Immunology
Why does pollen make you miserable? Here's why it triggers allergies—and some tips
Temperatures are getting warmer, cherry blossoms are blooming—in short, spring is here, and with it, so is allergy season.
Apr 7, 2022
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News tagged with allergic reactions
Medications
Risk of severe allergic reaction higher with two IV intravenous iron-boosting products
Two products commonly administered intravenously to replenish iron levels in the body have a much higher chance of provoking a severe allergic attack, according to Rutgers researchers who conducted a study analyzing the medical ...
Mar 28, 2022
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Health
Sudden reaction to a food? It could be adult-onset allergy
You bite into an apple and suddenly your mouth starts tingling. Or you eat shrimp for dinner and get hives.
Feb 25, 2022
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Health
Got hives? How to relieve them at home
(HealthDay)—When you break out in hives, you want relief fast.
Feb 21, 2022
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Health
Can earbuds cause ear problems?
Julia Addis started getting ear infections while she was in college. Then, when she was working remotely at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, she got them even more frequently.
Feb 17, 2022
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Cardiology
Iliac vein stenting appears safe in office-based lab setting
(HealthDay)—Iliac vein stenting seems safe in an office-based laboratory (OBL) setting, with few major complications and minor complications primarily including insertion site hematomas, according to a study published in ...
Feb 7, 2022
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Immunology
Initiating peanut oral immunotherapy in peanut-allergic children under age four may be more effective: long term study
The majority of young children treated with peanut immunotherapy achieved desensitization after two and a half years of treatment, and one in five remained in remission 26 weeks after treatment ended, according to a randomized ...
Jan 21, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Serious adverse effects from COVID-19 vaccines reported rarely
(HealthDay)—Patient-reported data indicate certain factors, such as vaccine brand (mRNA-1273) and younger age, are associated with an increased risk for adverse effects following COVID-19 vaccination, but serious adverse ...
Jan 5, 2022
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Immunology
Better identification of sesame in food packaging needed to avoid anaphylaxis
In 2021, the US Congress passed the Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education & Research Act which, among other things, added sesame to the list of allergens which are mandatory for inclusion on food labels by 2023. A new ...
Dec 17, 2021
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Health informatics
High levels of ingested microplastics in humans have the potential for harmful effects
The research—the first of its kind to quantify the levels of microplastics which may lead to harmful effects in human cells—has been led by researchers at the Hull York Medical School and the University of Hull.
Dec 9, 2021
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