Tuesday, January 9, 2018

Food Challenges

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There are many tools that can help suggest the presence of food allergies, but, in the end, the most reliable procedure to confirm or exclu...
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Food allergy: Update on prevention and tolerance

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The rate of food allergies in the United States keeps on rising, but nobody really knows the exact reasons why.  In this month’s issue of th...
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Thursday, October 26, 2017

Can we predict fall asthma exacerbations? Validation of the seasonal asthma exacerbation index

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Asthma affects about 1 in 11 American children, making it one of the most common diseases of childhood.  It carries a huge burden on famili...
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Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Role of viral infections in the development and exacerbation of asthma in children

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Wheezing is a common complaint among parents of infants.  About 1 in 5 children have acute wheezing illnesses in their first two years of l...
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Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Promising approaches for the treatment and prevention of viral respiratory illnesses

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There are hundreds of viruses that cause respiratory tract infections.  While most of us think about them as nuisances causing cough and wh...
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Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Diagnostic accuracy of fractional exhaled nitric oxide in predicting cough variant asthma and eosinophilic bronchitis in adult patients with chronic cough: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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Cough is an important reflex we need to remove irritants from the airways, but for many people, a hypersensitive cough reflex can negativel...
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Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Identification of airway mucosal type 2 inflammation by using clinical biomarkers in asthmatic patients

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Asthma is a complex disease of the airways characterized by inflammation and dynamic airway obstruction.  Despite the single, more recent e...
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