Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is an autoimmune disorder where antibodies target platelets, leading to their destruction in the spleen and resulting in reduced platelet counts. It often presents…
In an interview conducted at the 2024 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting in San Diego, California, Prithviraj Bose, MD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An investigational formulation of azelastine and fluticasone (MP29-02) is more effective than either agent alone as intranasal therapy for moderate-to-severe seasonal allergic rhinitis…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Muscle relaxants don’t ease the pain of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and only topical capsaicin among studied neuromodulators offers some relief, according to two…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Sublingual and oral immunotherapy may help some children with milk allergy, but clinical desensitization is quickly lost and systemic reactions occur with oral…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The effects of an H1 receptor antagonist in reducing allergen-induced nasal symptoms appear to be enhanced with the addition of an H3 receptor…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Contrary to persistent concerns, the use of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha antagonists, as a group, to treat autoimmune diseases is not associated with…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Managing food allergy in infants, children and adolescents is nothing short of challenging, for a whole host of reasons. A State-of-the-Art Review Article…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A regimen of pre-seasonal and seasonal sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) for grass pollen allergy reduces symptoms by more than a third after three pollen…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Infants and toddlers aged 6 to 23 months in North America are currently given a half-dose of split-virus trivalent influenza vaccine (TIV), but…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Certain disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) may lower the risk of diabetes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or psoriasis, according to an observational…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with severe uncontrolled asthma, adding inhaled tiotropium to standard treatment improves lung function significantly, according to a study published June 3rd…
