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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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Study indicates that for some children, there is a pattern of allergy progression.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for July 27, 2023 Source:Kids with allergies at risk of developing more of them, study confirms Reference:Patterns in the Development of Pediatric Allergy
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Overlap between allergy and cold/ COVID -19 symptoms can lead to inaccurate assumptions and unfortunate consequences. @billcarrolltalk and I talk about this issue in the context of Pembroke school staff with COVID-19 who thought they had allergies.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 17, 2020 Source:Pembroke school staff with COVID-19 thought they had allergies
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Another observational food study (please make it stop!!) that tries to link fast food consumption and in particular, hamburgers, with increased asthma and allergy risk.
Health Headlines Commentary for July 6, 2018 Source: Linked between Consumption of fast food and asthma, other allergic diseases Reference: Is the consumption of fast foods associated with asthma or other allergic diseases? Respirology, 2018; DOI: 10.1111/resp.13339
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Dogs exposure at early age may reduce allergic eczema and asthma in young children
Health Headlines Commentary for October 30, 2017 Source: Contact with dogs could protect kids against eczema and asthma Reference: Presented at American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) Annual Scientific Meeting in Boston, USA, October 26-30.
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Infants exposed to allergens before a year of age show greatest chance of asthma and allergy risk reduction
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for June 9, 2014 Source: Newborns Exposed to Dirt, Dander, Germs May Have Lower Allergy, Asthma Risk Reference: Effects of early-life exposure to allergens and bacteria on recurrent wheeze and atopy in urban children.Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2014; DOI:10.1016/j.jaci.2014.04.018
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Oral therapy approved to replace allergy shots for grass pollen allergies
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for May , 2013 [display_podcast] Source: New tablet could treat grass pollen allergies, not just symptom
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Neutralizing allergens before they enter the body
Researchers at Manchester’s Faculty of Life Sciences, in conjunction with St George’s, University of London, are developing drugs designed to stop allergens from entering the body, which will render them harmless and stop the suffering. The head of the research team is Professor David Garrod and he says the research takes a completely new approach…
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Allergies start in your home
Allergies affect millions of people in North America. Although medications help to control asthma, allergic rhinitis and eczema, control of our local living environment is essential. Prevention can reduce or eliminate the need for medications.