Environmental/Airborne Allergy News

Healio.com will present live coverage of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology annual meeting today through Feb. 24 in Houston.

Sputum neutrophils were elevated in adults diagnosed with severe asthma and exposed to workplace asthmagens, according to a recent study in BMC Pulmonary Medicine.

A positive relationship existed between blood lead levels and total IgE levels in US adults, with high blood lead levels significantly increasing the risk for IgE sensitization to dust mites and arthropods, according to study results.

An increase in fractional exhaled nitric oxide was more strongly associated with occupational asthma caused by high-molecular-weight agents than with low-molecular-weight agents, according to recent study results.

Occupational exposure to hop dust had a strong association with respiratory disease in hop workers when compared with agricultural workers, recent study data suggested.

Flour and cleaning products were the main causes of occupational asthma in France, according to presenters at the European Respiratory Society International Congress in Munich.

Adiponectin in sputum was an effective marker for Western red cedar asthma in patients exposed to cedar dust, according to recent study results.

The Allergy & Asthma Network announced that its Anaphylaxis Community Expert volunteer program has joined with the American Latex Allergy Association to increase awareness of life-threatening latex allergies, according to a press release.

The European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology and Asthma-Allergy Denmark have launched a campaign emphasizing that Europeans feel “trapped” by allergy.

Data from WHO suggest that the air quality is worsening in much of the world, despite the availability of data to compare and improve conditions that potentially pose significant health risks, according to a press release.