Feature Channels: Allergies

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A new study highlights the association between asthma, smoking and nicotine dependence.

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Asthma is the leading cause of hospital visits and missed school days in children, according to the National Institute of Health. A chronic condition, pediatric asthma requires continual care to prevent serious, life-threatening asthma attacks. In recognition of National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month in May, a Geisinger expert offers advice on how to manage your child’s asthma.

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A new therapy available to help pediatric patients with asthma and pneumonia is helping patients at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore located in northwest, Baltimore, Maryland.

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Dr. Joseph Leija conducts the first official allergy count for the Midwest of 2011 on behalf of the National Allergy Bureau.

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Building on research he’s conducted for the past 10 years in Canada and Britain, Larché and his research team have developed a vaccine which is effective and safe with almost no side effects. The research is published in a recent (January 2011) issue of the Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology, a leading journal in the allergy field.

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Official Allergy Count for the Midwest begins Friday, April 1 with Loyola/Gottlieb Memorial Hospital's Dr. Joseph Leija.

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An allergist, is available to comment on asthma and a free screening program.

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Allergies and colds can have some similar symptoms, but look for these clues to help you tell them apart and find the right treatment.

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A free asthma screening program is taking place across the country this spring in more than 200 locations.

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In what they described as the opening of a new era in the development of potentially life-saving new drugs, scientists today reported discovery of a way to tone down an overactive gene involved in colon cancer and block a key protein involved in asthma attacks. The scientists will describe their research on these so-called stapled peptides at the 241st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Anaheim.

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Fewer than one in 10 children with asthma use traditional inhalers correctly, according to a new study. Researchers also found that the majority of health-care providers did not demonstrate or assess children’s use of such devices during pediatric asthma visits.

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A new study by researchers at RTI International, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and the Norwegian Institute of Public Health refutes previous findings that oral contraceptive use before pregnancy is linked to respiratory problems in children.

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Changes that occur in the airways of asthma patients are in part caused by the naturally occurring protein interleukin-13 (IL-13) which stimulates invasion of airway cells called fibroblasts, according to a study conducted by researchers at Duke University. The study is the latest effort by researchers to better understand the processes that are involved in airway remodeling that can cause breathing difficulties in patients with asthma.

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Survey conducted by Allergy & Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics (AANMA) reveals uncertainty allergy and asthma patients face daily.

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A new anti-asthma medication dramatically reduced increases in seasonal asthma attacks in children and young adults with allergic asthma, according to a multi-institutional study involving a UT Southwestern Medical Center physician.

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Four novel biomarkers have been identified which may aid in the diagnosis and management of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a study conducted by researchers in Australia, who determined the biomarkers may be used in different combinations to successfully identify patients with either of the airway diseases. In conducting the study, the researchers relied on proteomics, an emerging field of science that focuses on the structure and functions of an organism’s proteins.

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A new study links anemia in pregnancy with a baby's respiratory health.

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Each year nearly 50 million Americans develop an annoying skin rash after coming in contact with poison ivy. But researchers are working on a pharmaceutical product to rein in the allergic reaction in people already sensitive to the plants and prevent it altogether in those who aren't.

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Allergist expert available to discuss the FDA's removal of allergy medications from the market and what impact it may have on patients with allergies.

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Rather than falling for myths, allergists offer facts about what works when treating spring allergies.