Allergy

WHAT THE HAY: Allergy season is back, and it's bad


If you’re sneezing and crying, if you’re blowing your nose and rubbing your itchy eyes, you know what’s wrong. It’s spring. You have allergies, what some call “hay fever.”

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Patients Say No-Shot Treatment Brings Allergy Relief

NBC Dallas Fort Worth

Dr. Ray Nannis with Nannis Chiropractic in Richardson is the first doctor in North Texas to use the Allergicare system to address the problems of chronic allergies.

 

NIAID Plans $20M for Immune Response Studies

GenomeWeb News

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases will give $20 million next fiscal year to fund projects focused on creating a network that will use systems biology, proteomics, transcriptomics, and a range of other approaches to study human immune responses.

 

11 unexpected allergy culprits

MSNBC

The spring allergy season has sprung, but don’t blame your watery eyes and runny nose entirely on pollen.

 

Allergy Season Longer Than Usual, Allergist Says

WCVB Boston

'Tis the season for allergy sufferers. As NewsCenter 5's Heather Unruh reported Tuesday, there's a reason spring allergy sufferers are having an unusually difficult season.

 

Peak pollen levels bring allergy miseries

Wausau Daily Herald

Central Wisconsins airborne pollen levels hit a seasonal high last week, causing misery for Paige Flitcroft and people like her.

 

Allergy Med Side Affects Raise Parental Concern

WLKY Louisville

Singulair is one of the most popular allergy and asthma medications on the market, but the FDA is investigating reports of serious behavioral side effects in children.

 

Circassia Begins Phase II Clinical Trial With Ragweed Allergy Therapy

redOrbit

OXFORD, England, May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Circassia Ltd, a specialty biopharmaceutical company focused on allergy, today announced that it has initiated a phase II clinical development programme for its ragweed allergy therapy.

 

Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network Commits $1.1 Million for Food Allergy Research

Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance

FAIRFAX, Va.----In research centers throughout the country, six leading scientists are working on potential food allergy vaccines and therapies, painstakingly studying anaphylaxis to better understand it, and trying to solve the mysteries of food allergy development, thanks to a $1.12 million commitment from the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network .

 

FAAN invests $1.1m in allergy research

Nutraingredients.com

FAAN has already invested $4.3m in research for prevention and treatment of allergies, which could potentially include allergy vaccines, the organization said.

 

6 ways to prevent, treat seasonal allergy symptoms

Baltimore Sun

Spring is the time of year when many people complain about seasonal allergy symptoms such as runny noses, congestion, rashes, itchy and watery eyes, sneezing, coughing--and just generally feeling miserable. About 16.9 million Americans had allergies in 2007, and there were 12.2 million doctor's office visits for allergies in 2006, according to the National Center for Health Statistics.