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First Family Will Have Tough Time Finding Hypoallergenic
Dog (HealthDay)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 14 (HealthDay News) -- President-elect Barack Obama
has inspired throngs around the world to say, "Yes, we can."
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Early Life Peanut Consumption Might Prevent Allergy (HealthDay)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Eating peanuts early in life
may help prevent development of peanut allergy, according to a study that
casts doubt on government health recommendations that infants and new
mothers shouldn't eat peanuts.
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Lymph node injections offer fast allergy therapy (Reuters)
Reuters - the substance that triggers an allergic reaction -- into the lymph nodes, rather than the skin, reduces both the number and dose of injections required to induce tolerance to the offending substance, researchers report. This appears to offer a rapid, save and effective way to treat IgE-mediated allergies.
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Allergists' dander up about Obama quest for dog (AP)
AP - Not to put a damper on the Obama family's canine quest, but allergists have a news flash: There's no such thing as a hypoallergenic dog.
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Lymph Node Shots Tested for Grass Pollen Allergy (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) -- A Swiss-led study appears to
point the way toward a faster, safer and less painful treatment for grass
pollen allergy by using direct injections into the lymph node.
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New Compound Might Be Improvement Over Allergy Shots (HealthDay)
HealthDay - SUNDAY, Nov. 9 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental compound may
represent an improvement over burdensome shots to treat allergies, not
only because it would be delivered over a shorter course of time, but
because it contains no actual allergens.
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Childhood Food Allergies on the Rise (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 10 (HealthDay News) -- The number of U.S. children
allergic to foods such as peanuts, milk and fish is rising rapidly.
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Drinking milk may ease milk allergy (Reuters)
Reuters - Milk may be a treatment for milk allergy. In a carefully controlled study, researchers from Johns Hopkins Children's Center and Duke University found that giving milk-allergic children milk in increasingly higher doses over time eased their allergic reactions to milk and even helped some of the children completely overcome their milk allergy.
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Immunotherapy may benefit allergic preschoolers (Reuters)
Reuters - Although there is controversy over the use of immunotherapy among children younger than 6 years old, a new study shows that it is safe and effective for the treatment of hayfever in this age group and may prevent the later development of more allergies and asthma.
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Survey looks at how schools handle food allergy (Reuters)
Reuters - A survey of nurses in elementary and middle schools found that food allergy action plans for students with food allergies are used inconsistently.
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