News tagged with allergy symptoms

Too many kids breathe others' smoke in cars: CDC

Texting while driving, speeding and back-seat hanky-panky aren't all that parents need to worry about when their kids are in cars: Add secondhand smoke to the list.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 7

A new cat in adulthood can up your allergy risk

(Medical Xpress) -- According to a new study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, getting a cat for the first time as an adult can nearly double your chances of developing allergies to the ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 28, 2011 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

Next-generation allergy vaccines to be developed in Finland to create effective and safe desensitization therapies

VTT Ventures Oy has established a spin-off which develops next-generation allergy vaccines. The spin-off is called Desentum Oy, and its operations are based on a VTT patented technology. Years of research, testing and official ...

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created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

More evidence that allergies may help in fighting brain tumors

A study published online Oct. 18 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute provides some new but qualified support for the idea that the immune system's response to allergies may reduce the risk of developing deadly ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Vitamin C may be beneficial for asthmatic children

Depending on the age of asthmatic children, on their exposure to molds or dampness in their bedroom, and on the severity of their asthma, vitamin C has greater or smaller beneficial effect against asthma, according to a study ...

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created Aug 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Probiotic drinks help against allergies

Probiotic drinks such as Yakult and Vivit can alleviate the symptoms of pollen allergies, says Wageningen UR PhD scholar Yvonne Vissers. They do this by diminishing the amounts of certain proteins that cause hay fever. The ...

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created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New tool to assess asthma-related anxiety

When children or adolescents with asthma and their parents become overly anxious about the disorder, it may impair their ability to manage the asthma effectively. A new, effective tool to assess asthma-related anxiety is ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Living near busy roadways ups chances of allergic asthma

An international team of lung experts has new evidence from a study in shantytowns near Lima, Peru, that teens living immediately next to a busy roadway have increased risk of allergies and asthma. The odds can go up by ...

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created Jan 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Low-allergenic wines could stifle sniffles and sneezes in millions of wine drinkers

Scientists have identified a mysterious culprit that threatens headaches, stuffy noses, skin rash and other allergy symptoms when more than 500 million people worldwide drink wine. The discovery could help winemakers in developing ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 17, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Research strengthens evidence of link between paracetamol use in pregnancy and childhood asthma

Evidence suggesting that the risk of childhood asthma associated with prenatal paracetamol exposure may depend on antioxidant genes in the mother has been found by a team of UK scientists. The results of their study - which ...

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created Nov 10, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Acetaminophen use in adolescents linked to doubled risk of asthma

New evidence linking the use of acetaminophen to development of asthma and eczema suggests that even monthly use of the drug in adolescents may more than double risk of asthma in adolescents compared to those who used none ...

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created Aug 13, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Folic acid may help treat allergies, asthma

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 ...

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created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 2