Allergy/Asthma News

Children who were introduced to cow’s milk protein early and consistently experienced a reduced risk for developing an allergy to it, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

Mepolizumab reduced the need for maintenance oral corticosteroids and systemic corticosteroid bursts among patients with severe asthma, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

Children and adolescents with allergic asthma and serum IgE levels that exceed approved dosing ranges still benefitted from omalizumab, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

In response to a research group’s proposal for over-the-counter availability of rescue inhalers for asthma, another group advised that the benefits and risks of this recommendation need consideration, according to a letter in JAMA.

Patients with food-dependent exercise-induced allergic reactions such as anaphylaxis can benefit from avoiding culprit foods before workouts, according to a review published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

Children with siblings had a reduced risk for developing allergic rhinitis, particularly if they were younger and had multiple older siblings, according to study results.

Daily administration of vitamin D during pregnancy decreased the risk for atopic eczema in children, according to data published in the British Journal of Dermatology.

The costs of epinephrine autoinjectors have decreased since generic options arrived in 2016, but these costs remained high for some patients due to their insurance plans, according to a study.

Among physically inactive adults with asthma, exercise intensity modified the acute inflammatory response to exercise, researchers reported in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Children and adults exhibited the same likelihood of reaching desensitization via peanut oral immunotherapy, with similar rates of adverse events, according to study findings.