Allergy/Asthma

Long-term and lower maintenance doses of peanut oral immunotherapy are an effective form of protection against peanut allergy for those with difficulties with standard oral immunotherapy, with nearly all patients succeeding with a 3,000 mg dose of peanut protein at follow-up, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

Study findings demonstrated a link between parental asthma and bipolar disorder in their children, according to data published in Schizophrenia Bulletin.

Children who experience a persistent allergy to cow’s milk are more likely to have a lower weight and height than children with peanut and tree nut allergies, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

Children who experience food allergies are not at an increased risk of using emergency care from EDs or hospitalization when compared with other children with asthma, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology in Orlando

A nasal spray that combines olopatadine and mometasone is safe and improves symptoms of seasonal allergic rhinitis, according to findings presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Annual Meeting.

BOSTON — More women than men presented findings at this year’s Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections — a first for the meeting, according the organizers.

BOSTON — For the first time, at this year’s Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, more women than men presented findings at the meeting, according to CROI Chair Judith S. Currier, MD, professor of medicine and chief of the division of infectious diseases at the University of California, Los Angeles. The first authors of 537 of the 990 abstracts that were accepted this year were women, she said.

Folic acid exposure in utero may be associated with food allergy development in children, according to research presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology in Orlando.

Eosinophilic esophagitis is most likely to be experienced by children after atopic dermatitis, food allergy or asthma, with statistical concurrence with allergic rhinitis, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology in Orlando.

Infants who experience bronchiolitis during respiratory syncytial virus season within their first 6 months of life are more likely to have otitis media, pneumonia and use antibiotics regardless of their mother’s asthma status, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology in Orlando.