Topic: Clinical Immunology
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A taste of cow's milk during the first two weeks of life may protect a child from later developing an allergy to the milk's protein, a new study suggests. Cow's milk protein allergy is the most common ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's health cost watchdog has changed tack and recommended that rheumatoid arthritis patients should have more options if they do not respond adequately to treatment with a so-called TNF inhibitor drug. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Using wet wipes after going to the bathroom can be a less-than-soothing experience, according to a new report of four people who developed severe allergic reactions after using such products. Doctors have long known that many of ...
Federal regulators are considering a snack attack on the nation's airlines that would restrict or even completely ban serving peanuts on commercial flights. Advocates say the move would ease fears and potential harm to an estimated 1.8 million Americans who suffer from ...
Spanish health care company Grifols plans to buy Talecris Biotherapeutics in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $3.4 billion. Grifols will offer $19 in cash and a portion of its newly issued, nonvoting shares for each share of the Research Triangle Park, ...
Attention graduates of Montana's Libby High School: asbestos researchers are looking for you. People who attended Libby High between 1950 and 1999, and then moved away, are being asked to submit to tests to help determine the extent of contamination caused by ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Shellfish allergies are among the most common type of food allergy but a U.S. study has found that sufferers may possibly build up a tolerance to shrimp and possibly lobster and clams as they grow older. Shellfish ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study finds that adults who are allergic to shrimp tend to have a less intense immune-system reaction to the shellfish compared with children -- raising the possibility that some allergy sufferers build up a tolerance ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The anti-allergy effects of an agricultural upbringing persist well into old age, new research from Sweden shows. Dr. Jonas Eriksson of the University of Gothenburg and colleagues found that people who spent the first five years of ...
LONDON (Reuters) - European scientists have found a full range of markers in the blood of kidney transplant patients which could predict whether their new organ will be a success and whether they need large amounts of medication to help it. The ...