Allergy and Immunology News

Mitchell Grayson, MD, associate professor of pediatrics , medicine, microbiology and molecular genetics at the Medical College of Wisconsin, and an investigator at the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Research Institute, was elected to the prestigious American Society for Clinical Investigation at the Society's annual meeting April 26 in Chicago.

Kate O'Reilly's spring allergy survival kit includes the usual stuff - nasal sprays, allergy pills and a box of tissues.

The trees and flowers are blooming, and the temperatures are rising. Why, then, are you so miserable? If you suffer from allergies, those beautiful blooms can make spring a challenge.

Anyone with multiple seasonal allergies is definitely suffering more this year. Thanks to a cold spring, instead of a gradual progression from tree to grass pollen, pollination occurred almost simultaneously making the last few weeks unbearable.

Austin is known almost as much for allergies as it is live music. However, at the moment, most allergens are taking a break, so what's still causing the respiratory difficulty and itchy, watery eyes? Doctors say it's giant agricultural fires south of the border.

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Kate O'Reilly's spring allergy survival kit includes the usual stuff - nasal sprays, allergy pills and a box of tissues.

Allergies to tree pollen are in full bloom in the Midwest-and when spring allergy season begins, it comes on fast, according to local allergists.

A recent report by the Center for Disease Control shows a huge jump in the number of American kids with food and skin allergies.

Although spring allergies are mild in most of California, when allergy season begins, it comes on fast, according to allergists familiar with the area.

What should you do if you're suffering from the high pollen count? How do you know if you are having an allergic reaction, to pollen, animals, foods or other items? What are allergies, and how should children deal with them? Dr.

Researchers Madhavan Nair, right, and Sakhrat Khizroev, at Florida International University, developed a technique that can release the anti-HIV drug AZTTP into the brain.

WBBM's Steve Miller reports allergists have predicted this year will be just as bad as last year for allergies, although at least it didn't start until later this year.

Allergy research is constantly progressing and changing. That's why parents that have children with severe allergies need to be aware.

Washington, May 9 : A bizarre 12-centimetre-long skeleton found in a pouch in a ghost town in the Atacama Desert of Chile ten years ago has confused scientists and UFO enthusiasts.

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All this rain should scrub the air from pollen giving a bit of relief to those runny noses and itchy eyes.

Allergies to tree pollen are in full bloom in the Midwest-and when spring allergy season begins, it comes on fast, according to local allergists.

Dr. James Li is chair of the Division of Allergic Diseases in the Department of Internal Medicine and a board-certified asthma and allergy specialist.

The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act radically hikes small-business costs, impoverishes states and violates the plain language of the U.S. Constitution, claims a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Houston, Texas.