http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Using imaging mass spectrometry, researchers at the University of California, San Diego have developed tools that will enable scientists to visualize how different cell populations of cells communicate. Their study shows how bacteria talk to one another - an understanding that may lead to new therapeutic discoveries for diseases ranging from cancer to diabetes and allergies. http://www.physorg.com/news176909065.html Biology Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:25:31 EST news176909065 Vaccination can lower children's risk of allergy. Cathleen Muche-Borowski and her coauthors present a clinical practice guideline for allergy prevention in the current issue of Deutsches Ärzteblatt International (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2009; 106[39]: 625-31). http://www.physorg.com/news174050180.html Medicine & Health Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:30:10 EST news174050180 Asthma, nasal symptoms and eczema is a major public health problem in Sweden, not least among young people. Half of all teenagers are affected in Västra Götaland County in West Sweden. This is shown in a study conducted in 2008 by the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, on the request of the Public Health Committee, Region Västra Götaland. The study also shows that the prevalence of allergies among young people has increased by ten percentage points since the year 2000. http://www.physorg.com/news172740556.html Medicine & Health Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:30:02 EST news172740556 Screening tests used to predict asthma activity in patients may have little tracking success when applied to people with persistent disease who are adhering to their health care regimens, UT Southwestern Medical Center physician report. http://www.physorg.com/news170956115.html Medicine & Health Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:00:08 EST news170956115 Some children with a history of severe milk allergy can safely drink milk and consume other dairy products every day, according to research led by the Johns Hopkins Children's Center and published in the Aug. 10 online edition of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. http://www.physorg.com/news169837764.html Medicine & Health Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:10:00 EST news169837764 It is widely believed that providing better access to medical care can improve the health of Americans. New research at National Jewish Health indicates, however, that having insurance and a medical provider is not enough to improve asthma control among elementary and middle school students. National Jewish Professor of Pediatrics Stanley Szefler, MD, and his colleagues report in the August 2009 issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology that asthma control was poor among 155 students with asthma, regardless of whether they had medical insurance or an identified medical provider. http://www.physorg.com/news168528111.html Medicine & Health Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:40:04 EST news168528111 To many parents, text messaging is an enigma -- a practice their children engage in when they could just make a phone call or walk down the street to their friends' houses. It seems to be a strange but harmless means of communication. http://www.physorg.com/news167063189.html Medicine & Health Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:30:01 EST news167063189 A research team led by the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology has identified the specific gene which triggers the body to produce disease-fighting antibodies -- a seminal finding that clarifies the exact molecular steps taken by the body to mount an antibody defense against viruses and other pathogens. The finding, published online today in the prestigious journal Science, has major implications for the development of new and more effective vaccines. The La Jolla Institute's Shane Crotty, Ph.D., was the lead scientist on the team, which also included researchers from Yale University. http://www.physorg.com/news166973037.html Medicine & Health Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:10:19 EST news166973037 A landmark study conducted by Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland is the first to reveal a new syndrome in children that presents with a combination of allergy, apraxia and malabsorption. http://www.physorg.com/news166786125.html Medicine & Health Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:00:03 EST news166786125 (PhysOrg.com) -- Young people with asthma have nearly twice the incidence of depression compared to their peers without asthma, and studies have shown that depression is associated with increased asthma symptoms and, in some cases, death. http://www.physorg.com/news166455270.html Medicine & Health Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:00:02 EST news166455270 (PhysOrg.com) -- Since the World Health Organization proclaimed smallpox officially eradicated in late 1979 - thanks to vaccination programs that produced a protective `herd immunity` for most of the globe - fear of the fever-causing, blistering, sometimes fatal infectious disease has faded. In fact, in the more than three decades that the disease has been wiped out, routine smallpox vaccination has virtually stopped for most of the population. http://www.physorg.com/news165590040.html Medicine & Health Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:14:57 EST news165590040 A new study shows how neighborhood characteristics play a significant role in childhood asthma. http://www.physorg.com/news163425208.html Medicine & Health Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:55:31 EST news163425208 Researchers from the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology have pinpointed the cellular defect that increases the likelihood, among eczema sufferers, of developing eczema vaccinatum, a severe and potentially fatal reaction to the smallpox vaccine. The research, conducted in mouse models, was funded under a special research network created by the National Institutes of Health in 2004. The network is working toward the development of a new smallpox vaccine that could be administered to the millions of Americans who suffer from atopic dermatitis, a chronic, itchy skin condition commonly referred to as eczema. http://www.physorg.com/news162449872.html Medicine & Health Mon, 25 May 2009 06:10:58 EST news162449872 Asthma patients who spend as little as 30 minutes with a health care professional to develop a personalized self-management plan show improved adherence to medications and better disease control, according to a new study by a team of researchers at the University of California, San Francisco. http://www.physorg.com/news160847902.html Medicine & Health Wed, 06 May 2009 17:05:07 EST news160847902 A new study indicates there may be yet another reason to reduce childhood obesity - it may help prevent allergies. The study published in the May issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology showed that obese children and adolescents are at increased risk of having some kind of allergy, especially to a food. The study was funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), both parts of the National Institutes of Health. http://www.physorg.com/news160655970.html Medicine & Health Mon, 04 May 2009 11:40:16 EST news160655970 If you're one of the millions who dread the spring allergy season, things are looking up. A research study appearing in the May 2009 issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology shows how a team of American scientists have identified a previously unknown cellular switch that turns allergies and asthma both on and off. Equally important, this study also suggests that at least for some people with asthma and allergies, their problems might be caused by genes that prevent this switch from working properly. Taken together, this information is an important first step toward new medications that address the root causes of allergies, asthma and other similar diseases. http://www.physorg.com/news160305091.html Medicine & Health Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:11:51 EST news160305091 Folic acid, or vitamin B9, essential for red blood cell health and long known to reduce the risk of spinal birth defects, may also suppress allergic reactions and lessen the severity of allergy and asthma symptoms, according to new research from the Johns Hopkins Children's Center. http://www.physorg.com/news160275145.html Medicine & Health Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:52:53 EST news160275145 Sublingual immunotherapy for the treatment of allergy symptoms caused by a wide variety of environmental inhalants has been effectively used in Europe. It should be employed to further treatment of allergies in the United States, where allergic symptoms are largely undertreated, according to an invited article in the April 2009 issue of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. A response to the article, published in the same journal issue, expresses cautious optimism, but calls for additional research. http://www.physorg.com/news160224166.html Medicine & Health Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:43:11 EST news160224166 New research provides evidence for a link between vitamin D insufficiency and asthma severity. http://www.physorg.com/news159686149.html Medicine & Health Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:16:35 EST news159686149 It's spring allergy season, and many of you are ready to wave the white flag -- a wad of tissues, that is -- in surrender. http://www.physorg.com/news158839432.html Medicine & Health Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:04:31 EST news158839432 Michelle Stevens first noticed the red, blotchy patches on her toddler's feet after he started walking. Every time Noah walked outdoors in their grassy backyard, the blotches appeared. http://www.physorg.com/news158435472.html Medicine & Health Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:51:29 EST news158435472 One reason for the development of allergy may be malfunction of the respiratory epithelium, which allows allergens to bind to, enter and travel through the epithelium. Two studies by Finnish research groups on this subject have recently been published in two international biomedical journals (1) Allergy, and (2) Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. http://www.physorg.com/news157972592.html Medicine & Health Fri, 03 Apr 2009 10:17:42 EST news157972592 Considerably more people than previously believed are allergic to the most common fragrance ingredient used in shampoos, conditioners and soap. A thesis presented at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden found that over 5% of those who underwent patch testing were allergic to the air oxidized form of the fragrance ingredient linalool. http://www.physorg.com/news157371504.html Medicine & Health Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:19:06 EST news157371504 (PhysOrg.com) -- A precise, new nanotechnology treatment for drug addiction may be on the horizon as the result of research conducted at the University at Buffalo. http://www.physorg.com/news157053913.html Nanotechnology Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:08:59 EST news157053913 One in five children are now affected by this skin condition, which is often associated with an allergy. Many people believe that certain foods are responsible, or at least make the symptoms worse. However, in information published today, the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care stresses that parents should be cautious about eliminating important foods like milk from their baby's or child's diet. http://www.physorg.com/news156780503.html Medicine & Health Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:08:59 EST news156780503 Nearly four per cent of ACT kindergarten children have a peanut allergy and while the region's schools are well prepared to cope with this, some parents are taking inappropriate action when dealing with their child's allergy, according to a new study. http://www.physorg.com/news156521107.html Medicine & Health Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:05:19 EST news156521107 A carefully administered daily dose of peanuts has been so successful as a therapy for peanut allergies that a select group of children is now off treatment and eating peanuts daily, report doctors at Duke University Medical Center and Arkansas Children's Hospital. http://www.physorg.com/news156349642.html Medicine & Health Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:27:59 EST news156349642 (PhysOrg.com) -- If you think that you are allergic to penicillin, ask yourself this: How do you know? http://www.physorg.com/news154893468.html Medicine & Health Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:58:09 EST news154893468 It isn`t beach weather in most of the United States right now, but it`s never too early to be thinking about spring and summer. Unfortunately, for people with allergies, today`s daydreams can turn into nightmares about sneezing, red eyes and a runny nose. But help may be on the way! http://www.physorg.com/news153757866.html Chemistry Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:32:43 EST news153757866 A new study demonstrates that a chemical mediator in the blood that influences immune cell migration also plays a key role in maintaining the balance between the build-up and breakdown of bones in the body. This mediator, which acts on cells that degrade bone, may provide a new target for scientists developing therapies and preventions for bone-degenerating diseases such as osteoporosis and rheumatoid arthritis. http://www.physorg.com/news153322772.html Medicine & Health Sun, 08 Feb 2009 13:40:09 EST news153322772