A series of studies indicates that effectively cleaned carpets can trap allergens and other particles, resulting in fewer particles escaping into the air and thus contributing to the maintenance of indoor air quality. "These studies ...
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If you can't get relief from your asthma, the way you communicate with your allergist might be part of the problem, according to two new studies. The researchers said asthma patients need to ask questions and have open communication with ...
Soligenix, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing products to treat serious inflammatory diseases where there remains an unmet medical need, as well as developing several biodefense vaccines and therapeutics, ...
Tags: Soligenix, NIAID, ThermoVax, Drs.John Carpenter
As a pediatrician at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, Dr. Sarah Denny has seen her share of the life-threatening reactions that can happen with food allergies. That didn't make it any less scary when her son Liam, then 18 ...
An experimental drug could eventually offer a new treatment option for genital herpes, a common and incurable sexually transmitted infection, researchers report. In a small study, researchers found that the drug -- called pritelivir -- ...
Researchers say they have pinpointed a preservative found in many popular wet wipes and baby wipes as the cause of allergic skin reactions in some children. Reports of reactions have ranged from disfiguring patches to crusting, swelling, ...
Tags: Baby Wipes, Preservative, Rashes
AccentHealth, the leading patient education company at the Point-of-Care, announced today it has purchased the Asthma and Allergy waiting room television network of Caervision Corp. The new doctor office locations will become part of the ...
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The incidence of auto-immune diseases like type 1 diabetes and allergies has risen dramatically in developed countries over the past fifty years. The reasons for this trend are not fully understood but a theory known as the 'hygiene ...
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Infants with fewer types of intestinal bacteria are at increased risk for developing asthma, a small new study suggests. Researchers assessed the varieties of gut bacteria in 47 infants and then followed them until they were 7 years old. ...
Tags: Asthma Risk, Health, Medicine
Low gut microbial diversity in the intestines of infants can increase the risk for asthma development. These are the findings of the age 7 follow-up in a multi-year study led by researchers at Link?ping University in Sweden. In 2011 the ...
Tags: Gut Microbial Diversity, Asthma, Infant
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Leese Enterprises International have recalled Simply Lite brand Dark Chocolate over labeling issue. The authorities have urged the users with allergy towards milk to not use the products as it ...
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Researchers have created products fermented with probiotic bacteria from grains and nuts — known as plant-based or vegetable "milks" — as an alternative to conventional yoghurts. The products, which were created by researchers ...
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BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:BCRX) today announced that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has exercised an option to conduct the investigational new drug (IND) enabling program and to submit an IND. ...
Tags: BioCryst, NIAID, investigational new drug, BCX4430, Marburg virus disease
Denmark-based pharmaceutical company ALK-Abello has announced that the FDA Allergenic Products Advisory Committee of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will meet on 28 January 2014 to discuss the biologic license application (BLA) ...
Nebulizers -- devices that transform liquid asthma medications into an easy-to-inhale mist -- aren't providing people with asthma a full dose of medication, according to a small new study. Researchers found that less than 20 percent of ...