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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Modern shoppers have a lot to think about when in the dairy aisle of a supermarket. Are these products healthy? Is it okay to give them to my children? Am I allergic? Have the cows been well treated? These concerns were among the key issues examined by...
PARIS AFP — Take a bow-wow, Fido. Scientists have found that Man's best friend is also good for his children too, for young kids who live with a dog may get an immune-system boost against asthma and other allergies. Joachim Heinrich of the Institute of Epidemiology at the Heimholtz...
Cornell Seeks Area Adults For Study Cornell University food scientists are seeking adults in Rochester, Syracuse, Binghamton, Westchester County and Long Island to participate in a comprehensive food allergy study scheduled for the spring, according to a release from the school. Researchers seek people age 18...
Spring allergies affect between 10 and 20 percent of Americans and where you live makes all the difference. The Spring Allergy Capital list released by the Asthma and Allergy foundation names Lexington, KY as the number one offender this year -- up from 52 last year! The list,...
PARIS AFP — Women who follow the famous Mediterranean diet while pregnant may also be shielding their baby from childhood asthma and allergy, a study published on Tuesday says. Doctors recruited 507 women who attended an antenatal clinic on the Mediterranean island of Menorca in 1997, and quizzed them...
GENEVA AFP — Swiss scientists searching for a vaccine against cat allergies have adopted the maxim "my enemy's enemy is my friend" by successfully testing their formula on every mog's foe -- a mouse. Like a Tom and Jerry cartoon set in a lab, a team from the Swiss...
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Children are having potentially life- threatening allergic reactions to peanuts at much earlier ages than a decade ago, signaling a need to be even more vigilant about offering toddlers and preschoolers that old childhood staple -- peanut butter and jelly. Even though pediatricians recommend waiting...
BANGKOK, December 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Barbara Bohle of the Medical University of Vienna was honoured today for her outstanding research within allergy with the Henning LA[cedilla]wenstein Research Award at the World Allergy Organization Congress in Bangkok. The World's leading...
CARACAS, Venezuela - Thousands of university students scuffled with police and government supporters during a protest Tuesday demanding that civil liberties be respected under constitutional reforms being drafted by allies of President Hugo Chavez. Police tossed tear gas canisters into the crowd of opposition students after clashes broke...
CARACAS, Venezuela - Thousands of university students scuffled with police and government supporters during a protest Tuesday demanding that civil liberties be respected under constitutional reforms being drafted by allies of President Hugo Chavez. Police tossed tear gas canisters into the crowd of opposition students after clashes broke...
More than 50 million Americans suffer from allergies and sinus-related conditions, costing consumers millions of dollars each year in the search for effective treatments. Although prescription and over-the-counter medications may provide temporary relief, they can be expensive and frequently have side effects including drowsiness, nausea, upset stomach and dry mouth....
MARLBOROUGH, Mass. -- Sepracor Inc. (Nasdaq: SEPR) announced today the launch of "My Allergies in America" (www.myallergiesinamerica.com), a comprehensive resource for physicians and consumers based on the two-part, landmark "Allergies in America" survey of adults, adolescents and children with allergic rhinitis. The survey, endorsed by the American College of Allergy,...
Over 50 million Americans suffer from allergies, and approximately 55 percent of all U.S. citizens test positive to one or more allergens at some time during their lives. As the sixth leading cause of chronic disease in the country, allergies cost the health care system about $18 billion annually. Allergy...
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PARIS AFP — Breastfeeding mothers with a sense of humour may help their babies fight skin allergies, according to a study reported in next Saturday's issue of New Scientist. Japanese researcher Hajime Kimata at Osaka's Moriguchi-Keijinkai Hospital recruited breastfeeding mums who had a baby with a common allergy, mild...
Not all bacteria are unfriendly. Some, like probiotics, are good for us: they coat our digestive tracts and may ward off yeast infections, stomach upsets and allergies. The University of Michigan's Dr. Gary Huffnagle, author of "The Probiotics Revolution," says most adults don't get enough of them: "Your intestinal environment...
DURHAM, N.C. -- Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISPH) announced today that scientists and collaborators related to Inspire will present information from five abstracts at the 2007 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology ARVO Annual Meeting to be held May 6-10, 2007 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. These abstracts, which will...
WASHINGTON AFP — US researchers said they have developed a promising potential treatment for children who are allergic to eggs. The researchers gave seven young sufferers, aged from one to seven, tiny amounts of powdered egg each day. The amount was progressively increased and after two years most of the...
Yulex, Carlsbad, CA, has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement CRADA with the United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service USDA to considerably increase the rubber latex yield of guayule, the world's only commercial source of natural rubber latex that is safe for people with Type I latex...
Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., Aug. 7 AScribe Newswire -- Researchers from Mayo Clinic have discovered that allergic rhinitis is associated with the development of Parkinson's disease later in life. Findings will be published in the Aug. 8 issue of the journal Neurology. ...
