United States. That was in 1894, five years after the institution opened. Now, in an effort to make medical care ...
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Thursday, January 10th, 2008
The incidence of nut allergy is on the increase in Western societies, as is the attention it receives from the public and from the media, yet little research has been carried out on the impact of living with the condition. A University of Leicester research project is now to look ...
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Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
A new report by a leading group of US pediatricians suggests that food allergies, asthma, eczema, and other atopic diseases may be delayed or prevented in high risk babies if they are breastfed for at least four months. The same benefits may be conferred by using certain types of ...
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Sunday, December 30th, 2007
Perrigo Company (Nasdaq: PRGO; TASE) announced that it has received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for over-the-counter (OTC) Cetirizine Hydrochloride Tablets, 5 and 10 mg. The product will be marketed under store brand labels and is comparable ...
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