Longer pollen season bringing more risk for asthma patients Research shows the hay fever season is growing longer, and one expert says GPs are at the forefront of helping patients reduce complications.
General practice pilot to ease ‘significant impacts’ of hay fever To boost low adherence to treatments, a new trial aims to support GPs through a tailored education toolkit used alongside daily nasal spray.
Asthma breakthrough could prevent disease development New research is paving the way for an ‘exciting’ asthma treatment after scientists isolated a molecule crucial to long-term protection.
Omalizumab boosts allergy tolerance: Study US research has found the asthma drug is effective in helping those with food allergies, offering early, but ‘life changing’ hope.
‘Succinct’ guidance on preventing infant allergy Excluding potentially allergenic foods during pregnancy or from infants’ diets does ‘more harm than good’, experts say.
Future asthma risk flagged for babies with food allergy Even if the allergy is outgrown, poorer lung function outcomes are more likely by six years of age, a world-first study finds.
Skin patch shows promise for peanut allergy in toddlers The trialled patch was shown to be 67% effective in desensitisation to peanuts, but an expert says it won’t be the ‘Holy Grail’.
Can boiled peanuts improve child allergies? A new Australian trial suggests the process can reduce allergic reactions, but there are doubts over its long-term application.
BCG vaccine also boosts non-TB immune system: Study But while BCG is the world’s most commonly used vaccine, it has not been routinely administered in Australia since 1985.
New treatments found to induce peanut allergy remission in children Australian researchers have discovered two treatments that are highly effective at inducing remission and improving quality of life.