News tagged with vaccine allergies

McMaster vaccine has pet owners feline groovy

Good-bye itching, watering eyes and sneezing. McMaster University researchers have developed a vaccine which successfully treats people with an allergy to cats.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds older people with severe asthma need higher H1N1 vaccine dose

(PhysOrg.com) -- Older people with severe asthma may need a double dose of H1N1 vaccine for adequate protection, according to a study headed by University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) scientists.

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Dec 14, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Allergy treatment may cause new allergy

Allergic contact dermatitis from aluminium has previously been considered very unusual. However, there are now reports of pruritic nodules and aluminium allergy arising after vaccinations or treatments for allergies. Researcher ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Dec 14, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Egg allergy: Not a reason to avoid flu vaccine after all

Having an egg allergy is not a reason to avoid getting the 2010-2011 flu vaccination.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Oct 18, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cow's milk does a baby good

Many doctors suggest that whole cow's milk be avoided in the early months of an infant's feeding. Lactation specialists go even further, counseling "mother's milk only" until baby starts eating solid food. But new research ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 14, 2010 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (7) | comments 2

Preventing allergies

Vaccination can lower children's risk of allergy. Cathleen Muche-Borowski and her coauthors present a clinical practice guideline for allergy prevention in the current issue of Deutsches Ärzteblatt International (Dtsch ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Genetic trigger for disease-fighting antibodies discoverd

A research team led by the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology has identified the specific gene which triggers the body to produce disease-fighting antibodies -- a seminal finding that clarifies the exact molecular ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 16, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 4

Some Eczema Sufferers More Prone to Smallpox and Other Viruses

(PhysOrg.com) -- Since the World Health Organization proclaimed smallpox officially eradicated in late 1979 - thanks to vaccination programs that produced a protective “herd immunity” for most of the globe ...

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created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists unlock mystery of potentially fatal reaction to smallpox vaccine

Researchers from the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology have pinpointed the cellular defect that increases the likelihood, among eczema sufferers, of developing eczema vaccinatum, a severe and potentially fatal reaction ...

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created May 25, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 7