ballochroy.com » Allergies http://ballochroy.com Health issues and information Thu, 24 May 2012 04:55:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Loss Of Biodiversity May Lead To Increase In Allergies And Asthma http://ballochroy.com/allergies/loss-of-biodiversity-may-lead-to-increase-in-allergies-and-asthma/ http://ballochroy.com/allergies/loss-of-biodiversity-may-lead-to-increase-in-allergies-and-asthma/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 18:32:07 +0000 roy http://ballochroy.com/allergies/loss-of-biodiversity-may-lead-to-increase-in-allergies-and-asthma/ Declining biodiversity may be contributing to the rise of asthma, allergies, and other chronic inflammatory diseases among people living in cities worldwide, a Finnish study suggests. Emerging evidence indicates that commensal microbes inhabiting the skin, airway, and gut protect against inflammatory disorders. However, little is known about the environmental determinants of the microbiome…

View full post on Allergy News From Medical . . . → Read More: Loss Of Biodiversity May Lead To Increase In Allergies And Asthma]]> Declining biodiversity may be contributing to the rise of asthma, allergies, and other chronic inflammatory diseases among people living in cities worldwide, a Finnish study suggests. Emerging evidence indicates that commensal microbes inhabiting the skin, airway, and gut protect against inflammatory disorders. However, little is known about the environmental determinants of the microbiome…

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]]> http://ballochroy.com/allergies/loss-of-biodiversity-may-lead-to-increase-in-allergies-and-asthma/feed/ 0 Seasonal Allergies May Be A Good Thing http://ballochroy.com/allergies/seasonal-allergies-may-be-a-good-thing/ http://ballochroy.com/allergies/seasonal-allergies-may-be-a-good-thing/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 18:28:28 +0000 roy http://ballochroy.com/allergies/seasonal-allergies-may-be-a-good-thing/ Seasonal allergies could, in fact, be a sign that the body is doing what it is supposed to do; that your immune system is protecting you from environmental toxins, which damage your health much more than pollen or other allergens, researchers from Yale School of Medicine andthe Howard Hughes Medical Institute reported in Nature…

View full post on Allergy News From Medical . . . → Read More: Seasonal Allergies May Be A Good Thing]]> Seasonal allergies could, in fact, be a sign that the body is doing what it is supposed to do; that your immune system is protecting you from environmental toxins, which damage your health much more than pollen or other allergens, researchers from Yale School of Medicine andthe Howard Hughes Medical Institute reported in Nature…

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]]> http://ballochroy.com/allergies/seasonal-allergies-may-be-a-good-thing/feed/ 0 Autism Linked To Immune System Problems, Further Evidence Found http://ballochroy.com/allergies/autism-linked-to-immune-system-problems-further-evidence-found/ http://ballochroy.com/allergies/autism-linked-to-immune-system-problems-further-evidence-found/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:28:51 +0000 roy http://ballochroy.com/allergies/autism-linked-to-immune-system-problems-further-evidence-found/ According to a study in the April 2012 International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, the plasma of children with autism disorder (AD) had significantly lower levels of various cytokines, compared with that of unrelated healthy siblings from other families, who had family members with autism spectrum disorders (ASD)…

View full post on Allergy News From Medical . . . → Read More: Autism Linked To Immune System Problems, Further Evidence Found]]> According to a study in the April 2012 International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, the plasma of children with autism disorder (AD) had significantly lower levels of various cytokines, compared with that of unrelated healthy siblings from other families, who had family members with autism spectrum disorders (ASD)…

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]]> http://ballochroy.com/allergies/autism-linked-to-immune-system-problems-further-evidence-found/feed/ 0 Food Ingredients That Cause Milk Allergy May Be Missed By Standard Test http://ballochroy.com/allergies/food-ingredients-that-cause-milk-allergy-may-be-missed-by-standard-test/ http://ballochroy.com/allergies/food-ingredients-that-cause-milk-allergy-may-be-missed-by-standard-test/#comments Sun, 08 Apr 2012 18:29:27 +0000 roy http://ballochroy.com/allergies/food-ingredients-that-cause-milk-allergy-may-be-missed-by-standard-test/ The standard test used to detect milk-protein residues in processed foods may not work as well as previously believed in all applications, sometimes missing ingredients that can cause milk allergy, the most common childhood food allergy, which affects millions of children under age 3, a scientist reported at the 243rd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Socie…

View full post on Allergy News From Medical . . . → Read More: Food Ingredients That Cause Milk Allergy May Be Missed By Standard Test]]> The standard test used to detect milk-protein residues in processed foods may not work as well as previously believed in all applications, sometimes missing ingredients that can cause milk allergy, the most common childhood food allergy, which affects millions of children under age 3, a scientist reported at the 243rd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Socie…

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]]> http://ballochroy.com/allergies/food-ingredients-that-cause-milk-allergy-may-be-missed-by-standard-test/feed/ 0 Gut Bacteria Control Allergic Diseases http://ballochroy.com/allergies/gut-bacteria-control-allergic-diseases/ http://ballochroy.com/allergies/gut-bacteria-control-allergic-diseases/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:28:40 +0000 roy http://ballochroy.com/allergies/gut-bacteria-control-allergic-diseases/ When poet Walt Whitman wrote that we “contain multitudes,” he was speaking metaphorically, but he was correct in the literal sense. Every human being carries over 100 trillion individual bacterial cells within the intestine – ten times more cells than comprise the body itself…

View full post on Allergy News From Medical . . . → Read More: Gut Bacteria Control Allergic Diseases]]> When poet Walt Whitman wrote that we “contain multitudes,” he was speaking metaphorically, but he was correct in the literal sense. Every human being carries over 100 trillion individual bacterial cells within the intestine – ten times more cells than comprise the body itself…

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]]> http://ballochroy.com/allergies/gut-bacteria-control-allergic-diseases/feed/ 0 Potential For Improved Diagnosis, Treatment Of Painful Food Allergy Following Discovery Of Genetic Marker http://ballochroy.com/allergies/potential-for-improved-diagnosis-treatment-of-painful-food-allergy-following-discovery-of-genetic-marker/ http://ballochroy.com/allergies/potential-for-improved-diagnosis-treatment-of-painful-food-allergy-following-discovery-of-genetic-marker/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:29:35 +0000 roy http://ballochroy.com/allergies/potential-for-improved-diagnosis-treatment-of-painful-food-allergy-following-discovery-of-genetic-marker/ Researchers have identified a genetic signature for a severe, often painful food allergy – eosinophilic esophagitis – that could lead to improved diagnosis and treatment for children unable to eat a wide variety of foods…

View full post on Allergy News From Medical . . . → Read More: Potential For Improved Diagnosis, Treatment Of Painful Food Allergy Following Discovery Of Genetic Marker]]> Researchers have identified a genetic signature for a severe, often painful food allergy – eosinophilic esophagitis – that could lead to improved diagnosis and treatment for children unable to eat a wide variety of foods…

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]]> http://ballochroy.com/allergies/potential-for-improved-diagnosis-treatment-of-painful-food-allergy-following-discovery-of-genetic-marker/feed/ 0 New Targets Discovered For The Treatment Of Asthma, Allergies http://ballochroy.com/allergies/new-targets-discovered-for-the-treatment-of-asthma-allergies/ http://ballochroy.com/allergies/new-targets-discovered-for-the-treatment-of-asthma-allergies/#comments Sat, 03 Mar 2012 18:28:54 +0000 roy http://ballochroy.com/allergies/new-targets-discovered-for-the-treatment-of-asthma-allergies/ A collaboration between scientists in Trinity College Dublin and the United Kingdom has identified new processes that lead to the development of a novel cell implicated in allergies. The discovery has the potential for new strategies to treat asthma and other allergic diseases. The research findings have just been published in the leading international journal Nature Immunology…

View full post on Allergy News From Medical . . . → Read More: New Targets Discovered For The Treatment Of Asthma, Allergies]]> A collaboration between scientists in Trinity College Dublin and the United Kingdom has identified new processes that lead to the development of a novel cell implicated in allergies. The discovery has the potential for new strategies to treat asthma and other allergic diseases. The research findings have just been published in the leading international journal Nature Immunology…

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]]> http://ballochroy.com/allergies/new-targets-discovered-for-the-treatment-of-asthma-allergies/feed/ 0 Discovery Of New Molecule Could Lead To New Treatments For Allergy http://ballochroy.com/allergies/discovery-of-new-molecule-could-lead-to-new-treatments-for-allergy/ http://ballochroy.com/allergies/discovery-of-new-molecule-could-lead-to-new-treatments-for-allergy/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:29:34 +0000 roy http://ballochroy.com/allergies/discovery-of-new-molecule-could-lead-to-new-treatments-for-allergy/ Scientists at The University of Nottingham have discovered a new molecule that could offer the hope of new treatments for people allergic to the house dust mite…

View full post on Allergy News From Medical . . . → Read More: Discovery Of New Molecule Could Lead To New Treatments For Allergy]]> Scientists at The University of Nottingham have discovered a new molecule that could offer the hope of new treatments for people allergic to the house dust mite…

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]]> http://ballochroy.com/allergies/discovery-of-new-molecule-could-lead-to-new-treatments-for-allergy/feed/ 0 Sunshine May Help To Prevent Allergies And Eczema http://ballochroy.com/allergies/sunshine-may-help-to-prevent-allergies-and-eczema/ http://ballochroy.com/allergies/sunshine-may-help-to-prevent-allergies-and-eczema/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:28:22 +0000 roy http://ballochroy.com/allergies/sunshine-may-help-to-prevent-allergies-and-eczema/ Increased exposure to sunlight may reduce the risk of both food allergies and eczema in children, according to a new scientific study…

View full post on Allergy News From Medical . . . → Read More: Sunshine May Help To Prevent Allergies And Eczema]]> Increased exposure to sunlight may reduce the risk of both food allergies and eczema in children, according to a new scientific study…

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]]> http://ballochroy.com/allergies/sunshine-may-help-to-prevent-allergies-and-eczema/feed/ 0 Perrigo Announces FDA Final Approval For Desloratadine http://ballochroy.com/allergies/perrigo-announces-fda-final-approval-for-desloratadine/ http://ballochroy.com/allergies/perrigo-announces-fda-final-approval-for-desloratadine/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:28:54 +0000 roy http://ballochroy.com/allergies/perrigo-announces-fda-final-approval-for-desloratadine/ Perrigo Company (Nasdaq: PRGO;TASE) announced that it has received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) for Desloratadine tablets (5 mg). Perrigo had been sued for patent infringement based upon its filing of an ANDA containing a Paragraph IV certification and settled the case in 2008…

View full post on Allergy News From Medical . . . → Read More: Perrigo Announces FDA Final Approval For Desloratadine]]> Perrigo Company (Nasdaq: PRGO;TASE) announced that it has received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) for Desloratadine tablets (5 mg). Perrigo had been sued for patent infringement based upon its filing of an ANDA containing a Paragraph IV certification and settled the case in 2008…

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