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Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd announces that Toctino® (alitretinoin), a new oral therapy for severe refractory Chronic Hand Eczema (CHE), was recommended for regulatory approval under the European decentralized procedure and will become the first authorized treatment for this chronic disabling disease. ... |
Ancient Antibody Molecule Offers Clues to How Humans Evolved Allergies |
Scientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have discovered how evolution may have lumbered humans with allergy problems. The team from the Randall Division of Cell & Molecular Biophysics, King's College London are working on a molecule vital to a chicken's immune system which represents the evolutionary ancestor of the human antibodies that cause allergic reactions ... |
With the peak grass pollen season approaching, scientists can reveal that a daily dose of probiotic can change the immune status of people with hay fever. In the first human study of its kind, scientists at the Institute of Food Research found that probiotic bacteria in a daily drink can modify the immune system's response to grass pollen, a common cause of seasonal hay fever ... |
STREAMING eyes, runny nose and endless sneezing? Help might be on the way in the form of a hay-fever vaccine that works faster and involves far fewer injections than existing treatment regimens ... |
An increasing number of Britons claim they are intolerant to wheat. But far from being one condition, health problems involving wheat actually fall into three main groups ... |
First-born babies may be programmed in the womb to have a higher risk of asthma and allergy, research suggests. A University of South Carolina led team carried out tests on more than 1,200 newborns from the Isle of Wight ... |
A study into teenagers with food allergies will investigate what life is like for them in an attempt to improve their quality of life and curb the number of allergy-related deaths. Scientists at the University of Portsmouth have created a quality of life questionnaire which asks teenagers what it is like for them to live with a food allergy. They are inviting young people with food allergies to come forward to take part in the study ... |
Prolonged exposure to baby milk powder increases the risk of breathing problems, including wheezing and breathlessness, a study has found. It looked at 170 Thai factory workers who made the powder, but the team from University of Birmingham says the risk could also apply to nannies ... |
Exposing pregnant mothers and infants to probiotic bacteria boosts their immune systems and could stop them developing allergies, according to scientists. Researchers selected 1,223 women with a history of allergies or a partner who suffered from them and gave them probiotic or placebo doses daily when they were eight months pregnant ... |
Peanut Allergy Immunotherapy Should Be Available In Five Years |
Some form of immunotherapy is expected to be available for peanut allergy within the next five years. But the reasons for the increasing prevalence of this allergic reaction remain unclear. The issues are discussed by Professor Wesley Burks, Duke University Medical Center, NC, USA, in a Seminar in this week's edition of The Lancet ... |
If you're allergic to soy, help is on the way. Two University of Illinois studies show that fermenting soy dramatically reduces its potential allergenicity and also increases the number of essential amino acids in soy products, making them a healthy and a safe choice for consumers ... |
A study may have discovered why breastfeeding might help protect children against allergies such as asthma, scientists have said. The French research, published in Nature Medicine, shows female mice exposed to allergens can pass them directly to their offspring in milk ... |
| During my 40 years as a GP I've treated thousands of eczema sufferers. Skin conditions and their treatment has always been an area of interest for me. To non-sufferers the impact of skin conditions like eczema, on patients and their families quality of life are often under estimated ... |
| No Dairy, No Better Tasting Custard It’s a No Brainer... |
| The number of people suffering allergic reactions has trebled in the last 20 years, ... |
| Allergy Diagnosis, Testing and Treatment |
| Many years ago I was taught medicine in London when it was swinging and Carnaby Street sold rainbow clothes. Our teachers had qualified before the Second World War well before most test had been invented and cholesterol was "bad". We were taught to take a careful medical history, perform a physical examination and then, if necessary, do tests to confirm what we had already decided ... |
| Food Standards Agency Issues Revised Advice on Certain Artificial Food Colours |
| Following the publication of new research commissioned by the Food Standards Agency (FSA), parents of children showing signs of hyperactivity are being advised that eliminating certain artificial food colours from their diets might have some beneficial effects on their behaviour ... |
| Peanut allergy study reaches 100th participant |
| A clinical research study to help determine whether consumption or avoidance of peanuts is the best way to prevent peanut allergy in young children, is celebrating the enrolment of its 100th participant ... |
| Cow Milk Allergy supplied by Act Against Allergy |
| In some children the ingestion of milk can trigger the body into launching an inappropriate immune response to the proteins in milk resulting in an allergic reaction: the Cow Milk Allergy ... |
| Pillows - A Hot Bed of Fungal Spores supplied by The Fungal Research Trust |
| Researchers at The University of Manchester, funded by the Fungal Research Trust, have discovered millions of fungal spores literally right under our noses - in our pillows ... |
Allergy Clearing, DNA Activation & Autoimmunity by Sol Luckman |
| Having spent nearly a decade dying, I am deeply grateful for the pioneering of Dr. Devi Nambudripad, developer of Nambudpripad's Allergy Elimination Technique. NAET employs muscle testing (kinesiology) to determine allergies--a term encompassing chemical, environmental and nutritional sensitivities that derange the immune system and contribute to a variety of "incurable" ailments... |
| Co-op Supermarket bans MSG and Artificial Food Colours |
| The Co-op has become the first supermarket group to ban a range of commonly-used colours and monosodium glutamate (MSG) in all its own-label food, because of potential links to food intolerance and fresh concerns about children's diets ... |
| Allergies to Dogs by Jennifer Brooke |
| A very interesteing article showing how you can live with dogs even if you have a pet allergy ... |
| Scientists discover novel method to reduce cat allergic reactions |
| Imperial College London & Royal Brompton Hospital have discovered a way to decrease allergic reactions by increasing numbers of CD4+ regulatory T-cells ... |
| Do you have the right prescription? The Allergy Magazine |
| Allergies can be difficult to deal with at the best of times, but imagine being ill and in need of treatment, yet being allergic to the medication that could cure you... |
| Food and Moods The Allergy Magazine |
| We are what we eat. So what does your diet say about you? You might be surprised at the extent to which your diet can affect your moods and your allergies... |
| 10 things you MUST know about the EpiPen The Allergy Magazine |
| The benefits of carrying your EpiPen with you... |
| Allergy in the UK The Allergy Magazine |
| We're constantly reading that allergies are on the increase, yet there seems to be a chronic lack of commitment from the health service to fight the problem ... |
| Babies and Food Allergy by Michelle Berriedale-Johnson |
| The allergy world is a very confusing one - if only because very few health professionals really understand much about it! ... |
| Dairy Free from Cradle to Grave by Michelle Berriedale-Johnson |
| Dairy free diets sound horrendous to the un-initiated but there are many who have learnt to love them ... |
| Dairy Free Infants and Toddlers by Michelle Berriedale-Johnson |
| Milk has a great image. Wholesome, comforting, nutritious - it represents everything we cherish about family, community, continuity. But - whose milk? ... |
| Could a food allergy be turning your kid hyperactive? The Allergy Magazine |
| Does your child struggle to concentrate or get in trouble a lot at school? Is his or her behaviour so bad it's ruining your family life? Has he or she been diagnosed as hyperactive? ... |
| Why Body Piercing Could Be a Rash Move The Allergy Magazine |
| Samantha Lee (not her real name) winced in pain as she slowly rolled up her T-shirt and examined her stomach in the bedroom mirror ... |
| The Truth About Energy-Based Allergy Treatment by Robert Fioravante, M.S. |
| I have formerly suffered with allergies for over twenty years. Finally, I have been liberated from years of debilitating allergy symptoms by an alternative allergy treatment known as "energy-based allergy elimination." ... |
| Food Allergy and Intolerance by Dr Michael Radcliffe |
| If you want to give your GP a stressful moment, tell him that you suspect you have a food allergy - few subjects in medicine have been the cause of more controversy ... |
| The Allergy Volcano - An Overview of a Modern Disease by Jennifer Worth |
| Allergic diseases are increasing world wide. It seems that we cannot adapt to the environment we are creating ... |
| Homeopathy and Allergic Hay Fever by Adrianna Holman |
| Homeopathy has been scientifically proven to treat hay fever just as well as conventional medicine ... |
| Links Between Eczema and Other Allergic Disorders by Dr Stewart Rutherford Morison |
| This title was suggested by Deborah, so is not of my making as will become immediately apparent! ... |
| Eczema, food allergy and tests by Dr Richard Turner |
| It is always a difficult question to answer: "Is my child's eczema caused by something he/she is eating?"... |
| Neonatal Sensitisation to Latex - A Medical Hypothisis by Jennifer Worth |
| Babies born in delivery rooms of hospitals are exposed to latex through skin and mucous membrane contact with prepowdered latex gloves ... |
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