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,…
Systemic mastocytosis, a rare blood disorder, affects the entire body. There are many challenges associated with living with this systemic mastocytosis that are centered around reducing the frequency…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Cow’s milk oral immunotherapy appears to desensitize milk allergic children, a study indicates, although further work is needed to determine optimal dosing and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The presence and severity of mental illness are associated with an increased risk of asthma, according to study findings in the December issue…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Most asthma medications used during pregnancy have little or no adverse effect on the developing fetus, new research shows. The possible exception is…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In children aged 6 to 11 years with inadequately controlled allergic asthma, adding the anti-IgE monoclonal antibody omalizumab (Xolair; Novartis) to optimized treatment…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Direct administration of allergen into the lymph nodes, rather than the skin, reduces both the number and dose of allergen injections required to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Contrary to widespread recommendations, early consumption of peanuts in infancy is associated with a low prevalence of peanut allergy, results of a study…
Dr. Talissa Altes from the University of Virginia Health System discusses the use of hyperpolarized gas MRI in diagnosing and treating asthma and other pulmonary disorders. References and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Asthma patients who are black tend to have more severe disease than asthma patients who are white, leading to more asthma control problems,…
Dr. John Huang at the Yale Eye Center talks about the possible causes for posterior uveitis, a serious inflammatory condition in the back of the eye. References and…
