Allergic Disease

Older parental age at delivery increased the risk for certain childhood allergic diseases in offspring, according to study results.

The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology/World Allergy Organization Joint Congress will be held Feb. 28 to March 3 in San Diego with a focus on the relationship between climate change and allergic diseases.

Researchers identified a strong correlation between the milk microbiome of mothers with allergic disease and the season of infant birth, according to study results published in Allergy.

BOSTON — Managing food allergies should involve more than just allergen avoidance, according to a presentation at the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting.

Patients with sniffles because of allergic conditions have different living fungi within their noses compared with healthy people, according to a study conducted in Portugal and published in Frontiers in Microbiology.

Allergic disease affects 40% of school-aged children in Australia and 45% of food allergies among infants persist until age 10 years, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

Global warming and climate change are affecting the human exposome and triggering more complex immune responses, according to a review published in Frontiers in Science.

Infants with immature gut microbiota faced greater risks for developing atopic dermatitis, asthma, food allergy and allergic rhinitis by age 5 years, according to a study published in Nature Communications.

Smoking heated tobacco products during pregnancy was associated with allergy — specifically asthma, rhinitis and conjunctivitis, and atopic dermatitis — in offspring, according to a study published in Allergy.

The maternal diet index appeared superior to other measurements in predicting childhood allergic disease among offspring, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.