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Vaccine recommendation for winter: RSV, Flu, and Covid are getting together for lunch.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 1, 2024 Source:Get vaccinated for winter — the ‘tripledemic’ could be on its way
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Most people who claim to have a penicillin allergy likely do not. Confirmation testing can determine that an avenue of valuable treatment remains available.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 24, 2024 Source:Allergic to penicillin? You might want to get that checked
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How to Know When It’s Time to Swap Antihistamines for Allergy Shots
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 11, 2024 Source:How to Know When It’s Time to Swap Antihistamines for Allergy Shots
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More corroborating evidence that introducing peanut butter during infancy can help protect against a peanut allergy later on
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 30, 2024 Source:Introducing peanut butter during infancy can help protect against a peanut allergy later on, new study finds Reference:Follow-up to Adolescence after Early Peanut Introduction for Allergy Prevention
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Itchy skin can be the result of different conditions. However in many cases eczema/allergies is a common cause.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 23, 2024 Source:Are you always itchy? It might be more serious than dry skin, experts say — here’s why
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Is playing in the dirt good for kids’ immune systems?
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 5, 2024 Source:Is playing in the dirt good for kids’ immune systems?
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A man deliberately got 217 COVID shots. Here’s what happened
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 7, 2024 Source:A man deliberately got 217 COVID shots. Here’s what happened Reference:Adaptive immune responses are larger and functionally preserved in a hypervaccinated individual
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Specific memory B cells implicated in food and allergy and allergic rhinitis
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 8, 2024 Source:Researchers say they’ve found the ‘smoking gun’ for tackling life-long allergies Reference:CD23+IgG1+ memory B cells are poised to switch to pathogenic IgE production in food allergy
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How COVID-19 vaccines and infections are tweaking our immunity to respond better than anticipated or extrapolated.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January , 2024 Source:How COVID-19 Vaccines and Infections Are Tweaking Our Immunity Reference:TGFβ prevents IgE-mediated allergic disease by restraining T follicular helper 2 differentiation