Allergies

Asthmatx Presents Impact of Bronchial Thermoplasty on Allergy Practices at ACAAI Annual Meeting

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Asthmatx, Inc. presented the results of a series of studies investigating the effectiveness and safety of bronchial thermoplasty delivered by the Alair® System, and how this new procedure will impact allergy practices, this past weekend in a poster at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI), in Miami Beach,...

ISTA Pharmaceuticals Highlights Bepreve(TM) Clinical Data at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI)

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MIAMI, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ISTA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ISTA), today announced additional results from the Company's Bepreve(TM) (bepotastine besilate ophthalmic solution) 1.5% Phase 3 clinical studies. These results were presented in poster sessions at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI) in Miami Beach, FL.

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JeyamArticle (Free subscription) | yesterday

Food allergies are quite common in adults and children, perhaps more so in children but there are plenty of adults with allergies. An allergy in the broadest sense refers to a bad reaction that the body might have to anything; however food allergies are (obviously) bad reactions to foodstuffs. The most common food allergies in children are milk, peanuts and eggs and in adults it is fish, eggs, peanuts,...

40 Million People In Japan Have Allergies

Kurashi - News From Japan (Free subscription) | yesterday

Some 40 million people have allergies in Japan, according to the Japan Allergy Foundation. They don't have an English website, even though information about allergies in Japan should be made widely available - don't you think? The Japanese Society for Allergology has English studies, but most are pdf documents. Their October 2009 Vol 58 issue 4 (in print) had a focus on food allergy- someone should...

Treatment of Allergic Rhinitis Improves Coexisting Diseases

Newswise (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago

The treatment of allergic rhinitis is shown to improve co-existing conditions including conjunctivitis, asthma, sinusitis, otitis media with effusion (fluid in the middle ear) and sleep disorders. An estimated 50 million people in the United States suffer from allergic rhinitis and it is the most prevalent chronic condition in patients under age 18.

• Treatment Of Allergic Rhinitis Improves Coexisting Diseases - Medical News Today

NexBio(R) Presents Data Showing Anti-Asthma Activity of DAS181 (Fludase(R)*) at ACAAI 2009

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SAN DIEGO, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- NexBio, Inc. announced the presentation of new data at the 2009 annual American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology in Miami, Florida. The presentation was entitled "DAS181 (Fludase®), a Sialidase, Decreases Airway Resistance and Has Potent Anti-inflammatory Effects in Animal Models of Asthma".

THESIS: Women With Asthma Feel Worse

Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

Women with asthma are more anxious, find it harder to sleep and are more tired during the day than their male counterparts, but nevertheless tend to be better at following their treatment, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg in close collaboration with Sahlgrenska University Hospital."Men and women with asthma differ biologically, socially, culturally...

• Women with asthma feel worse - Eurekalert

Air Quality Action Day Declared for Monday, November 9, 2009

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ALBANY, N.Y., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) announced that Monday, November 9, 2009, will be an Air Quality Action Day, a day when air quality will be unhealthy, especially for sensitive individuals, such as children, seniors and people with asthma and other respiratory ailments, due to forecasted high levels of particulate matter. The alert is issued...

Breathing Technique Relieves Asthma Without Steroids

SportsGeezer (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

In addition to being very hard to spell, asthma can be very hard to live with, particularly if one's life involves lots of athletic activity. Now, however, comes New York Times' health writer Jane Brody with an unusually powerful endorsement...

Tobacco Smoke Has Harmful Impact on Asthma, Rhinitis and Immunity

Newswise (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago

Tobacco smoke is involved in uncontrolled asthma, a diminished response to anti-asthma drugs, rhinitis, nasal obstruction, and deregulation of the immune system. Active smoking also causes changes in inflammation in asthma patients, diminishes their response to anti-asthma drugs, and has been found to induce nasal obstruction and decreased mucociliary clearance.

Inhalation Treatment for Asthma: Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Company

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An excerpt from Asthma: The Biography .

Children's group sees promise in school-based telehealth services

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While the American Telemedicine Association is testing telemedicine as an employee benefit , California researchers and some members of Congress see remote care at public schools as a great way to reach children in medically underserved areas. A recent report from the Children's Partnership, a nonpartisan advocacy group, says that teleconferences with school children in San Francisco resulted in "significant...

DX-88 (ecallantide) Demonstrated Relief Of Symptoms In Hereditary Angioedema Acute Attacks In All Attack Locations

Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

An analysis demonstrating the ability of DX-88 (ecallantide) to resolve symptoms of acute hereditary angioedema (HAE) attacks in all anatomic locations and to sustain effect will be presented in an oral presentation this week at the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) 2009 Annual Meeting in Miami Beach.

Asthma Plagues World Trade Center Responders

Ivanhoe Broadcast News (Free subscription) | yesterday

Responders to the 2001 World Trade Center (WTC) terrorist attacks who were exposed to caustic dust and toxic pollutants following the 9/11 disaster now suffer from asthma at a rate more than twice that of the general population.

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Wandering the World (Free subscription) | yesterday

When I first started crushing on the Food Network, the first celebrity chef I stalked was Jamie Oliver . The Naked Chef created dishes that made my foodie mouth water, while even my picky eater husband thought his recipes were keepers. Over the years, I have purchased all of his books, even going so far as to have my brother send me them from England so I didn’t have to wait a year for their...

Exhaled nitric oxide in the diagnosis and management of asthma: clinical implications

exhalednitricoxide | 11/06/2009

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