Allergy/Asthma News

Participants with an allergy to cow’s milk had the lowest rate of oral immunotherapy treatment discontinuation, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.

Like many sports, such as soccer and basketball, financial independence requires simultaneous offense and defense. One of the most important defensive plays a physician must make is buying disability insurance.

Biomarkers — such as nasal fluid, saliva and urine samples — can be used to explain the connection between cold temperatures, oxidative stress and asthma flare-ups, according to a study published in Pediatric Research.

While attending a conference in Canada, Sarah A. Bendien, MD, a respiratory physician at Haga Teaching Hospital in The Hague, Netherlands, realized the way asthma and pregnancy care were organized in her home country was not ideal.

Makeup not only has cosmetic applications, but medical ones too.

There were significant differences in percentages of children with eosinophilic esophagitis who experienced histologic remission with dupilumab compared with placebo, according to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

As asthma and allergy continue to affect more people, the importance of advanced practitioners in enhancing patient safety, addressing health care disparities and increasing treatment access has come to the forefront of patient care.

An epinephrine nasal spray is closer to approval in Europe, according to a press release from ARS Pharmaceuticals.

Hypersensitivity to polyethylene glycol may be rare, but when reactions to PEG in drugs do occur, they often are due to molecular weights of 3350 and higher, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

To combat the myriad of stressors in life, taking a break to plug into your inner joy opens the door to increased well-being.