Latest Allergen Stories

Asthma & Allergy Friendly Certification Program Continues to Expand in the Bedroom WASHINGTON, April 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More than 60 million American adults and children live with asthma or allergies, and the numbers are growing. These chronic respiratory diseases are characterized by sneezing, wheezing, coughing and difficulty breathing. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120404/DC82616) Mattresses can be a major source of asthma and allergy triggers,...

BROADVIEW, Ill., April 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MS -- The worst is over, we're thinking. With winter officially behind us, we need only look to warmer days ahead. Not so for those who suffer from seasonal allergies. A short winter season followed by an early spring -- as we have experienced lately -- may only hasten the onset of allergens and pollen in the air, causing an itchy and runny nose, teary eyes, sneezing and congestion in those who are prone to allergies. (Photo:...

(Ivanhoe Newswire)-- Did you know that the most common childhood food allergy is found in milk? A standard test that is used to detect food ingredients that cause milk allergy may actually not be working, putting millions of children under the age of 3 at risk for an allergic reaction. Joseph L. Baumert, Ph.D., who was in charge of the studied explained that thermal and non-thermal processing of foods can change the proteins responsible for milk allergy in ways that make the proteins more...

A New Approach to Red, Itchy, Watery Eyes from Bio-Logic Aqua Research Founder Sharon Kleyne. Grants Pass, OR (PRWEB) April 02, 2012 Spring and summer are the worst seasons for eye allergy discomfort. A new, easy, effective and inexpensive method of preventing or soothing eye allergies, according to eye health advocate Sharon Kleyne, is to pay attention to the water content of your eyes' tear film. Sharon Kleyne is host of the Sharon Kleyne Hour Power of Water syndicated radio show and...

IRVINE, Calif., March 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Animal Dermatology Clinic, the largest group of board certified veterinary dermatology specialists nationwide, sees increases in allergic symptoms in pets as pollen counts skyrocket. With seven full-time hospitals and twenty-two satellite locations the twenty-one doctors that makeup Animal Dermatology Clinic provide a variety of diagnostics and medical therapies to help pets who suffer from allergies. Environmental allergies in...

Allergy Foundation Releases New "Spring Allergy Capital" Rankings, Knoxville is #1 WASHINGTON, March 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today is the vernal equinox - otherwise known as the official end of winter and the start of spring. But even if you didn't look at your calendar today, chances are your nose already figured it out. That's because more than 40 million Americans have nasal allergies (also called, allergic rhinitis or "hay fever"). Springtime allergy triggers -...

Adults and children in a recent study could correctly identify, on average, fewer than half of an assortment of the peanuts and tree nuts that are among the most common food allergens in the United States. Parents of children with peanut and tree-nut allergies did no better at identifying the samples in the survey than did parents of children without this food allergy. And only half of participants with a peanut or tree-nut allergy correctly identified all forms of the nuts to which they...

CHICAGO, March 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- International Home and Housewares Show and Newark, Calif. -- Neato Robotics®, a Silicon Valley company that pioneers new technologies and products to free people from household chores, today announced a new automatic vacuum cleaner that's designed especially for pet owners and allergy sufferers. The Neato XV-21, which works on all floor types, includes a new bristled brush to improve the pick-up of pet hair, dander and fibers and allows the...

OXFORD, England, March 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Circassia Ltd, a specialty biopharmaceutical company focused on allergy, today announced that its ragweed allergy therapy has achieved positive results in a key phase II clinical trial. In the study, patients with more severe symptoms achieved a significantly greater improvement following treatment with the ToleroMune(R) T-cell vaccine than those on placebo (pless than or equal to0.05). The results were presented at the 2012...

Scientists at The University of Nottingham have discovered a new molecule that could offer the hope of new treatments for people allergic to the house dust mite. The team of immunologists led by Dr Amir Ghaem-Maghami and Professor Farouk Shakib in the University’s School of Molecular Medical Sciences have identified the molecule DC-SIGN which appears to play a role in damping down the body’s allergic response to the house dust mite . The molecule can be found on the surface of the...