The HCPLive Allergy condition center page is a comprehensive resource for clinical news and insights on allergic and inflammatory diseases. This page consists of interviews, articles, podcasts, and videos on the research, treatment and development of therapies for food and seasonal allergies, as well as allergic asthma and related conditions.
March 18th 2024
In an announcement by Aquestive Therapeutics, these new findings demonstrated the potential of this orally-administered epinephrine treatment.
Community Practice Connections™: Preparing for an Expanded Armamentarium for Food Allergy
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Advances In: Integrating New Treatment Options into Management Plans for Patients with Moderate-to-Severe Atopic Dermatitis
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Let’s Get “Real”: Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency—Case-Based Perspectives on Managing Associated Emphysema
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Expert Illustrations & Commentaries™: Picturing the Potential Role of OX40 and OX40L Inhibitors in Atopic Dermatitis
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Providing Needed Care to Inner City Asthma Patients
In the inner cities some children do not have the resources at their disposal to get the care they needed. Recently considerable effort has been made to helping keep them healthy and able to function in their daily lives.
Pollution Poses Significant Issues for Asthma & Allergy Patients
Pollution in different parts of the world can affect a person's breathing in different ways. For people in the healthcare field, work must now focus on how to overcome those issues to ensure the health of their patients.
Epinephrine Autoinjector Needles May Be Too Short to Be Effective in Obese Patients
Study results indicate that the increasing rate and severity of obesity in western nations has rendered today's epinephrine autoinjectors an ineffective anaphylaxis treatment for many people.
Emergency Medical Info: there's an App for that
Older children sometimes feel stimagized wearing emergency medical information (EMI) bracelets that alert caregivers to conditions like diabetes and hemophilia. That can be a problem for those treating them in an emergency. But Kristina Derrick, MD, a Bronx pediatric endocrinologist, has a better idea. Put the information on the kid's cell phone--a device that most children 8 years old and up have these days.
Second Study Confirms Flu Vaccine Does Not Cause Noteworthy Reaction in Egg Allergic Children
A second trial of intranasal flu vaccines in children with egg allergies has reached the same conclusion as the first: The trace amounts of egg protein do not trigger systemic reactions such as anaphylaxis.
Early Exposure to Peanuts Can Prevent Kids from Developing Nut Allergy Later On
Study results that may soon trigger sweeping changes to pediatric nutrition guidelines indicate that sustained consumption of peanuts over the first 5 years of life dramatically lowers the risk of peanut allergies, even among high-risk children who begin with mild sensitivity to peanuts.
Measles Vaccinations: Tell, Don't Ask
Pediatricians and primary care doctors often face a quandary when it comes to routine vaccinations for children. When talking to parents about vaccination, the best approach may be speaking to parents as though it is assumed the vaccinations will be done, rather than opening the door to parental choice.
Tiotropium Improves Lung Function, Regardless of Allergic Status, Study Reports
Adding tiotropium Respimat treatment in adult patients with mild, moderate, and severe asthma who continue to experience symptoms despite the use of maintenance therapies significantly improved lung function, according to a presentation by Boehringer Ingelheim scientists at the 2015 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) Annual Meeting in Houston, TX.
Fears about toxic mold have spawned unqualified and useless testing, both of buildings and people, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. In a case history of an incident last year, Melody Kawamoto and Elena Page MD describe a costly case that yielded no proof of mold.