Allergy/Asthma News

On May 8, the health care organization Ascension experienced a cyberattack that disrupted access to its electronic health care records, patient portals, phones and systems used to order tests, medications and procedures.

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SAN DIEGO — Parental metabolic markers of obesity were associated with pediatric asthma, according to a presentation at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

Both organic and inorganic pigments used in cosmetic tattoos, also known as permanent makeup, may cause allergic contact dermatitis, according to a study.

CLEVELAND — For patients with atopic dermatitis, today’s systemic therapies can lead to long-standing on-drug relief, but long-term, off-drug remission remains a goal that has yet to be reached, according to Raj Chovatiya, MD, PhD.

When group 2 innate lymphoid cells become overactive, they can cause excessive inflammation and tighten the airways. But these immune cells depend on iron to generate energy.

In this video, Priya J. Bansal, MD, FAAAAI, FACAAI, asks Julie Wang, MD, how she “does it all” as a physician and mother, as part of Healio’s Women in Allergy video corner series.

Consuming peanut products from infancy through age 5 years provided lasting tolerance into adolescence without the need to regularly upkeep consumption, according to a study published in NEJM Evidence.

SAN DIEGO — A model that applied machine learning to capnography signals accurately detected small airways disease among patients with asthma, according to a presentation at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

SAN DIEGO — Plasma metabolite profiles were significantly associated with cortisol levels among patients with asthma who use inhaled corticosteroids, according to a poster at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.