Skin Disorders News

The FDA has added label changes to omalizumab regarding a slightly increased risk for issues associated with heart and blood vessels supplying the brain in treating patients with asthma, according to a press release.

Water-damaged homes were significantly associated with children with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis, according to recent study results.

Filaggrin loss-of-function mutations were more strongly associated with food allergy risk in children aged 10 and 18 than in younger children, according to recent study results.

One course of intravenous immunoglobulins was insufficient for prolonged remission in patients with solar urticaria, according to recent study results.

Aeroallergen sensitivity increased with age while food sensitivity decreased in pediatric patients with eosinophilic esophagitis, according to recent study results.

Despite no identified predictor of remission, children with chronic urticaria had a 67.7% remission rate at 5 years after onset of symptoms, according to recent study results.

A significant association between increased BMI from childhood to adolescence and higher incidence of atopic or respiratory diseases could not be established in recent study results.

Members of the Malassezia species are likely some of the most widespread fungi on the planet, according to a recently published literature review by Anthony S. Amend, PhD.

Children who lived on farms had an increased risk for hay fever, while children exposed to livestock had a decreased prevalence of atopy, according to recent study results.

The US hospitalization rate for food-induced anaphylaxis in children more than doubled from 2000 to 2009, with total costs significantly increasing, according to recent study results.