More Allergy & Asthma News

• Barriers to Good Asthma Care Detailed

  November 10 (HealthDay News) -- Poor access to appropriate care and distrust of doctors are ...

• Childhood Food Allergies on the Rise

  November 10 (HealthDay News) -- The number of U.S. children allergic to foods such as ...

• New Compound Might Be Improvement over Allergy Shots

  November 9 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental compound may represent an improvement over burdensome shots ...

• U.S. Experts Still Unsure of Allergy Relief by Mouth

  November 6 (HealthDay News) -- Even though orally delivered "sublingual immunotherapy" (SLIT) is used to ...

• Powdered Milk Helps Kids Overcome Milk Allergy

  November 5 (HealthDay News) -- Consuming increasingly higher doses of powdered milk may help children ...

• Too Many High-Risk Teens Not Getting Flu Shots

  November 4 (HealthDay News) -- Too few American adolescents with asthma and other high-risk illnesses ...

• Use of Kids' Meds on the Increase

  November 3 (HealthDay News) -- Medication use among children across the United States is dramatically ...

• Gas Stove Emissions Boost Asthma in Inner-City Kids

  October 24 (HealthDay News) -- High levels of nitrogen dioxide emissions from gas stoves can ...

• Food Allergies Up 18% Among U.S. Children

  October 22 (HealthDay News) -- The number of American kids with food allergies has soared ...

• Kids, Adults React Equally to Allergy Patch Tests

  October. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Adults and children who have allergy patch tests are equally ...

• Gene Variations, Secondhand Smoke Linked to Early Asthma

  October 15 (HealthDay News) -- Certain genetic variations previously identified as putting people at higher ...

• Kids Who Wheeze with Rhinovirus at Higher Asthma Risk

  October 2 (HealthDay News) -- Young children who wheeze when they have rhinovirus infection -- ...

• Asthma Meds Don't Work as Well in Overweight Patients

  October 2 (HealthDay News) -- The inhaled steroids that are often used to treat asthma ...

• Studies Ignite Hope for Long-Acting Allergy Vaccines

  September 28 (HealthDay News) -- A vaccine that protects against the miserable symptoms of ragweed ...

• Acetaminophen Linked to Childhood Asthma

  Sept. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Children given acetaminophen during the first year of life to ...

• Mom's Diet Can Alter Genes to Raise Babies' Asthma Risk

  Sept. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Increasing use of folic acid and other dietary supplements by ...

• Daycare Infants Less Likely to Develop Asthma

  Sept. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Children who attended a daycare center as infants are 35 ...

• FDA Mulls Changes to Allergy Labeling on Foods

  September 16 (HealthDay News) -- Responding to concerns that food labels aren't doing enough to ...

• More Sweat Equals Lower Risk of Exercise-Induced Asthma

  September 8 (HealthDay News) -- The more an athlete sweats, the lower the risk of ...