News tagged with allergic diseases
Related topics: immune system , asthma , immune cells
Is your child's hobby making him sick?
Research has shown that playing a musical instrument can help nourish, cultivate, and increase intelligence in children, but playing a used instrument also can pose a potentially dangerous health risk.
Mar 14, 2011 |
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Living near busy roadways ups chances of allergic asthma
An international team of lung experts has new evidence from a study in shantytowns near Lima, Peru, that teens living immediately next to a busy roadway have increased risk of allergies and asthma. The odds can go up by ...
Jan 19, 2011 |
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Complementary medicines can be dangerous for children
Complementary medicines (CAM) can be dangerous for children and can even prove fatal, if substituted for conventional medicine, indicates an audit of kids' CAM treatment published online in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.
Dec 23, 2010 |
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Vaccine boosts your immune system
Researchers at BRIC, the University of Copenhagen, have discovered for the first time a protein normally found in the body that can act to prevent chronic tissue inflammation. When administered in the form ...
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Dec 14, 2010 |
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Subtle Mutations in Immune Gene May Increase Risk for Asthma
A gene that encodes a protein responsible for determining whether certain immune cells live or die shows subtle differences in some people with asthma, a team led by Johns Hopkins researchers reports in the June European ...
Jun 29, 2010 |
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Clinical trial finds azithromycin pills equal to penicillin shots for treating early syphilis
In a clinical trial involving HIV-negative volunteers with early-stage syphilis, researchers have found that antibiotic pills (azithromycin) are as effective as penicillin injections in curing early-stage syphilis. The study ...
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Jun 01, 2010 |
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New blood test for newborns to detect allergy risk
(PhysOrg.com) -- A simple blood test can now predict whether newborn babies are at high risk of developing allergies as they grow older, thanks to research involving the University of Adelaide.
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May 21, 2010 |
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Eliminating the source of asthma-causing immune molecules
Asthma and other allergic diseases are caused by inappropriate immune responses. Soluble IgE molecules, produced by immune cells known as B cells, are key immune mediators of these diseases. Therapeutic targeting of IgE in ...
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May 10, 2010 |
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Discovery of key regulatory factor may offer new treatment target for allergic diseases
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine have identified a mechanism that causes inflammation in asthma and other allergic diseases, a discovery that could lead to new targets to control such ...
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May 04, 2010 |
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Children with food allergies should carry two doses of emergency medicine
In a large six-year review of emergency department (ED) data, researchers at Children's Hospital Boston, in collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital, found that many children with severe food-related allergic reactions ...
Mar 24, 2010 |
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Food allergy-related disorder linked to master allergy gene
Scientists have identified a region of a human chromosome that is associated with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), a recently recognized allergic disease. People with EoE frequently have difficulty eating or may be allergic ...
Mar 07, 2010 |
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Identified: Switch that turns on allergic disease in people
A new study in human cells has singled out a molecule that specifically directs immune cells to develop the capability to produce an allergic response. The signaling molecule, called thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP), is ...
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Jan 20, 2010 |
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Surface bacteria maintain skin's healthy balance
On the skin's surface, bacteria are abundant, diverse and constant, but inflammation is undesirable. Research at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine now shows that the normal bacteria living on the ...
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Nov 22, 2009 |
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Sweet -- sugared polymer a new weapon against allergies and asthma
Scientists 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 ...
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Nov 19, 2009 |
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Link between male diabetics with allergies and kidney disease -- nothing to sneeze at
For men with type 2 diabetes, a cell type linked to allergic inflammation is closely linked to a key indicator of diabetic kidney disease (nephropathy), suggests a study in the November Clinical Journal of the American So ...
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Oct 01, 2009 |
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