http://medicineworld.org/news/allergy-news.html MedicineWorld.Org brings daily allergy-news from various sources to keep you updated on the latest events in the world on this topic. Medicineworld allergy-news service is the most comprehensive allergy-news service on the internet. We keep an archive of previous few days of news on this site. Please go down through the list to find the older news items Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:07 GMT en-us http://medicineworld.org/images/allergy-news.jpg http://medicineworld.org/news/allergy-news.html 94 103 http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/depression-in-the-mother-and-asthma-in-the-child.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/depression-in-the-mother-and-asthma-in-the-child.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:07 GMT Asthma symptoms can worsen in children with depressed mothers, as per research from Johns Hopkins Children's Center published online in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology. Analyzing data from interviews with 262 mothers of African-American children with asthma - a population disproportionately affected by this inflammatory airway disorder - the Hopkins researchers observed that children whose mothers had more depressive symptoms had more frequent asthma symptoms during the six-months of the study. On the other hand, children whose mothers reported fewer depressive symptoms had less frequent asthma symptoms........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/a-new-weapon-against-allergies-and-asthma.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/a-new-weapon-against-allergies-and-asthma.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:07 GMT Researchers at Johns Hopkins and their colleagues have developed sugar-coated polymer strands that selectively kill off cells involved in triggering aggressive allergy and asthma attacks. Their advance is a significant step toward crafting pharmaceuticals to fight these often life-endangering conditions in a new way........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/acetaminophen-may-cause-asthma.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/acetaminophen-may-cause-asthma.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:07 GMT New research shows that the widely used pain reliever acetaminophen appears to be linked to an increased risk of asthma and wheezing in both children and adults exposed to the drug. Scientists from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, conducted a systematic review and metaanalysis of 19 clinical studies (total subjects=425,140) that compared the risk of asthma or wheezing with acetaminophen exposure........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/benefit-from-oral-contraceptives.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/benefit-from-oral-contraceptives.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:07 GMT New research shows that during natural menstrual cycles, women with asthma who were not taking oral contraceptives (OC) had lower exhaled nitric oxide levels (eNO), a marker of airway inflammation linked to asthma, than women who were taking OC. Scientists from McMaster University in Hamilton, ON, Canada, studied 17 women with asthma during their menstrual cycles. Results showed that individuals not using oral contraceptives (OC) had higher mean eNO levels than women using OC........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/10-2009/did-mom-use-her-pump-during-pregnancy.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/10-2009/did-mom-use-her-pump-during-pregnancy.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:07 GMT Expectant mothers who eschew asthma therapy during pregnancy heighten the risk transmitting the condition to their offspring, as per one of the largest studies of its kind reported in the European Respiratory Journal A research team from the Universit de Montral, the Hpital du Sacr-Cur de Montral and Sainte-Justine University Hospital Research Center observed that 32.6 percent of children born to mothers who neglected to treat their asthma during pregnancy developed the respiratory illness themselves........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/9-2009/hygiene-hypothesis-challenged.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/9-2009/hygiene-hypothesis-challenged.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:07 GMT New research hints that the common belief that kids who go to daycare have lower rates of asthma and allergy during the later part of life might be nothing more than wishful thinking. While young children in daycare definitely do get more illnesses and experience more respiratory symptoms as a result, any perceived protection these exposures afford against asthma and allergy seem to disappear by the time the child hits the age of eight........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/8-2009/new-asthma-predictors-needed.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/8-2009/new-asthma-predictors-needed.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:07 GMT Screening tests used to predict asthma activity in patients may have little tracking success when applied to people with persistent disease who are adhering to their health care regimens, UT Southwestern Medical Center doctor report. Prior reports have suggested that certain clinical findings and laboratory tests could help predict future asthma attacks. Those earlier conclusions, however, were based on observations of patients with poorly controlled asthma who had not received care based on current guidelines........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/8-2009/better-results-with-oral-controllers.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/8-2009/better-results-with-oral-controllers.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:07 GMT Mayo Clinic Proceedings published a peer-evaluated comparative effectiveness study performed by HealthCore, Inc. in its August edition. The study demonstrated that asthma patients in general had better clinical outcomes with oral controllers than inhaled corticosteroids. "WellPoint's National Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee requested the comparative effectiveness study to help ensure that its drug formulary for asthma therapies was aligned with their real-world use and outcomes," said Dr. Joseph Singer, vice president of clinical affairs for HealthCore, the outcomes research subsidiary for WellPoint, Inc. "We believe the study to be the first comprehensive comparative effectiveness research study on all asthma controller medications"........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/8-2009/milk-is-safe-after-treatment-for-milk-allergy.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/8-2009/milk-is-safe-after-treatment-for-milk-allergy.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:07 GMT Some children with a history of severe milk allergy can safely drink milk and consume other dairy products every day, as per research led by the Johns Hopkins Children's Center and reported in the Aug. 10 online edition of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Investigators followed up with a subset of children who were part of an earlier Hopkins Children's-led study published in 2008 in which patients allergic to milk were given increasingly higher doses of milk over time. For a number of of them, continuous exposure to milk allergens the proteins that trigger bad reactions slowly and gradually retrained their immune systems to better tolerate the very food that once sent those systems into overdrive........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/8-2009/powerful-new-therapy-for-asthma.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/8-2009/powerful-new-therapy-for-asthma.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:07 GMT University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston scientists have observed that a single enzyme is apparently critical to most allergen-provoked asthma attacks and that activity of the enzyme, known as aldose reductase, can be significantly reduced by compounds that have already undergone clinical trials as therapys for complications of diabetes........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/6-2009/obesity-does-not-worsen-asthma.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/6-2009/obesity-does-not-worsen-asthma.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:07 GMT Being overweight or obese does not make asthma worse in patients with mild and moderate forms of the disease, as per a research studyby National Jewish Health researchers, eventhough it may reduce the response to medications. "With both asthma and obesity on the rise in recent years, there has been much interest in the possible link between these two conditions," said main author E. Rand Sutherland, Associate Professor of Medicine at National Jewish Health, and main author of the paper appearing in the June 2009 issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/5-2009/why-eczema-often-leads-to-asthma .html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/5-2009/why-eczema-often-leads-to-asthma .html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:07 GMT A number of young children who get a severe skin rash develop asthma months or years later. Doctors call the progression from eczema, or atopic dermatitis, to breathing problems the atopic march. Now researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have uncovered what might be the key to atopic march. They've shown that a substance secreted by damaged skin circulates through the body and triggers asthmatic symptoms in allergen-exposed laboratory mice........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/4-2009/management-of-asthma-during-pregnancy.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/4-2009/management-of-asthma-during-pregnancy.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:07 GMT Pregnant women with asthma, the most common condition affecting the lungs during pregnancy, should actively manage their asthma in order to optimize the health of mother and the baby, as per new management recommendations reported in the current issue of the New England Journal (NEJM) "Though studies suggest asthma during pregnancy can increase health risks for mom and baby, our research shows that women who manage their asthma can have as healthy a pregnancy as women who don't have asthma," said Michael Schatz, MD, main author of the NEJM recommendations and chief of the Allergy Department at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, San Diego, Calif. "A number of studies suggest that asthma can increase the risk of pregnancy complications, including preeclampsia, low birth-weight babies or preterm birth, however, women with well-controlled asthma in pregnancy generally have good pregnancy outcomes. Women who have asthma and are considering pregnancy should speak with their doctors to develop a treatment plan"........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/4-2009/folic-acid-may-help-treat-allergies-asthma.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/4-2009/folic-acid-may-help-treat-allergies-asthma.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:07 GMT Folic acid, or vitamin B9, essential for red blood cell health and long known to reduce the risk of spinal birth defects, may also suppress allergic reactions and lessen the severity of allergy and asthma symptoms, as per new research from the Johns Hopkins Children's Center. In what is thought to bethe first study in humans examining the link between blood levels of folate the naturally occurring form of folic acid and allergies, the Hopkins researchers say results add to mounting evidence that folate can help regulate inflammation. Recent studies, including research from Hopkins, have found a link between folate levels and inflammation-mediated diseases, including heart disease. A report on the Hopkins Children's findings appears online ahead of print in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology....... ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/4-2009/simple-household-bleach-to-treat-kids-eczema.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/4-2009/simple-household-bleach-to-treat-kids-eczema.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:07 GMT It's best known for whitening a load of laundry. But now simple household bleach has a surprising new role: an effective therapy for kids' chronic eczema. Chronic, severe eczema can mar a childhood. The skin disorder starts with red, itchy, inflamed skin that often becomes crusty and raw from scratching. The eczema disturbs kids' sleep, alters their appearance and affects their concentration in school. The itching is so bad kids may break the skin from scratching and get chronic skin infections that are difficult to treat, particularly from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)........ ]]>