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Parental Immunisation Needs and Attitudes Survey in paediatric hospital clinics and community maternal and child health centres in Melbourne, Australia
ConclusionsDespite high support for vaccines, nearly half of Australian parents have some concerns and a quarter lack vaccine decision‐making confidence regarding childhood vaccines. Parents frequently access and report high trust in HCPs, who are best placed to address parental vaccine concerns through provision of clear information, using effective communication strategies. Further research in more highly hesitant populations is required to determine the relationship between the level and nature of vaccination concerns and vaccine uptake.
Source: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health - November 1, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Jessica C Costa ‐Pinto, Harold W Willaby, Julie Leask, Monsurul Hoq, Tibor Schuster, Alice Ghazarian, Jacinta O'Keefe, Margie H Danchin Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Epidemiology of Food Allergy
Understanding the epidemiology of food allergy is complicated by the difficulty of identifying it on a large scale. The prevalence of food allergy is higher in younger age groups and decreases with age. Allergy to peanut and egg seems to be more common in Northern Europe, the United States, Canada and Australia compared with Southern Europe, Eastern Europe and Asia, whereas shellfish and fish allergies may be more common in Asia. The rate of transient unrecognized food allergy may be high and variable recognition of food allergy may explain some of the differences seen in food allergy prevalence.
Source: Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America - October 25, 2017 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Joan H. Dunlop, Corinne A. Keet Source Type: research
Do advanced glycation end-products cause food allergy?
Purpose of review: The aim of this study was to appraise the evidence relating to dietary advanced glycation end-products (AGEs), their influence on innate and adaptive immune responses and their possible role in the increasing rate of food allergy that is being observed globally.
Recent findings: The western pattern of diet is high in both AGEs and their substrates and this has been increasing in the last 30 years. AGEs mimic alarmins such as S100 proteins and the high molecular group box 1 (HMBG1), binding to the Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products (RAGE), which in turn influences innate and adaptive immune res...
Source: Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology - September 1, 2017 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: GENETICS AND EPIDEMIOLOGY: Edited by Isabella Annesi-Maesano and Antonella Cianferoni Source Type: research
C-section mums warned about dangers of 'vaginal seeding'
What is the issue?
A technique called vaginal seeding, sometimes used for babies born by caesarean section, "can give newborns deadly infections and sepsis," warns the Mail Online.
Vaginal seeding involves rubbing vaginal fluid onto the skin of a newborn baby born by caesarean section. It's intended to mimic the natural transfer of microbes from their mother that babies have during a vaginal birth. This has been reported by some to help boost a baby's response against allergies and asthma.
As many as 90% of Danish obstetricians and gynaecologists said they have been asked about it by prospective parents. Despite...
Source: NHS News Feed - August 23, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pregnancy/child Source Type: news
Better recognition, diagnosis and management of non-IgE-mediated cow ’s milk allergy in infancy: iMAP—an international interpretation of the MAP (Milk Allergy in Primary Care) guideline
Abstract Cow ’s milk allergy (CMA) is one of the most common presentations of food allergy seen in early childhood. It is also one of the most complex food allergies, being implicated in IgE-mediated food allergy as well as diverse manifestations of non-IgE-mediated food allergy. For example, gastrointestinal CMA may present as food protein induced enteropathy, enterocolitis or proctocolitis. Concerns regarding the early and timely diagnosis of CMA have been highlighted over the years. In response to these, guideline papers from the United Kingdom (UK), Australia, Europe, the Americas and the World Aller gy Organisation ...
Source: Clinical and Translational Allergy - August 23, 2017 Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: research
Scientists tout positive findings in peanut allergy pill study
Scientists in Australia report success with trials of a pill filled with a mix of probiotics and tiny amounts of peanut to build tolerance to peanut allergies.
Source: ABC News: Health - August 17, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Peanut allergy cure found in Australian breakthrough
Children with peanut allergies could overcome the life-threatening reaction for up to four years, Australian researchers say following a breakthrough in a new treatment.
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 17, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Peanut allergy cured in majority of children in immunotherapy trial
Australian researchers hail breakthrough after ‘life-changing’ tolerance persists for up to four yearsAustralian researchers have made a breakthrough in the treatment of peanut allergy in children.A small clinical trial conducted at the Murdoch Children ’s Research Institute has led to two-thirds of children treated with an experimental immunotherapy treatment being cured of their allergy. Importantly, this desensitisation to peanuts persisted for up to four years after treatment.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 16, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Australian Associated Press Tags: Health Allergies Medical research Australia news Science Source Type: news
Rates and Consequences of False Penicillin Allergies in Australia
To the Editor The Teachable Moment in a recent issue ofJAMA Internal Medicine by Vaisman et al graphically illustrates the adverse consequences that can arise for a patient when they are inappropriately labeled as allergic to penicillin.
Source: JAMA Internal Medicine - July 1, 2017 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research
Tick-borne infectious diseases in Australia.
Authors: Graves SR, Stenos J
Abstract
Tick bites in Australia can lead to a variety of illnesses in patients. These include infection, allergies, paralysis, autoimmune disease, post-infection fatigue and Australian multisystem disorder. Rickettsial (Rickettsia spp.) infections (Queensland tick typhus, Flinders Island spotted fever and Australian spotted fever) and Q fever (Coxiella burnetii) are the only systemic bacterial infections that are known to be transmitted by tick bites in Australia. Three species of local ticks transmit bacterial infection following a tick bite: the paralysis tick (Ixodes holocyclus) is ...
Source: Medical Journal of Australia - April 15, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Med J Aust Source Type: research
Australians hospitalised with life-threatening allergic reactions up by 50%
Rise in anaphylaxis admission rates over 14-year period reveals urgent need to prevent food allergies from developing, say researchers Australians are increasingly being hospitalised for severe and life-threatening allergic reactions, known as anaphylaxis, researchers from the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute in Melbourne have found.Researchers analysed 14 years of hospital data to 2012, extracting admissions for anaphylaxis. Anaphylaxis admission rates increased by 50% over this period, they found. Rates increased rapidly in the final half of the period, with 5.6 people per 100,000 hospitalised with food anaphylaxis i...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 15, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Melissa Davey Tags: Allergies Health Australia news Medical research Source Type: news
Peanut allergy researchers say they may have found key to a cure
Melbourne-based study of children given nut protein with probiotic has transformed the lives of 80% of those who took part in clinical trialAustralian researchers have found a possible key to a cure for people with potentially fatal peanut allergies.A Melbourne-based study has already transformed the lives of many of the children who took part in the clinical trial.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 28, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Australian Associated Press Tags: Medical research Allergies Health Science Melbourne Australia news World news Source Type: news
15kD Granulysin for Monocyte Differentiation: A New Immunotherapeutic for Both in vivo and ex vivo Applications
Granulysin is a cytolytic and proinflammatory molecule expressed by activated human cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) and natural killer (NK) cells. It has been implicated in many of diseases including infection, cancer, transplantation, autoimmunity, skin and reproductive maladies. Small synthetic forms of granulysin are being developed as novel antibiotics and studies suggest that granulysin may be a useful diagnostic biomarker and/or therapeutic for a wide variety of diseases.The invention relates to methods of stimulating or enhancing an immune response using 15 kD granulysin. Investigators at the NIH have discovered that...
Source: NIH OTT Licensing Opportunities - April 20, 2010 Category: Research Authors: ajoyprabhu3 Source Type: research
