http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. 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 (HealthDay)—Many children suffer allergies at this time of year as trees and other plants start releasing pollens into the air. So parents need to monitor their youngsters for symptoms, an expert says. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-kids-pollen-allergies-expert.html Immunology Sun, 28 Apr 2013 06:40:01 EST news286347880 (HealthDay)—The spring allergy season is off to an early start and allergy sufferers need to take action to prevent symptoms, an expert says. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-nip-springtime-allergies-bud.html Immunology Sun, 17 Mar 2013 09:10:01 EST news282729204 (HealthDay)—The start of allergy season is overlapping with the cold and flu season in some parts of the United States, leading some people to wonder which ailment they have, an expert says. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-winter-weather-role-allergies-expert.html Immunology Sun, 03 Mar 2013 04:50:01 EST news281506406 With this year's unseasonably warm temperatures and extended seasons, many have coined 2012 as being the worst for allergies. But if you thought your symptoms were worse than ever, just wait until the year 2040. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-year-pollen-allergy.html Immunology Fri, 09 Nov 2012 03:26:42 EST news271653913 Queenslanders can expect to endure a longer hay fever season than the rest of Australia thanks to flowering subtropical grasses. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-grass-pollen-allergy-tackles-hay.html Immunology Mon, 03 Sep 2012 07:39:39 EST news265876774 (HealthDay)—Dangerous winds and flooding aren't the only hazards posed by Hurricane Isaac as it pounds Louisiana and Mississippi. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-hurricane-isaac-allergies-asthma.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 29 Aug 2012 18:50:02 EST news265483999 (HealthDay) -- It can be difficult during the spring months for parents to determine whether their children have a cold or seasonal allergies, but an expert outlines how to tell the difference. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-child-seasonal-allergies-cold.html Health Tue, 15 May 2012 05:20:01 EST news256276048 (HealthDay) -- While unseasonably warm weather delights many people, those with allergies may not be as thrilled with the early arrival of spring. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-weather-triggers-early-allergy-season.html Inflammatory disorders Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:00:01 EST news252319348 (AP) -- Allergy season has come early and hit with a wheezing vengeance in parts of the South and Midwest this year, thanks largely to an unusually warm winter. Abundant pollen is causing watery eyes, sniffles and sneezing. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-off-the-charts-pollen-allergy-misery.html Inflammatory disorders Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:49:40 EST news251563767 Hay fever (runny nose, sneezing, itchy eyes) is caused by an allergy to pollen, and most commonly to grass pollen. These tiny grains bring misery to sufferers through spring and summer and pollen levels are often included as part of weather reports to help sufferers prepare. However new research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Clinical and Translational Allergy shows that, regardless of medication and other allergies, for the same grass pollen levels, hay fever symptoms are worse in the first half of the season than later on. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-ready-hay-fever-worse.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 21 Dec 2011 04:27:40 EST news243664037 (AP) -- There may be a whiff of truth to claims by allergy sufferers who sniffle that this season is, well, a bigger headache than years past. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-nose-allergy-season-vengeance.html Health Fri, 13 May 2011 16:31:26 EST news224523058