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OXFORD, England and SAN ANTONIO, February 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Circassia Ltd, a specialty biopharmaceutical company focused on allergy, today announced the results of a phase II clinical study showing that a short course of just four doses of its ToleroMune(R) cat allergy therapy maintained improvements in patients' symptoms two years after the start of treatment. The results were presented at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and...

[WATCH VIDEO: Cure for Peanut Allergy May Be... Peanuts] redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Race and possibly genetics influence whether or not children will develop food-related allergies, researchers from the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit have discovered in a new study. According to HealthDay News, the study focused on over 500 children who were making clinical visits at the age of two. Each youngster was skin-tested for three types of food allergens – egg...

Research from the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) looked at the effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) exposure on a sample of children in Fresno, California. SAN ANTONIO, TX (PRWEB) February 23, 2013 Outside air pollutants are a known trigger of asthma, the most common chronic disease in children according to the World Health Organization, but whether these pollutants actually cause new cases of asthma is still being...

The Allergy Advocacy Association of Rochester, New York to participate in a legislative event on February 27 to advocate for the passage of school access to Epinephrine Act. State Senate bill S02210 and Assembly bill A2566 would authorize students with allergies to carry and self-administer prescribed epinephrine, and require schools to maintain a supply of epinephrine for emergency use on students who have undiagnosed allergies. Rochester, NY (PRWEB) February 22, 2013 The Allergy...

SAN ANTONIO, Feb. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- United Allergy Services (TM) (UAS), a leading healthcare services company empowering family physicians and health systems to deliver safe and effective allergy testing and customized immunotherapy services, today announced that the Travis County District Court in Austin, Texas entered an agreed injunction that preserves a patient's right to receive allergy testing and immunotherapy treatment from a highly qualified primary care or...

Asthma and Allergy Foundation Poll Finds Patients Already Have Many Healthcare Challenges WASHINGTON, Feb. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) is out with a new poll re-confirming what AAFA already learned from a previous study and from 60 years of continual nonprofit service to the asthma and allergy community: patients nationwide strongly oppose proposed laws to change popular over-the-counter (OTC) medications to...

GARDEN GROVE, Calif., Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- HYCOR Biomedical, Inc. ("HYCOR"), a leading manufacturer and marketer of in vitro diagnostic products for the global allergy and autoimmune markets, today announced that it has sold its urinalysis business to an affiliate of One Rock Capital Partners, Laurel Crown Partners, and StoneCreek Capital. The sale includes the KOVA(®) system of urinalysis products. HYCOR is a portfolio company of Linden Capital Partners ("Linden"). "The...

MCLEAN, Va., Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Meth addiction is a worldwide epidemic of unimaginable proportions, with an estimated 15,000 deaths in the United States alone last year. States with prescription-only pseudoephedrine laws show a decrease in meth labs, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released today. Allergy & Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics (AANMA) supports legislation to return pseudoephedrine (PSE) medications to the...

Request an ACE Training For Your School Or Workplace And Increase Your Anaphylaxis Awareness MCLEAN, Va., Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Valentine's Day often revolves around food--perhaps a dinner date at a nice restaurant or a box of chocolates for a loved one. If you or a loved one has life-threatening food allergies, are you prepared? Preventing anaphylaxis requires the skill to ask questions about ingredients and the confidence to say, "No, thank you" to any food...

Board certified pulmonologist discusses the role of exhaled nitric oxide (eNO) testing in asthma diagnosis and management. Despite many advances in understanding the complexities of the disease, many patients do not receive adequate care to control their asthma. Portland, OR (PRWEB) February 07, 2013 The identification of potential asthma biomarkers has led to the development of noninvasive methods for assessing inflammation in the airways, including eNO testing to measure the level of...