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Tag: Allergies
Researchers are Going to Map Cells Crucial to Child Respiratory Health and Disease
A research project co-led by researchers at the UNC School of Medicine and colleagues, will create an atlas of the cells in the nasal and oral cavities, throat, and lower airways of pediatric populations in unprecedented detail.
MSU expert: Ways to make holiday meals more welcoming
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Holidays and celebrations often involve eating together with family and friends. But what does it mean to eat well together? How can food allergies, restricted diets and even certain medications make sharing a meal more challenging…
Burning Incense Can Pose Health Risks for Those with Allergies and Asthma
In many cultures, it is common to burn incense for religious and cultural practices, including meditations, celebrations and spiritual and ancestral worship.
Get Relief: How to Manage Fall Allergies
The spring months are usually when people with allergies suffer the most, but fall’s cooler weather doesn’t necessarily mean everyone can take a breath of relief. Allergy season is starting earlier and lasting longer and fall allergy sufferers are impacted. Dr. Susan Schuval, Chief of the…
Memorial Hermann Invests in Ready, Set, Food as Part of Commitment to Prevent Food Allergies
Memorial Hermann Health System has made an investment in Ready, Set, Food that will further its commitment to educate and equip families with the tools necessary to give their babies the best chance at living a life free of food allergies.
Is Your Child With Asthma Ready for Asthma Peak Month in September?
Five tips from the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology to help keep your child’s allergy and asthma symptoms at bay this school year.
Keep Achoos out of Your Red, White and Blue(s) Celebrations
People with allergies and asthma may have a few extra challenges when it comes to 4th of July celebrations. See tips from ACAAI for how to keep asthma and allergy symptoms controlled.
Breathing Easier with Asthma — Johns Hopkins Children’s Center Experts Available for Interviews During Asthma Awareness Month
For many children with asthma, May is a peak season — their condition is at its worst, often due to seasonal allergies, pollen or poor air quality that come with this time of year.
Contracting RSV Before Age 2 Can Cause Long-term Lung Changes and Impairment
Infants and children who have severe cases of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) before age 2 are likely to have changes to their lung structure and function that could affect respiratory health later in life.
Global study reveals health impacts of airborne trace elements
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis led by Randall Martin investigated global particulate matter, revealing health risks from trace elements.
How to reduce seasonal allergy symptoms as allergy season is starting earlier and lasting longer
Climate change is making allergy season start earlier and last longer, but the good news is there are steps anyone can take to reduce seasonal allergies. Common allergy symptoms include sneezing (including “sneezing fits”); nasal congestion; runny nose; and itchy eyes,…
McMaster researchers create first-ever guidelines to help kids build tolerance to food allergens
Researchers with McMaster University have crafted the first-ever guidelines to help prepare families who plan to build their child’s tolerance to common food allergens.
Managing Kids’ Seasonal Allergies Is Nothing to Sneeze at — Johns Hopkins Children’s Center Experts Available for Interviews
Spring will soon be in bloom, bringing runny and stuffy noses, sneezes and itchy, watery eyes.
McMaster and ALK researchers discover new cell that remembers allergies
Researchers with McMaster University and Denmark-based pharmaceutical company ALK-Abello A/S have made a groundbreaking discovery: a new cell that remembers allergies.
Allergy and Asthma Do’s and Don’ts for a Great 2024 Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is around the corner. If the person you love has allergies or asthma, you’ll want to make sure to keep them safe from symptom flares in order to up the “passion quotient.”
Making gluten-free, sorghum-based beers easier to brew and enjoy
Beer is usually made from barley, leaving those with a gluten allergy unable to enjoy. Sorghum could be an alternative, but complex preparation steps hamper its adoption. A team reporting in ACS’ Journal of Proteome Research has uncovered an enzyme that could improve sorghum-based beers’ future.
A Short Chat Goes a Long Way Toward Keeping Halloween Safe for Kids with Allergies and Asthma
At Halloween, if your child has allergies or asthma, they need to be aware of necessary precautions to keep them safe from sudden flares.
Allergy study on ‘wild’ mice challenges the hygiene hypothesis
The notion that some level of microbial exposure might reduce our risk of developing allergies has arisen over the last few decades and has been termed the hygiene hypothesis.
New study reveals that some children with common form of eczema should also be tested for allergic reactions
Eczema, which is a group of medical conditions that causes inflamed, irritated, and often itchy skin, affects millions of people worldwide. A new article published in the reveals that children diagnosed with a type of eczema called atopic dermatitis — which they usually develop by 5 years of age — may also need to be tested for a second type of eczema called allergic contact dermatitis, which has similar symptoms and can be triggered by a range of substances that cause an allergic reaction.
Tips To Treat Nasal Stuffiness and Head Congestion
David Winter, MD, at Baylor Scott & White Health, answers the most common patient questions and reacts to the latest medical research. How do we treat symptoms of the common cold? (SOT@ :14, TRT :41) What’s the concern about the…
Prevent Allergy and Asthma Flares at School: Know Your Child’s Triggers
Allergies and asthma can significantly impact a child’s well-being and academic performance, but with proper preparation and management, they can thrive in the school environment.
Prevent Red, White and Achoo this Fourth of July
July 4th festivities mean those with allergies and asthma need to take a few extra precautions to make sure their holiday is safe, and sneeze- and wheeze-free.
Allergy season from hell
For millions of Americans that suffer from seasonal allergies (pollen and mold), climate change is exacerbating an earlier, longer, and overall worse allergy season.
The Medical Minute: How to alleviate the symptoms of seasonal allergies
The key to understanding allergies may lie in genetic and environmental triggers as well as a person’s lifestyle. A Penn State Health physician discusses what causes seasonal allergies and how to alleviate the symptoms.
Black, Hispanic severe allergy patients less likely to receive allergy shots
Penn State College of Medicine researchers have found Black and Hispanic patients with severe allergies are less likely to get a common treatment, allergen immunotherapy, compared to white patients.
How to Keep Allergies from Taking the Zing Out of Your Child’s Spring: Johns Hopkins Children’s Center Experts Available
Spring has arrived. The new season is bringing budding trees and blossoming flowers, along with runny and stuffy noses, sneezes and itchy, watery eyes.
Summer Camp Goals for Kids with Allergies and Asthma: Stay Safe and Have Fun
Parents of children with allergies and asthma often face an added layer of concern about summer camp as they wonder how they will keep their kids safe from allergy and asthma flares, while allowing them to have great summer fun.
Itchy Eyes and a Runny Nose? It Could Be Climate Change
Researchers with the Rutgers Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute have simulated how climate change will affect the distribution of two leading allergens – oak and ragweed pollens – across the contiguous United States. The results, published in the journal Frontiers in Allergy, may make your eyes water.
Tiny molecules in breast milk may prevent infants from developing allergies
A new study by Penn State College of Medicine finds that small molecules found in most humans’ breast milk may reduce the likelihood of infants developing allergic conditions.
Protecting Children from Eye Allergies May Be as Simple as Encouraging Physical Fitness
Researchers found that children who were more physically fit were less likely to develop allergic conjunctivitis.
Create Halloween Scares That Are Safe and Fun for Kids with Allergies and Asthma
It’s best not to combine Halloween scares with allergy and asthma flares. ACAAI has tips for making Halloween safe and fun for kids with allergies and asthma.
Media Briefing Schedule for ACS Fall 2022
Media Briefing Schedule for ACS Fall 2022
Food allergies can be reversed in mice by targeting the microbiome
Treating allergic mice with a form of butyrate — which is produced by good gut bacteria — protects against peanut allergy, scientists report today. The treatment might also counteract other food allergies and inflammatory diseases. They will present their results at ACS Fall 2022.
Newly Discovered “Danger Signal” May Spur Vaccine Development and Allergy Treatment
A team of Rutgers researchers and others inject parasitic worms into mice to study how injured cells trigger an immune response.
Early Exposure to Antibiotics Can Cause Permanent Asthma and Allergies
Early exposure to antibiotics kills healthy bacteria in the digestive tract and can cause asthma and allergies, a new study demonstrates.
Celebrate Stars and Stripes Minus Allergy and Asthma Symptoms
Start preparing now to make your 4th of July holiday allergy and asthma-free.
A puppy’s diet seems to be a significant factor in the development of allergy and atopy related skin symptoms in adult dogs
Researchers at the University of Helsinki studied the relationship between allergy and atopy related skin symptoms at adult age and different types of diets as well as individual dietary food items in the same 4022 dogs when they were puppies.
Expert: Allergies no reason to avoid COVID-19 vaccination
A Q&A with a University of Florida Health allergist and immunologist
Despite Climate Change, Kids with Asthma in Los Angeles Didn’t Have an Increase in Allergy Diagnoses
A new study being presented at this year’s ACAAI Annual Scientific Meeting followed 5,874 kids with asthma in Los Angeles for 15 years and found no increase in allergic sensitizations.
Novel Therapeutic Strategies May Finally Bring Relief to Those Suffering from Asthma and Allergies
Asthma and allergies are chronic health conditions that continue to adversely impact the quality of life for many around the world. Thanks to exciting breakthroughs by Mark Siracusa, a researcher at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, there may be early signs of light at the end of the tunnel.
Looking for the most up-to-date allergy and asthma news? You’re in the right place
ACAAI is having an in-person meeting this year to deliver the latest news in allergies, asthma, and immunology.
Understanding the Difference between COVID-19 Symptoms and Sinus Disease
This public education campaign was created to give the millions of sinus sufferers around the world access to patient focused, trusted information about their sinus symptoms and conditions, and to differentiate smell loss related to colds, allergies, sinus issues, and COVID-19.
Fall Allergy Season Returns with Rise in Ragweed Levels
Ragweed levels are on the rise as the summer months draw to a close according to Rachna Shah, MD, a Loyola Medicine allergist who oversees the Loyola Medicine Daily Allergy Count. “A spike in ragweed tends to mark the informal start of the fall allergy season, which typically begins in mid-August,” says Dr. Shah.
This Fall, Keep Kids Safe from COVID-19, as Well as Allergy and Asthma Triggers
For parents of kids with allergies and asthma, preventing their kids from suffering flares of these conditions, along with preventing COVID-19, will top their priority list this school year.
Why it’s important to treat your child’s allergies if they have asthma
Springtime can be difficult on children who have to deal with allergies on top of their asthma.
How to tell the difference between seasonal allergies and COVID-19
Spring has officially sprung, which means warmer weather, fresh blooms and the start of seasonal allergies.
Why COVID-19 face masks might help avoid seasonal allergies
COVID-19 has changed the stigma around wearing face masks to protect against unwanted particles in the air that we might be breathing in.
This Summer, Camps Need to Protect Kids From COVID-19, and Allergy and Asthma Triggers
This summer, camps for kids will not only have to protect kids from COVID-19, but kids with allergies and asthma will need to be kept safe from an allergic reaction or asthma flare.
Rutgers Expert Available to Discuss Spring Allergy Season in N.J.
New Brunswick, N.J. (April 20, 2021) – Rutgers University–New Brunswick allergy specialist Leonard Bielory is available for interviews on the spring allergy season in New Jersey. “One can expect a brisk allergy season this year since we had a lot…