:: Jun-Jul 2008

Welcome to our Monthly Online Newsletter!

View all Treatment articles in our Treatment Report . The most recent articles are listed on top (not in alphabetical order). Click on the Topic on our home page and then the subtopic - Treatment Report. Stay updated on drugs and their side effects, and various other treatments, including exercise, nutrition, and supplements.

Highlighted Article

Understanding the mechanisms of anaphylaxis. (Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol. 2008)

Clinical Guidelines

New Guidelines for Introducing Solid Foods to Avoid Development of Infant Allergies

New Guidelines Issued for Food Allergies

NGC - Allergies: occupational/environmental. (2004)

NGC - Food allergy: a practice parameter. (2006)

NGC - Tacrolimus and pimecrolimus for atopic eczema. (2004)

Internet Sites

Featured site

NIH - Medical Encyclopedia Allergies

Allergy, asthma, COPD and respiratory problems

Anaphylaxis:Life-threatening allergy

Medem and American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

NIH - Asthma and Allergy Prevention

NIH - Dust Mite Allergy Tutorial

NIH - Epinephrine Injection

NIH - Medical Encyclopedia Allergy symptoms

NIH - Medical Encyclopedia Allergy to mold - dander - dust

NIH - Medical Encyclopedia Anaphylaxis

NIH - Medical Encyclopedia Asthma and allergy - resources

NIH - Medical Encyclopedia Food allergies

NIH - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Sinus and Allergy Health Partnership

The POLLEN COUNTER (enter your zipcode)

U.S. Allergy Levels (by zipcode)

Related Topics - Highlighted Articles

Asthma

Avoidance of Food Allergens in Childhood Asthma. (Indian Pediatr. 2005)

Rhinitis

The effect of encasings on quality of life in adult house dust mite allergic patients with rhinitis, asthma and/or atopic dermatitis. (Allergy. 2005) "BACKGROUND: Environmental control has been put forward as an integral part of the management of house dust mite (HDM) allergy in sensitized patients. To validate this statement allergic disorders involved in HDM allergy--allergic asthma, rhinitis and atopic eczema/dermatitis syndrome (AEDS)--should be taken together and studied in terms of the efficacy of environmental control."

In this newsletter:

Diagnosis, Imaging, and Screening
General Information
Risk Factors
Risk Reduction

	Diagnosis, Imaging, and Screening

	General Information
Childhood eczema and asthma incidence and persistence: A cohort study from childhood to middle age. (J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2008) “CONCLUSION: Childhood eczema increased the likelihood of childhood asthma, of new-onset asthma in later life and of asthma persisting into middle age.” Childhood eczema and asthma incidence and persistence: A cohort study from childhood to middle age. (J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2008) “CONCLUSION: Childhood eczema increased the likelihood of childhood asthma, of new-onset asthma in later life and of asthma persisting into middle age.” The development of allergic inflammation (Nature 2008) The role of food allergy in atopic dermatitis. (Curr Allergy Asthma Rep. 2008)

	Risk Factors

	Risk Reduction