News tagged with skin test
New blood test finds allergies before implant surgery
Imagine what Paula Spurlock must have been going through. Shortly after having a hip replaced in 2011, the trouble started. "I had horrible itching, really bad migraines and intense pain throughout my body," ...
Medical research
May 15, 2013 |
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People perceive medicine to be more vital when it's low-cost, study finds
(Medical Xpress)—People may think it's more vital to take their medicine, if that medicine is cheap. A new study from the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University shows consumers believe prices for lifesaving ...
Medications
Feb 01, 2013 |
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Supplements and cow's milk play biggest roles in determining vitamin D levels in children
Taking a vitamin D supplement and drinking cow's milk are the two most important factors that determine how much vitamin D is in a child's body, new research has found.
Pediatrics
Jan 14, 2013 |
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Keep tots' milk to two cups a day, study says
(HealthDay)—Drinking two cups of milk a day gives toddlers adequate amounts of vitamin D without lowering their iron levels, according to new research.
Pediatrics
Dec 17, 2012 |
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Study advances cancer-killing cream for melanoma
(Medical Xpress)—RMIT University researchers have designed a peptide that imitates a melanoma-killing virus, in a biomedical engineering advance that could lead to the development of a cream to target and treat Australia's ...
Cancer
Oct 10, 2012 |
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Skin testing not sufficient to ID contrast media sensitivity
(HealthDay) -- More than 50 percent of patients with nonimmediate reactions to iodinated contrast media (CM) are identified with the drug provocation test (DPT) and not with skin testing, according to a study ...
Immunology
Jun 01, 2012 |
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Scientists identify agent that can block fibrosis of skin, lungs
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have identified an agent that in lab tests protected the skin and lungs from fibrosis, a process that can ultimately end in organ failure and even death because ...
Medical research
May 30, 2012 |
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Bee pollen supplements can cause anaphylactic reactions
Although many people take bee pollen as a health supplement, it can cause severe anaphylactic reactions. However, most people are unaware of the risks, states an article published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). ...
Immunology
May 22, 2012 |
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Baseline characteristics of children with mild persistent asthma predict response to inhaled corticosteroid
A further analysis of a previously published National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) funded study of children with mild persistent asthma reports the relative benefits of inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) treatment varies ...
Immunology
May 22, 2012 |
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The Medical Minute: Food allergies -- testing and diagnosis
A peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Milk and cookies. Comfort food, or food to fear?
Immunology
May 09, 2012 |
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A better tool to diagnose tuberculosis
Up to 30% of the world's population is infected with Tuberculosis (TB), but in many areas of the world, TB diagnosis still relies on insensitive, poorly standardized, and time-consuming methods. A new diagnostic ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 09, 2012 |
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Kids' penicillin allergy may not signal other drug reactions
(HealthDay) -- Children who are allergic to penicillin are not more likely than other kids to develop additional drug allergies, new research suggests.
Inflammatory disorders
Mar 08, 2012 |
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Get ready for spring - hay fever worse in spring than summer
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 ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 21, 2011 |
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A new method for testing allergenic substances without experimental animals
Contact allergy affects around 20% of the population in the western world. Scientists are working intensively to develop alternative test methods that do not require animal testing. A research group at the University of Gothenburg, ...
Medical research
Dec 20, 2011 |
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Discordance among commercially-available diagnostics for latent TB infection
In populations with a low prevalence of tuberculosis (TB), the majority of positives with the three tests commercially available in the U.S for the diagnosis of TB are false positives, according to a new study.
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Dec 09, 2011 |
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