CVS Pulls Certain Decongestants from Store Shelves
CVS Health is pulling certain oral decongestants from its shelves that contain phenylephrine, an ingredient an FDA panel recently deemed ineffective.
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Climate Change Affecting Pollen Season, Allergies
Pollen season is starting earlier and lasting longer than in past decades, and climate change is a factor, according to experts at ACAAI.
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FDA Approves Sublingual Drug for Dust Mite Allergy for Adolescents
The FDA expanded its approval of Odactra, a sublingual allergen extract to treat house dust mite-induced allergic rhinitis, to ages 12 through 17.
Asthma and Allergies in Children Conceived with Infertility Treatment
The risk of asthma and allergies may be greater among children conceived with infertility treatment, suggests a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health.
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Allergic Disorders Tied to Increased Risk of High Blood Pressure, Heart Disease
Adults with history of allergic disorders have an increased risk of high blood pressure and coronary heart disease, with the highest risk seen in Black male adults, according to data presented at ACC Asia 2022.
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Microneedle Peanut Allergy Therapy Shows Promise
A microneedle peanut allergy therapy could significantly improve desensitization by directly targeting the allergen to the skin, providing greater protection from severe allergic reactions for millions of people.
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Longer, More Intense Allergy Seasons Could Result from Climate Change
Allergy seasons are likely to become longer and grow more intense as a result of increasing temperatures caused by climate change.
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Asthma and Seasonal Allergies
Indiana University researchers are studying new ways to treat seasonal or intermittent asthma caused by seasonal allergies.
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Pollen Season is Getting Longer and More Intense with Climate Change–Here’s What Allergy Sufferers Can Expect in the Future
New research shows that the U.S. will face up to a 200% increase in total pollen this century if the world continues producing carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles, power plants and other sources at a high rate.
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Report Ranks Worst Cities for Allergy Sufferers
Some cities may trigger worse seasonal allergies than others. A new report reveals which locations lead to the worst allergies.
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FDA Clears the Olympus Celeris Single-Use Sinus Debrider
The Olympus Celeris system contains the only single-use sinus debrider on the market and is indicated for cutting, coagulation, debriding and removal of thin bone and soft tissue in general ENT and sinus/rhinology procedures.
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Gene Variant Indicates Effectiveness of Immunotherapy for Allergies
Results suggest that allergy patients carrying a genetic variant have an increased risk of being non-responders to sublingual immunotherapy in their second season of the immunotherapy.
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Oral Immunotherapy Induces Remission of Peanut Allergy in Some Young Children
Giving peanut oral immunotherapy to highly peanut-allergic children ages 1 to 3 years safely desensitized most of them to peanut and induced remission of peanut allergy in one-fifth.
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Prenatal/Neonatal Exposure to Laxatives May Increase Allergy Risk
A five-year study found children exposed to laxatives in utero or in infancy had a higher prevalence of allergic disease development later in life, including allergic rhinitis.
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Sesame Allergy and Anaphylaxis: Clearer Labeling Needed
Among those who self-reported an allergic reaction to sesame, more than 56% of products which contained sesame did not declare sesame on the label.
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