Study Reassures on Asthma Med Use in Pregnancy and Kids' Neuropsych Risks Use of leukotriene-receptor antagonists not tied to risks of ADHD, autism, Tourette syndrome Mar 07, 2023
Very Low-Dose OIT Shows Efficacy for Peanut-Allergic Kids Plus, for sesame-allergic kids, oral desensitization effective with crushed sesame seeds, tahini Mar 02, 2023
Avoiding Just This Dietary Trigger Helps Resolve Eosinophilic Esophagitis Easier alternative to six-food elimination diet shown effective Mar 01, 2023
Stress-Related COVID Vaccine Reactions May Mimic Anaphylaxis ISRR may contribute to elevated rate of "allergic" reactions, small study suggests Mar 01, 2023
Sustained Benefits With Mepolizumab in Severe Eosinophilic Asthma A fifth of patients no longer needed oral steroids 2 years after starting biologic Mar 01, 2023
Peanut-Allergic Kids With Other Food Allergies, Eczema See Responses With EPIT Will epicutaneous immunotherapy be a lower-burden alternative to oral immunotherapy? Feb 28, 2023
Biologics for Asthma: Who Gets Them and Who Uses Them? Single-center study finds sluggish prescriptions, but patient-level barriers are also at work Feb 28, 2023
Investigational Biologic Shows Efficacy for HAE Prophylaxis Once-a-month drug had a big impact on attack rates Feb 27, 2023
Intranasal Corticosteroid Efficacy Affirmed in Pediatric Chronic Rhinosinusitis Quality of life, nasopharyngeal microbiome richness increase seen in children receiving treatment Feb 27, 2023
Real-World Data Confirm Early Peanut Feeding Benefit for High-Risk Infants But caregivers reported that following the feeding protocol was not always easy Feb 27, 2023
Sublingual Immunotherapy Appears Viable in Treating Peanut Allergies in Kids 70% achieved clinically significant desensitization in prospective study Feb 24, 2023
Childhood Eczema Rose in Past Two Decades, With Unexplained Racial Divides Black and multiracial children had the greatest increases in eczema Feb 22, 2023
Primary Care COPD Screening Tool Shows Mixed Results CAPTURE highlights challenges in detecting patients with undiagnosed COPD Feb 15, 2023
Hospital Frailty Risk Score Not Up to Snuff for Patients With COPD Exacerbation Population-based score had low sensitivity compared with the bedside Clinical Frailty Scale Feb 02, 2023
Moderna Booster Vaccine Singled Out for Chronic Hives Chronic spontaneous urticaria more frequent when compared with Pfizer's mRNA vaccine Feb 01, 2023
Asthma Control Worldwide Remains Less Than Ideal Income, access to drugs and management plans affect asthma control across age groups, study shows Jan 31, 2023
Gesundheit! Allergies Affect More Than One in Four Adults and children alike face high rates, federal survey shows Jan 26, 2023
FDA Approves Novel Dual Rescue Inhaler for Asthma in Adults First-in-class Airsupra combines inhaled corticosteroid and short-acting beta2 agonist Jan 11, 2023
Use of Acid-Suppressive Medications in Infants May Lead to Allergic Diseases However, no meaningful associations were seen with prenatal exposure Jan 10, 2023
Conspiracy Theorists' Cancer Beliefs; HIV Meds and Ethnicity Also in TTHealthWatch: sodium levels and health outcomes Jan 07, 2023 podcast
EPA Favors Stricter Air Quality Standards But are proposed limits for particulate matter pollution enough? Jan 06, 2023
COVID's Lasting Consequences for Kids Allergist Zachary Rubin, MD, details the post-COVID symptoms presenting at his clinic Dec 27, 2022 video
Early Win for Gene Therapy in Rare Form of SCID 10 infants were able to make their own T cells; safety good so far Dec 21, 2022
Data on Dupixent in Eosinophilic Esophagitis Now Published First peer-reviewed accounting of efficacy and safety results in pivotal trial Dec 21, 2022
Flu, RSV, and COVID: The Pediatric 'Tripledemic' Allergist Zachary Rubin, MD, discusses the "staggering" uptick in cases, hospitalizations Dec 21, 2022 video
Pharmacogenomic Results Clear to Young Cancer Patients' Families But few guardians shared these results with other care providers Dec 09, 2022
Make the Diagnosis: Ring Around His Mouth: Why? A 7-year-old boy was brought to the doctor by his mother regarding a facial rash that had developed over the past few weeks. Can you diagnose the patient? Dec 08, 2022
Hearing Loss and Dementia; Burden of Death From Bacterial Infections Also in TTHealthWatch: stopping cervical cancer screening Nov 26, 2022 podcast
Low-Dose Morphine Not Helpful for COPD Patients With Chronic Dyspnea More research needed to distinguish physiological from behavioral effects of dyspnea Nov 22, 2022
Kids Exposed to Smoke In Utero Had Better Lung Function If Moms Popped Vitamin C Follow-up findings from VCSIP trial shows better airway flow, decreased wheeze at age 5 years Nov 21, 2022
New Treatment Options on the Horizon for Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria Monoclonal antibodies, BTK inhibitor alleviate symptoms when antihistamines fall short Nov 16, 2022
Skin Patch Helped Young Kids With Peanut Allergies More kids had responses, decreased symptom severity, versus those who received placebo Nov 15, 2022
CRISPR Shows Promise for Hereditary Angioedema in First-in-Human Trial No safety concerns reported and swelling attacks declined Nov 15, 2022
Toddlers With Peanut Allergy Tolerate Oral Immunotherapy PTAH, already approved for those ages 4-17, also attenuated the sensitivity in younger children Nov 14, 2022
Asthma Deterioration Slowed With Combination Inhaler Albuterol-budesonide also reduced time with severe exacerbations Nov 14, 2022
Finding Potential Ties Between Baby-Soft Skin and Risk for Food Allergy Later On Are moisturizers to blame for increased chances for childhood food allergies? Nov 13, 2022
Sped-Up IDT an Option After Flying-Bug Stings Accelerated interdermal skin testing not tied AEs in small study Nov 12, 2022
FDA Panel Backs Novel Combination Inhaler for Asthma in Adults Only Agency advisors reject budesonide-albuterol sulfate inhaler for children, split on adolescents Nov 09, 2022
Novel Combination Inhaler for Asthma Heads to FDA Panel Agency reviewers ask panelists to consider if extrapolated data are appropriate for younger ages Nov 07, 2022