Implementation of penicillin allergy de-labelling calls for an understanding of the key barriers and enablers in healthcare systems – topics that the iNAAN and ALABAMA studies address, explains… read more.
The PALACE study showed that in people at low-risk of penicillin allergy, a direct oral challenge with penicillin was no less effective than standard allergy testing for determining… read more.
Neil Powell combines the roles of a consultant antimicrobial pharmacist and a clinical researcher at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro. His current research is focused on the… read more.
Babies and young children with more mature communities of bacteria present in their gut are less likely to develop allergy-related wheezing or asthma, according to research presented at… read more.
A global phase 3 clinical trial that included Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago found that a year-long immunotherapy through a skin patch safely desensitized… read more.
A vitamin D3 deficiency can lead to severe symptoms, for example in people suffering from allergic asthma. This has already been shown in several studies. However, we still… read more.
People with atopic (allergic) diseases like asthma or eczema may be at heightened risk of the painful and often disabling joint condition, osteoarthritis, finds research published online in… read more.
Boiling peanuts for up to 12 hours could help overcome children’s allergic reactions, according to the results of a clinical trial which found up to 80% of children… read more.
UBC researchers demonstrated in 2019 that pre-schoolers can safely overcome peanut allergies with a treatment called oral immunotherapy. Now they have evidence that the earlier pre-schoolers start this… read more.
NICE (UK)-Palforzia from Aimmune/Nestle is recommended, within its marketing authorisation, as an option for treating peanut allergy in children aged 4 to 17. It can be continued in… read more.
A retrospective study of outpatient records for millions of patients in the UK reveals that the overuse of broad-spectrum alternative antibiotics among patients who are probably not allergic… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Treatment of pain and fever with acetaminophen (Tylenol, etc.) does not exacerbate asthma in young children, researchers reported on August 18 NEJM/New England Journal of Medicine.
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