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Food Allergy Initiative and Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network Announce Intent to Merge NEW YORK, FAIRFAX, Va., May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The nation's two leading food allergy organizations are uniting to advance a cure and promote education for food allergy, a severe and potentially life-threatening disease. The Food Allergy Initiative (FAI) and the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN) today announced their intent to merge, pending regulatory approvals....

Innovation Saves Lives WASHINGTON, May 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Patients -- everyday people -- don't always get a word in edgewise on Capitol Hill. But on May 10, 2012, Allergy & Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics (AANMA) - the nation's leading nonprofit organization dedicated to ending needless death and suffering due to asthma, allergies and related conditions - is having a conversation with Congress about healthcare at the 15th annual Allergy & Asthma Day...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- An estimated 50 million Americans suffer from the miseries of allergies and about 50 percent of individuals with seasonal and indoor allergies also experience some degree of eye symptoms. On the new edition of Healthy Vision(TM) with Dr. Val Jones, Paul Karpecki, OD, FAAO, a top authority on eye allergies, joins Dr. Val to talk about how to identify, treat, and manage eye symptoms from seasonal and indoor allergies. Eye redness,...

Declining biodiversity may be contributing to the rise of asthma, allergies, and other chronic inflammatory diseases among people living in cities worldwide, a Finnish study suggests. Emerging evidence indicates that commensal microbes inhabiting the skin, airway, and gut protect against inflammatory disorders. However, little is known about the environmental determinants of the microbiome. Ilkka Hanski et al. from the Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, investigated whether...

U-M team shows cells' role in inflaming airways in mice, and finds similar cells in the blood of humans with asthma, pointing to a possible target for treatment ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For most people with asthma, a couple of puffs from an inhaler filled with steroids makes breathing easy. But if their lungs become resistant to the calming effect of that medicine, they live in fear of severe asthma attacks that could send them to the hospital - or...

OTTAWA, May 7, 2012 /CNW/ - Health Canada is reminding Canadians of the importance of allergy awareness. For those individuals with food allergies, severe allergic reactions can occur quickly and without warning, and some foods can be life-threatening to people of all ages, particularly children. It is estimated, based on clinically documented cases, that approximately 1.8 million Canadians may be affected by food allergies. Some studies indicate that these numbers are...

New research from an Indianapolis-based allergist has revealed that some Amish children are less likely to suffer from asthma or allergies than other youngsters. In his study, lead author Dr. Mark Holbreich analyzed Amish kids who were raised on rural farms in northern Indiana and found that they even have lower rates of those two ailments than Swiss children, who are widely recognized for their lack of allergy-related symptoms, Reuters reporter Kerry Grens wrote on Friday. Dr....

LANCASTER, Pa. and ROCKVILLE, Md., May 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Immunomic Therapeutics, Inc., ("ITI," Lancaster, PA) a privately-held biotechnology company with laboratories in Rockville, MD, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has completed its review of the Investigational New Drug Application ("IND") filed for the allergy immunotherapy, JRC- LAMP-vax((TM)). On April 12th, the FDA notified ITI that there will be no clinical hold and that ITI may now...

EUGENE, Ore., May 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- So Delicious® Dairy Free, makers of an extensive line of coconut and almond milk products, and the world's only dairy-free, gluten-free cookie dough "ice cream," proudly announces that famed quarterback, Drew Brees, and his philanthropist wife, Brittany, have joined their team to spread the word about delicious foods for households managing food allergies and food sensitivities. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release,...

Nation's Largest Public Health Plan Honored for High-Quality Asthma Care With Environmental Controls LOS ANGELES, May 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- L.A. Care Health Plan has been selected to receive the United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) 2012 National Environmental Leadership Award in Asthma Management for its exemplary efforts to deliver high-quality asthma care that includes environmental controls. "L.A. Care is honored to receive the highest national...