Filed under Food Allergy, News
It is important for parents to pay attention to the report ?Living With Food Allergy? ? ?Food Allergy Among U.S. Children: Trends in Prevalence and Hospitalizations? released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, as it shows some worrying results: food allergies are increasing among US kids at an alarming rate. According to the report, children with food allergies are two to four times more likely to suffer from asthma or other respiratory problems and eczema, compared to children without.
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Allergies, among, Children, concern, Food, Nowadays
Filed under News
If you had been cooking for a while and you are very particular about the right ingredients selection of your favorite recipe, I am sure you understand how good quality water can help to improve the taste of the foods and drinks you served. Often we take it for granted or forget to include water as part of our ingredients in our recipe. Imagine when you serve your food to your guest and it comes with a funny smell like you just get out from swimming pool. You cook your special dishes to impress the one you love, instead he or she is annoyed by the extra odor from the dishes. When you pour the tap water into a clear glass, you notice the tap water is not as clear as it supposed to be but you just can’t tell what is the impurities that make it look tainted. If you were to drink the water, it tastes some kind of chemical or rotten stuff.
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Chef, Expert, Filter, Health, Recipe, Recommendation, Secret, sink, Water
Filed under News
- Some cell phone users may get a skin rash in reaction to the nickel in their cell phones, a condition that the British Association of Dermatologists has dubbed “mobile phone dermatitis.”
The British Association of Dermatologists issued a news release yesterday to inform doctors to be aware of the allergic reaction.
Nickel allergy is common, and people who are allergic to nickel may get a rash on their cheek or ear if they spend a lot of time talking on a cell phone containing nickel. They might also get a rash on the fingers if they send lots of text messages, according to the association.
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Cell, Nickel, Phone, Rash, Skin, Tied
Filed under News
HIV patients who began treatment earlier than is currently recommended lived longer compared to those who followed guidelines, US and Canadian researchers found.
HIV virus ravages the immune system?s T-cells that fight off germs. Once this process begins, people are vulnerable to a series of diseases that can be fatal. Current guidelines by the government and the International AIDS Society recommend that patients who are not yet having AIDS symptoms delay starting on retroviral drugs until their T-cell count fall below 350 per cubic millimeter of blood. Healthy people have more than 800. The recommendation was given as retroviral drugs can cause heart and cholesterol problems, diarrhea, nausea and other side effects.
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Early, Improvement, Shows, Survival, Treatment
Filed under News
LONDON (Reuters) - Pills used to treat common skin infections caused by fungi also appear to help some people with severe asthma, according to a British study published on Monday.
Volunteers with an allergic reaction to one or more fungi showed significant improvements in their asthma after taking antifungal itraconazole pills, David Denning at University Hospital of South Manchester and colleagues reported.
Airborne fungi can worsen asthma but the study published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine is the first to show that antifungal therapy can actually improve severe asthma symptoms, the researchers said.
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Antifungal, Asthma, Could, help, pills, Study, Treat
Filed under Food Allergy, News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 3 million U.S. children have a food or digestive allergy — an 18 percent increase over the past 10 years, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Wednesday.
Eight types of food account for 90 percent of these food allergies: milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, soy and wheat, the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics found.
Reactions range from a tingling sensation around the mouth and lips, to hives and sometimes even death in the most severe cases.
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Allergies, Children, Have, more, Reports
Filed under News
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, has asked Integrated BioTherapeutics Inc. to develop a vaccine that protects against Ebola and Marburg viruses.
The Germantown-based company will get $22 million under the multiyear contract, and if options are exercised, could get $65 million.
Ebola and Marburg, which are considered bioterrorist threats, lead to death 30 percent to 90 percent of the time that they are contracted, and there are currently no vaccines or therapeutics to treat infected humans.
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: BioTherapeutics, develop, Integrated, Vaccine
Filed under News
Up to 150,000 people suffering from severe asthma in the UK could benefit from taking antifungal medication already available from pharmacists, new research has found.
University of Manchester scientists found that pills used to treat everyday fungal infections greatly improved symptoms of asthma in those patients that had an allergic reaction to one or more fungi.
The study, carried out at four hospitals in northwest England and published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine , is the first to show that antifungal therapy can improve the symptoms of those who suffer from severe asthma.
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Antifungal, Asthma, Could, Medication, provide, relief, sufferers
Filed under Food Allergy, News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 3 million U.S. children have a food or digestive allergy — an 18 percent increase over the past 10 years, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Wednesday.
Eight types of food account for 90 percent of these food allergies: milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, soy and wheat, the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics found.
Reactions range from a tingling sensation around the mouth and lips, to hives and sometimes even death in the most severe cases.
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Allergies, Children, Have, more, Reports
Filed under News
When it comes to medications to treat insomnia, there are many options to choose from. They include drugs created specifically to treat insomnia, drugs designed for other uses which also help promote sleep, and over the counter medications. Medicines commonly used as sleep aids include: - FDA approved prescription sleep medications (hypnotics) - Antidepressants - Antipsychotic medications - Over-the-counter (OTC) Medicines, such as antihistamines, are also commonly used as sleep aids.
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Insomnia, Medications, Melissa, Posted, treatments
Next entries »
