Omalizumab Limits Dangerous Reactions To Allergy Triggering Food
Study finds a drug that binds to allergy-causing antibodies can protect children from dangerous reactions to accidentally eating allergy-triggering foods (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - February 25, 2024 Category: Disability Tags: Food Allergies Source Type: news
Benralizumab Matches Mepolizumab for Rare Vasculitis
(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON -- Treatment with benralizumab (Fasenra) was noninferior to mepolizumab (Nucala) for relapsing or refractory eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA), the randomized MANDARA trial showed.
Among 140 patients... (Source: MedPage Today Allergy)
Source: MedPage Today Allergy - February 24, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: news
Antibody reduces allergic reactions to multiple foods in NIH clinical trial
Drug can help protect kids with multiple food allergies during accidental exposure. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - February 23, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Poised to be first widely consumed gene-edited animals, virus-resistant pigs trot toward market
Pigs, cattle, and other livestock with edited genes are still far from most dinner plates, but a U.K. company has taken a big step toward the supermarket by engineering several commercial breeds of pigs to be resistant to a virus that devastates the swine industry. The firm, Genus plc, hopes that by year’s end the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will formally approve the pigs for widespread human consumption, a first for a gene-edited animal.
Alison Van Eenennaam, an animal geneticist at the University of California, Davis, is cheering the news. “There’s no point having a pig getting sick and dying if t...
Source: ScienceNOW - February 23, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
Infographic: Medical Blogs That Grab Doctors' Attention Infographic: Medical Blogs That Grab Doctors' Attention
Several of the interesting medical blogs that have caught physicians ' eyes, on topics from injury prevention to the life of a medical student, are highlighted.Medscape (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - February 23, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Article Source Type: news
Europe Greenlights Two Avian Flu Vaccines Europe Greenlights Two Avian Flu Vaccines
The vaccines, Celldemic and Incellipan, protect against the H5N1 subtype of the influenza A virus.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - February 23, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Travere Drug for Rare Kidney Condition Recommended for EU Approval Travere Drug for Rare Kidney Condition Recommended for EU Approval
Vifor Pharma and partner Travere Therapeutics on Friday won an endorsement for approval from the European Union ' s drug regulator for their drug Filspari, part of an industry...Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - February 23, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Nephrology Source Type: news
Diagnosing Infection in Tocilizumab Users: What's Helpful? Diagnosing Infection in Tocilizumab Users: What's Helpful?
Area under the curve for routine biomarkers distinguished infected and noninfected adults with inflammatory diseases.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - February 23, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Rheumatology Source Type: news
NY AG Urges Stricter Asthma Drug Warnings Due to Children ’s Mental Health Risks
The A.G., Letitia James, called on the F.D.A. to redouble efforts to alert doctors about potential side effects of Singulair and to consider discouraging use of the drug for children. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Jewett and Benjamin Mueller Tags: Children and Childhood Attorneys General Asthma Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Allergies Food and Drug Administration New York Times James, Letitia your-feed-healthcare Source Type: news
' Deep Phenotyping' Identifies Abnormalities in ME/CFS'Deep Phenotyping' Identifies Abnormalities in ME/CFS
New research from the National Institutes of Health identified " clear objective changes " in people with postinfectious myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - February 22, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Rheumatology Source Type: news
Dupilumab for EoE: How Is it Improving Treatment? Dupilumab for EoE: How Is it Improving Treatment?
The drug was a boon for many patients, mainly those with moderate to severe disease, but cost and insurance approvals posed challenges.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - February 21, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Professor Tim Spector says every meal should contain three things
Incorporating these three things into your daily diet could help fight allergies, infections, inflammation and even, potentially, cancer. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - February 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What Skin Manifestations Are Associated With Pediatric IBD? What Skin Manifestations Are Associated With Pediatric IBD?
Skin conditions both specific and nonspecific to IBD are prevalent in children and adolescents with IBD, with infectious conditions being the most common.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - February 21, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Dermatology Source Type: news
While officials consider new Covid isolation guidance, here's what an immunologist recommends you do if you test positive
By April, there may be a new isolation period recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for people who test positive for Covid-19. Currently, the CDC says that people who test positive for the coronavirus should stay home for five days and isolate from the people that they live…#cdc #purviparikh #allergyasthmanetwork #michaeltosterholm (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Rosemary Rosemary
Recent findings suggest a broad array of applications for rosemary, a common ingredient in cosmetic and cosmeceutical formulations, in medicine, particularly dermatology.MDedge (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - February 20, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Dermatology Commentary Source Type: news
