News articles tagged with 'allergic' (Page 7)
Mediterranean diet in pregnancy helps ward off childhood asthma and allergy
— 17 Jan 2008 18:47 | HealthMums to be who eat a Mediterranean diet while pregnant could help stave off the risks of asthma and allergy in their children, suggests research published ahead of print in Thorax…
Study helps explain how allergic reactions are triggered
— 14 Jan 2008 17:41 | HealthIn demonstrating that a group of calcium ion channels play a crucial role in triggering inflammatory responses, researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre (BIDMC) have not…
Living with nut allergy, a new study
— 10 Jan 2008 18:24 | HealthThe incidence of nut allergy is on the increase in Western societies, as is the attention it receives from the public and from the media, yet little research has been carried out on…
Eczema still on the increase in developing countries
— 7 Jan 2008 18:50 | HealthExperts are warning policy makers that allergic disease might replace infectious disease as a major cause of ill health in cities undergoing rapid demographic changes in developing…
Tracking down allergenic substances
— 4 Jan 2008 19:24 | HealthAt present, animal tests are the only way of determining whether a particular chemical can cause an allergic reaction. Researchers working on the Sens-it-iv project are developing alternative…
Protein a possible key to allergy and asthma control
— 3 Jan 2008 13:02 | HealthActivating a protein found on some immune cells seems to halt the cells' typical job of spewing out substances that launch allergic reactions, a study by Johns Hopkins researchers suggests.…