AAAAI Roundup: Perioperative Assessment of Antibiotic Allergy With a Mobile App Plus, other selected poster presentations from the allergy meeting Mar 04, 2024
Medicaid Expansion and Healthcare Workers; Cardiac Rehabilitation Also in TTHealthWatch: cognition and memory after COVID Mar 02, 2024 podcast
Epinephrine Nasal Spray Starts Reversing Allergic Reactions in Minutes After FDA rejection, needle-free EpiPen alternative bolsters its case with small challenge study Mar 01, 2024
Peanut Allergen Sensitization Seen in Younger Siblings of LEAP Study Participants If peanuts were introduced in the first year of life, however, this effect was reduced Mar 01, 2024
Indoor Pest Exposures Tied to Respiratory Issues in Kids With Asthma Mice, cockroach allergens associated with upper respiratory infections with reduced lung function Feb 29, 2024
Novel Antibody for Chronic Hives Brings Relief in Mid-Stage Trial Urticaria severity reduced within weeks of treatment Feb 28, 2024
Oral Drug Gains Steam as On-Demand Option for Hereditary Angioedema Attacks Investigational sebetralstat offered symptom relief in under 2 hours Feb 28, 2024
Dupilumab Cuts Lung Inflammation, Breaks Up Mucus Plugs in Asthma Patients In VESTIGE trial, IL-4/IL-13 blocker also improved airway volumes and airflow Feb 26, 2024
Asthma Control Better With Biologic-Corticosteroid Combo Post hoc data showed durable benefits over high-dose corticosteroid alone Feb 26, 2024
Drug Slashes Risk of Severe Allergic Reactions to Multiple Foods Benefits with omalizumab shown for patients with nut, milk, egg, and wheat allergies Feb 26, 2024
Benralizumab Matches Mepolizumab for Rare Vasculitis Similar rates of patients with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis achieved remission Feb 23, 2024
First Drug OK'd for Reducing Allergic Reactions From Multiple Foods 68% of patients who received omalizumab tolerated a single dose of peanut after 16-20 weeks Feb 16, 2024
Female Reproductive Factors Linked to COPD Risk Age at menarche and menopause, number of children seem to play a role Feb 13, 2024
FDA Approves First Oral Option for Eosinophilic Esophagitis Fixed-duration course of corticosteroid indicated for patients 11 years and up Feb 12, 2024
Phenylephrine Sales Steady Before FDA Panel Called It Ineffective But reformulation of products containing OTC "decongestant" could affect the supply chain Feb 09, 2024
Does the QoL Impact of Food Allergies Affect Girls, Women More? Female patients and caregivers report worse QoL scores than male counterparts, review finds Feb 08, 2024
Health Effects of Extreme Heat, Wildfire Smoke Worse When Combined And the negative effects harm low-income and nonwhite communities the most Feb 02, 2024
Clinical Challenges: Test Your Knowledge of Food Allergies A three-question quiz covering our series on different aspects of food allergy management Jan 31, 2024
Clinical Challenges: Anaphylaxis and Epinephrine Patients need to be trained in administering epinephrine to avoid delaying treatment, experts say Jan 31, 2024
Opioid Exposure in Womb Tied to Kids' Risk for Eczema, Dermatitis, and Asthma No link between prenatal exposure and risk for autoimmune conditions, however Jan 18, 2024
Telehealth, Default Orders Show Promise in Palliative Care Telecare improved quality of life for people with chronic illnesses Jan 17, 2024
Gabapentinoids in COPD Patients May Raise Risk for Severe Exacerbations 39% higher risk compared with nonusers, database study finds Jan 16, 2024
Are Your Patients Prepared to Switch Their Asthma Inhaler? With the discontinuation of Flovent, we must prevent gaps in care Jan 12, 2024
Clinical Challenges: Oral Immunotherapy for Food Allergies Long waitlists, low reimbursement among frustrations reported in real world Jan 10, 2024
Dupilumab in Line to Be the First Approved COPD Biologic In two phase III trials, the treatment reduced exacerbations and improved lung function Dec 28, 2023
FDA Rejects Drug for Chronic Cough Agency cites efficacy concerns in review of P2X3 receptor antagonist gefapixant Dec 21, 2023
Asthma Attacks Decreased Among Black Patients During the Pandemic Protective measures may have played a part in reducing respiratory virus exposures Dec 18, 2023
Epinephrine Was First an Asthma Treatment This mainstay of treatment for severe allergic reactions was once a drug without a disease Nov 24, 2023
Drug Candidate for Chronic Cough Rejected by FDA Panel Gefapixant's benefit not clinically meaningful enough, panelists say Nov 17, 2023
Here's Why People Think They Developed Food Allergies Survey finds that 13% thought genetics were responsible, 27% blamed eating behaviors Nov 16, 2023
Unclear if Chronic Cough Drug Has Meaningful Benefit, FDA Reviewers Say Previously rejected gefapixant will face agency's panel of outside experts on Friday Nov 16, 2023
Added Leukotriene Receptor Antagonists Show Benefits in Chronic Urticaria Off-label use along with antihistamines improved activity, itch, and wheal count scores Nov 15, 2023
Novel BTK Inhibitor for Chronic Hives Wins in Phase III Trials Remibrutinib demonstrated superiority over placebo in both the REMIX-1 and -2 trials Nov 14, 2023
Asthma-Tracking App Shows Some Promise for Reducing ED Visits No benefit for the privately insured in trial, but participants on Medicaid had lower risk Nov 14, 2023
AI Gets It Mostly Right on Allergy Myths ChatGPT sometimes gave opposite answers, and clinicians themselves didn't always agree Nov 13, 2023
Many Primary Care Docs Unfamiliar With Biologics for Asthma In a survey, 42% of PCPs said they were "not familiar" with biologic therapies for asthma Nov 13, 2023
Benefits of Peanut Allergy Skin Patch for Toddlers Grow After First Year Open-label extension of EPITOPE trial shows increased tolerance at 24 months Nov 13, 2023
Peanut Allergy Toothpaste Shows Promise in Phase I Trial Patients taking the oral mucosal immunotherapy reported only minor adverse effects Nov 13, 2023
'Uncertain' Link Between Allergic Diseases and Long COVID, Review Finds Pre-existing asthma, rhinitis showed some correlation with post-COVID conditions Nov 10, 2023
