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An international team of researchers, led by physician-scientists at Johns Hopkins, reports that a once-daily tablet containing a high dose of a key ragweed pollen protein effectively blocks the runny noses, sneezes, nasal congestion and itchy eyes experienced by ragweed allergy sufferers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-once-a-day-pill-relief-ragweed-allergy.html Immunology Tue, 07 May 2013 11:22:42 EST news287144554 Few situations can provoke more anxiety for people with peanut or tree-nut allergies than having an allergic reaction while flying on an airplane and being unable to get help. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-people-peanuttree-nut-allergies-minimize.html Immunology Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:43:58 EST news282487422 Scientists at the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin have now been able to identify the grass pollen molecule, against which the allergic response of hay fever in children is initiated. In addition, it was shown that the first individual antibodies generated in children against individual pollen molecules can be identified even before the initial symptoms of a pollen allergy are developed. The findings of this long-term study have appeared in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-nanotechnology-pollen-allergy.html Immunology Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:00:05 EST news279794748 Peanuts are one of the most common triggers of severe food-induced allergic reactions, which can be fatal, and the prevalence of peanut allergy is increasing. However, there is currently no clinical treatment available for peanut allergy other than strict dietary elimination and, in cases of accidental ingestion, injections of epinephrine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-sublingual-immunotherapy-treatment-peanut-allergy.html Immunology Mon, 07 Jan 2013 10:00:01 EST news276773595 According to a new study from the Slone Epidemiology Center (SEC) at Boston University, African-American women who reported suffering abuse before age 11 had a greater likelihood of adult-onset asthma compared to women whose childhood and adolescence were free of abuse. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-abuse-childhood-linked-adult-onset-asthma.html Health Fri, 07 Dec 2012 12:30:42 EST news274105817 Researchers at National Jewish Health have discovered a novel target for the treatment of food allergies. Erwin Gelfand, MD, and his colleagues report in the October 2012 issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology that levels of the enzyme Pim 1 kinase rise in the small intestines of peanut-allergic mice. Inhibiting activity of Pim 1 markedly reduced the allergic response to peanuts. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-food-allergy-treatment.html Immunology Thu, 01 Nov 2012 13:39:50 EST news270995977 The food allergy associated with birch pollen is a condition commonly found alongside an allergy to birch pollen. Sufferers are plagued by swelling and reddening or itching in the mouth and throat area, for example when they eat certain foods, especially apples, but also nuts, peaches or kiwis. A group of researchers at the Institute of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research at the MedUni Vienna, led by Barbara Bohle, has now discovered that the "apple allergy" can be treated effectively with an apple allergen (Mal d 1) and this helps to significantly reduce the symptoms of the condition.  http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-apple-allergy-symptoms-significantly-apple-allergen.html Immunology Fri, 19 Oct 2012 09:00:03 EST news269854188 Researchers are developing a new vaccine for hayfever which could be more effective, less invasive for patients and less expensive than vaccines already available to patients within the NHS. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-hayfever-vaccine-allergy-treatment-clinical.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 10 Sep 2012 19:00:04 EST news266515889 University of Utah engineers mapped white blood cells called eonsinophils and showed an existing diagnostic method may overlook an elusive digestive disorder that causes swelling in the esophagus and painful swallowing. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-biopsies-overlook-esophagus-diseasestudy-reveals.html Immunology Thu, 06 Sep 2012 16:39:21 EST news266168352 (Medical Xpress) -- Aberdeen scientists have demonstrated for the first time a clear link between sunlight, vitamin D and an impact on regulatory cells in the immune system in findings that might provide new insights into diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-sunlight-vitamin-d-autoimmune-diseases.html Immunology Wed, 18 Jul 2012 08:34:37 EST news261819237 African-American and Latino children whose mothers smoked during pregnancy are more likely to suffer from acute asthma symptoms in their teens than asthma sufferers whose mothers did not smoke, according to a new study led by a research team at UCSF. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-pregnancy-linked-severe-asthma-teen.html Immunology Thu, 31 May 2012 14:42:52 EST news257694001 A consortium of federal agencies and nongovernmental organizations has published a report proposing a set of common measures and data-collection methods for use in asthma clinical research. Asthma Outcomes in Clinical Research: Report of the Asthma Outcomes Workshop, which appears as a supplement to the March 2012 issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, resulted from a meeting organized by the National Institutes of Health, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the Merck Childhood Asthma Network, Inc., with additional support for the publication from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. NIH contributors were the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-standardized-outcome-asthma-clinical.html Immunology Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:38:22 EST news249914282 (Medical Xpress) -- According to a new study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, getting a cat for the first time as an adult can nearly double your chances of developing allergies to the cat dander. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-cat-adulthood-allergy.html Health Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:08:59 EST news244303724 Researchers at Henry Ford Hospital have found that one-quarter of severe asthma attacks could be prevented if only patients consistently took their medication as prescribed. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-medication-severe-asthma.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:36:22 EST news242912175 A dramatic increase in the incidence of chronic inflammatory diseases such as asthma, allergy, and irritable bowel syndrome, has led to concern about how modern lifestyles may trigger physiological defense mechanisms. Now, in the context of a foresight study under the auspices of the European Science Foundation (ESF), a group of scientists has examined the challenges associated with chronic inflammatory diseases, and described 10 key areas with the highest priority for research. Their recommendations are published in a supplement to The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (JACI), the official journal of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-scientists-strategies-conquer-lifestyle-genetic.html Health Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:10:01 EST news242495818 A new Johns Hopkins Children's Center study of Baltimore City children with asthma shows that two programs designed to improve disease outcomes among those who may be affected the worst fall short of expectations. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-mobile-clinics-home-benefit-children.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:36:27 EST news241781778 Prenatal pet exposure, a mother's delivery mode and race are influential factors in a child's risk of developing allergies by age 2, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-prenatal-pet-exposure-delivery-mode.html Health Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:10:01 EST news232027022 Despite the formula being recommended in public health guidelines set out by the Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, the new study, published online in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, found there was no benefit in using hypoallergenic (partially hydrolysed whey) formula to prevent allergies in high-risk infants up to seven years of age, compared to a conventional cow's milk based formula. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-baby-formula.html Health Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:20:01 EST news229856484 A new genomics study, led by the Center for Applied Genomics at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, sets the stage for the first predictive diagnostic test in a serious immunodeficiency disease in children. If the disorder, common variable immunodeficiency disease (CVID), can be diagnosed early, children may receive life-saving treatments before the disease can progress. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-puzzling-childhood-immune-disorder-gene.html Genetics Wed, 11 May 2011 14:05:13 EST news224341496