Allergy/Asthma

Milk from Old Order Mennonite mothers contained higher levels of antibodies against allergens compared with that of mothers in urban and suburban Rochester, New York, according to a cross-sectional study in Frontiers in Immunology.

Exposure to certain air pollutant mixtures appeared significantly associated with more severe asthma in children, according to results of a machine learning-based analysis published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation.

Mark Corbett, MD, an allergist with Family Allergy & Asthma in Louisville, Kentucky, will be installed as president of the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology during its annual meeting scheduled for Nov. 4 to 8 in New Orleans.

Women who altered their diets to breastfeed children with food allergies had more psychosocial symptoms affecting bonding with their babies than breastfeeding mothers who did not need to alter their diets, according to a study.

Mucor levels in urban homes where youth resided predicted difficult-to-control asthma, and these levels appeared more likely in homes with window air conditioning units, according to a study.

Dupilumab led to rapid and sustained improvements in lung function in children aged 6 to 11 years with uncontrolled moderate to severe asthma and a type 2 inflammatory phenotype, according to new data from the LIBERTY ASTHMA VOYAGE study.

Children with food allergies should be assessed for bullying through multi-item inventories so their caregivers can better protect them from physical, psychological and social dangers, according to a study.

Researchers in New York City are organizing a community-based approach based on prior successful research to help children and their families learn about and manage asthma symptoms.

Ghosts and goblins may be make-believe, but families with food allergies face real dangers at Halloween. Doctors can be proactive in educating families and the community about allergen exposure risks, ensuring all kids can safely have fun.

An intervention involving an educational session and electronic medical record changes resulted in a mean increase of 19.6% in referrals for confirmatory testing among patients with a listed penicillin allergy, data show.