About 30 percent of Americans believe they have food allergies. However, the actual number is far smaller, closer to 5 percent, according to a recent study commissioned by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). That’s due in large part to the unreliability of the skin test that doctors commonly use to test…
Archive for September, 2010
Agency For Healthcare Research And Quality News And Numbers: Oregon And Vermont Show Fewest Hospitalizations For Children With Asthma
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
Oregon and Vermont reported the nation’s lowest rates of avoidable hospitalizations for asthma in children ages 2 to 17 in 2006, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Oregon reported the lowest rate of potentially avoidable hospitalizations, at 44 per 100,000 children. Vermont followed closely, with 46…
Better Animal-Free Test for Chemicals That Can Cause Contact Dermatitis
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
Scientists are reporting development of a fast, simple, inexpensive method for determining whether chemicals in consumer products and workplaces may cause skin allergies in people — a method that does not involve use of animals.
Their study appears in ACS’ Chemical Research in Toxicology, a monthly journal.
Itai Chipinda and his colleagues note the existence of public…
Half Of Severe Asthma Cases In Children Are Not Untreatable; Just Follow The Basics.
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
Many youths appear resistant to treatment from the onset of a severe asthmatic condition. Why? Simply put, many have been wrongly diagnosed or caretakers have not followed asthma treatment guidelines properly.
There is no one cure-all for this condition that is a chronic, or long-term lung disease that inflames and narrows the airways. Although treatment techniques…
