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Climate Change, Surprise Billing/Insurance Delays to Top TMA Conference
How does climate change threaten the health and survival of humans? Beyond obvious threats like heatstroke, doctors and other scientists suspect climate change factored in the 2012 Dallas epidemic of West Nile encephalitis and the spread of other tropical diseases shared by mosquitos. One physician expert points to climate change as a contributing factor for allergies, asthma, worse COPD conditions, and heart attacks. Physicians will address this timely issue and more during the 2020 Texas Medical Association (TMA) Winter Conference in Austin this week.
Source: TMA News Room - January 22, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Food allergies may be on the rise because babies start solids too late
Giving babies potentially allergenic foods early on may reduce the risk of allergies – but many parents don ' t as that conflicts with advice to breastfeed until six months
Source: New Scientist - Health - January 22, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
FDA: 7 Sunscreen Chemicals Enter Bloodstream After Use, But Don ’ t Abandon Sun Protection
(CNN) — After a single application, a total of seven chemicals commonly found in sunscreens can be absorbed into the bloodstream at levels that exceed safety thresholds, according to studies by the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, an arm of the US Food and Drug Administration.
“What is most alarming about these findings is that chemicals are absorbing into the body in significant amounts and the ingredients have not been fully tested for safety,” said David Andrews, a senior scientist for the Environmental Working Group, or EWG, a consumer organization which advocates for sunscreen safety.
“...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - January 21, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Health News CNN Sunscreen Source Type: news
A special kind of nose cell may trigger allergic reactions
Mice have thousands of allergen-sensing nose cells, a discovery which may offer clues as to why some people with allergies lose their sense of smell
Source: New Scientist - Health - January 17, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
Medical News Today: Itchy rash: 8 types
Many different factors and conditions can lead to an itchy rash, including eczema, skin allergies, and psoriasis. Read about some of them here.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 14, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Dermatology Source Type: news
Allergic to dogs? It may only be the males
Science is learning more every day about pet allergies, including why you might be allergic to only male dogs.
Source: CNN.com - Health - January 7, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Allergic To Dogs? It Might Only Be Males, Boston Doctor Says
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN
(CNN) — Love dogs but find yourself uncontrollably sneezing around some of them? There might be a solution that’s easier than allergy shots. Neuter your male pup or opt for a female dog.
“Up to 30% of people who are allergic to dogs are actually allergic to one specific protein that’s made in the prostate of a dog,” said Dr. Lakiea Wright, an allergist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.
While the protein was identified years ago, reliable lab tests for the allergen that were approved by the US Food and Drug Administration were only developed in the last f...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - January 7, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Boston News Health Offbeat Allergies Brigham & Women's Hospital CNN Pet Allergies Source Type: news
Researchers identify potential trigger for allergies to cosmetics. skin creams
Researchers have identified CD1a, a molecule found in human skin cells, as the culprit in a complex process that triggers allergic contact dermatitis following application of certain cosmetics and skin creams.
Source: Health News - UPI.com - January 6, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
2019-2020 Flu Season on Track to Be Especially Severe, New CDC Data Suggests
The current flu season is on track be one of the worst in years, Director of the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci told CNN.
CNN reports that Fauci says the 2019-2020 flu season is on track to be as severe as the 2018-2017 season, which was the deadliest in at least a decade.
New data from the CDC released on Friday estimates that so far this season, at least 6.4 million people have caught the flu, 55,000 people have been hospitalized and 2,900 people have died — 800 more people then were estimated the week before.
According to the latest CDC in-season flu burden estimates, ...
Source: TIME: Health - January 4, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Madeleine Carlisle Tags: Uncategorized Health Care onetime Source Type: news
Antibiotics May Raise the Risk of Allergies
Infants given antibiotics were at increased risk of asthma and childhood allergies, a study suggests.
Source: NYT Health - December 31, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Nicholas Bakalar Tags: Antibiotics Respiratory Diseases Babies and Infants Asthma Allergies Children and Childhood Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Zven, Sidney JAMA Pediatrics (Journal) Source Type: news
Antibiotics in infancy tied to allergies in childhood, research finds
Antibiotics that are commonly prescribed to babies may lead to an increased risk of allergic disease later in childhood, possibly because the medications can perturb an infant's gut bacteria, according to a new research paper.
Source: CNN.com - Health - December 21, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Antibiotics in infancy tied to allergies in childhood, new research suggests
Antibiotics commonly prescribed to babies may lead to an increased risk of allergies later in childhood, possibly because the medications can affect an infant's gut bacteria, according to a new research paper.
Source: CNN.com - Health - December 20, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Does honey really help with allergies?
Source: MayoClinic.com - Ask a Specialist - December 16, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A Runner Suddenly Developed Asthma. It Was Stranger Than It Seemed.
A 34-year-old woman goes to the emergency room for chest pain. Her reaction to painkillers provides a clue to what is really wrong.
Source: NYT Health - December 12, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lisa Sanders, M.D. Tags: Respiratory Diseases Asthma Allergies Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) Aspirin Tough Mudder Source Type: news
Many summer camps may not be prepared for kids with allergies
(Reuters Health) - Although most summer camps welcome kids with food allergies, they often don't require individualized emergency plans from these campers, a U.S. study suggests.
Source: Reuters: Health - December 10, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
