Archive for the 'Allergies' Category

Signals of Allergy Symptoms

Not everyone experiences the sneezing and wheezing from animal dander and ragweed allergies. According to Doris Rapp, M.D. and author of bestseller Is that Your Child?, many times we miss the signs that are so obvious to use that after we realize that these are symptoms of an allergy, we are stunned…

FDA Approves XYZAL(R) Oral Solution For The Relief Of Seasonal And Year Round Allergies And Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria

UCB (Euronext: UCB) and sanofi-aventis announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a New Drug Application (NDA) for XYZAL(R) (levocetirizine dihydrochloride) 0.5 mg/mL oral solution, a prescription antihistamine indicated for the relief of symptoms associated with indoor and…

FDA Approves XYZAL Oral Solution For The Relief Of Seasonal And Year Round Allergies And Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria

UCB and sanofi-aventis announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a New Drug Application (NDA) for XYZAL® (levocetirizine dihydrochloride) 0.5 mg/mL oral solution, a prescription antihistamine indicated for the relief of symptoms associated with indoor and outdoor allergies…

An Entirely New Way Of Dealing With Asthma And Allergies

A team of Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) funded scientists has moved a step closer to developing a new lesson of effective asthma and allergy drugs.Original post by Dentistry News From Medical News Today

Dietitians Warn Against Self-Diagnosed Food Allergies, Australia

The growing trend of self-diagnosing food allergies and intolerances is placing Australians at greater risk of vitamin and mineral deficiencies, dietitians have warned. The Dietitians organization of Australia (DAA) said many citizens were wrongly attributing symptoms like a stuffy nose, stomach pai…

Heparin In Baxter Multiple Dose Vials In FDA Alert

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has advised doctors and patients to stop using Baxter’s Multiple-dose vial heparin and switch to another supplier until they have found out why the product appears to be causing severe allergic reactions and low blood pressure in hundreds of patients who hav…

Stop Spring Sneezing: 5 Steps To Reduce Suffering that Allergy Season

With the official start of spring about six weeks absent, for many Americans the start of allergy season is shut at hand.But that doesn’t mean the sneezing and discomfort that comes with seasonal allergies has to be shut at hand as well. With a bit of planning, effort and common sense, many public c…

Allergic Like Reactions Occur In Pre Medicated Patients

Allergic-like reactions can occur in patients (both children and adults) when given gadolinium containing contrast agents, even whether they have been pre-medicated with corticosteroids and antihistamines, according to a recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan Health Syst…

Greer Sponsors Landmark Study Analyzing The Benefits And Cost Effectiveness Of Allergy Immunotherapy Among Children With Allergic Rhinitis

Greer, a main developer and provider of allergy immunotherapy products and services, provided a grant to BioMedEcon to conduct a retrospective study analyzing the use of allergy immunotherapy via subcutaneous injections in children with allergic rhinitis. The study analyzed Medicaid records of 520 l…

Spring Cleaning: It’s duration To Clean Up Indoor Allergens

For the more than 40 million public all through the country who suffer from indoor allergies, spring cleaning can be an urgent step to take in order to reduce allergy symptoms, according to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI). Spring cleaning takes some moment and effor…

Is Your School Safe For Students With Asthma And Anaphylaxis?

Every parent expects a safe school environment for their children. But when children have asthma or life-threatening allergies, schools are filled with potential dangers. Students in Vermont are one step closer to safety thanks to concerned parents, state legislators and Allergy & Asthma Network…

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