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And report released in from the Harvard School of Medicine suggests that climate changes are driving an epidemic of respiratory disease.. Los Angeles Times , The Nation Nut Allergy Came With New Liver, Study Says A man who received a liver transplant got a life threatening nut allergy from the new organ, Australian d ors report. The organ had come from a year old boy who died of an allergic reaction to peanuts, the d ors reported in Monday's Archives of Internal Medicine. Dr. Tri Giang Phan, an immunology specialist at Sydney's Royal Prince Alfred Hospital who was involved in the case, said he knew of only one other report in medical literature of an allergy being.. Herald Sun, The (Durham, NC) , Exposure to pets may prevent allergies Contrary to widespread belief, children who grow up with cats or dogs may be at less risk for developing pet allergies and less susceptible to ragweed, grass and dust mite allergies, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, is believed to be the first of its kind in the United States that showed early exposure to pets has a protective effect on developing pediatric.. Los Angeles Times , Early Exposure to Pets May Put Leash on Allergies Immunology A study asserts that children who are around at least two dogs or cats by age have a % lower risk than those who aren't. Exposure to at least two dogs or cats in the first year of life may drastically reduce the risk of allergies, including reactions to molds, grasses and pollen, scientists report in an unusual line of research published last week. The team of Georgia scientists pursuing this seemingly offbeat path of research says it now has some fairly solid leads on how animals help ward off allergies, including those known to trigger asthma. "We started this research almost years ago,..
Star Ledger, The (Newark, NJ) , Bad news in the air for allergy sufferers The hot and sunny summer of may be a delight for beachgoers, but it is already starting to inflict misery on many allergy sufferers sensitive to ragweed. Of the million Americans who suffer from seasonal allergies, three in every four are bothered by ragweed, a plant that produces large amounts of pollen. The American Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology yesterday predicted a severe ragweed season throughout the Northeast because of the higher than normal.. Atlanta Journal Constitution, The (GA) , It's sneezin' season Allergies in full bloom Atlantans sniffle, suffer as pollen count soars earlier than normal. The Atlanta area's notorious allergy season has blossomed big time, filling d ors' offices with sniffling, miserable people, shocking Yankee transplants and threatening to become the worst spring on record for people sensitive to homegrown pollens. Early this week, the Atlanta Allergy & Asthma Clinic recorded the second highest pollen count since it began measuring the irritants in. Monday's reading was compared with , on.. AAAAI Spring Allergies and Cough PRNewswire If you have seasonal allergies, you may notice a lingering cough that won't go away this spring. Cough is a common symptom of seasonal allergies such as allergic rhinitis (hayfever). In fact, cough is the most common respiratory symptom for which patients seek medical attention, according to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI). Allergens that trigger seasonal allergies are often common, usually harmless substances such as pollen,.. Allergies to seafood usually don't surface until adulthood Seafood allergies are far more common than previously thought and twice as prevalent as nut allergies in Americans. As many as in American adults may have an allergy to seafood, a telephone survey of , adults has determined. In conducting the survey, researchers at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York also found that seafood allergies usually do not emerge until adulthood and can occur even in those with no history of allergies. They can trigger reactions on the skin.. New York Times, The (NY) , Early Fevers May Lower Allergy Risk Babies who develop several fevers in their first year are less likely to develop allergies later in life, researchers said on Monday. The study lends support to the so called hygiene hypothesis, which proposes that unless children's immune systems fight infections early on, they can go into overdrive later and cause allergic reactions. Study examining medical records of children from birth to age one finds that half of children who did not have one fever during their.. Chicago Sun Times , Peanut allergy vaccine may be close to testing in humans An experimental vaccine against peanut allergies that protected mice from deadly reactions could begin human clinical tests in a year or two, according to a report in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

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