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Cause of Rare Immune Disease Identified: Genetic Mutation Leads to Cold Allergy, Immune Deficiency and Autoimmunity
January 11, 2012 — Investigators have identified a genetic mutation in three unrelated families that causes a rare immune disorder characterized by excessive and impaired immune function. Symptoms of this condition ... > full story -
Increased Risk of Developing Asthma by Age of Three After Cesarean
January 10, 2012 — A new study supports previous findings that children delivered by Cesarean section have an increased risk of developing ... > full story -
Memo to Pediatricians: Allergy Tests Are No Magic Bullets for Diagnosis, Experts Say
December 26, 2011 — An advisory from two leading allergists urges clinicians to use caution when ordering allergy tests and to avoid making a diagnosis based solely on test ... > full story -
Improved Medication Use Could Reduce Severe Asthma Attacks
December 12, 2011 — Researchers have found that one-quarter of severe asthma attacks could be prevented if only patients consistently took their medication as prescribed. Moreover, an asthma attack was only ... > full story -
Few Allergies in Unstressed Babies, Swedish Researchers Find
December 12, 2011 — A new study shows that infants with low concentrations of the stress-related hormone cortisol in their saliva develop fewer allergies than other infants. Hopefully this new knowledge will be useful ... > full story -
High Intestinal Microbial Diversity Safeguards Against Allergies, Study Suggests
December 8, 2011 — High diversity and a variety of bacteria in the gut protect children against allergies as opposed to some individual bacterial genera. These are the findings of a comprehensive study of intestinal ... > full story -
Immune System Has Protective Memory Cells, Researchers Discover
November 28, 2011 — The immune system possesses a type of cell that can be activated by tissues within the body to remind the immune system not to attack our own molecules, cells and organs, researchers have ... > full story -
Dirt Prevents Allergy, Danish Research Suggests
November 2, 2011 — If infants encounter a wide range of bacteria they are less at risk of developing allergic disease later in life, new research from Denmark ... > full story -
Substance from Bacteria Could Lead to Allergy-Free Sunscreen
October 25, 2011 — As the realization that radiation emitted by the sun can give rise to skin cancer has increased, so also has the use of sunscreen creams. These creams, however, can give rise to contact allergy when ... > full story -
More Evidence That Allergies May Help in Fighting Brain Tumors
October 20, 2011 — Subjects with somewhat elevated levels of antibodies produced to fight allergens were less likely to go on to develop brain tumors, according to a new study. The study adds to evidence from prior ... > full story
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