Does your child with a food allergy or asthma have an action plan? – Philly.com (blog)


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Does your child with a food allergy or asthma have an action plan?
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As children with allergies and asthma head off to school, you'll need to be thinking about their medical supplies in addition to their school supplies. It is also important that the school and your child know how and when to use these medications. So
ACAAI recommends flu vaccine for children with egg allergies, asthmaHealio

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Schools are not Prepared to Deal with Children’s Food Allergies, Asthma – Headlines & Global News


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Schools are not Prepared to Deal with Children's Food Allergies, Asthma
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For the study, researchers looked at the database of Chicago Public Schools, the third largest U.S. school district, to identify students with asthma and food allergies. They found that only one in four students with asthma and half of students with a
Too many kids with asthma, food allergies lack school emergency plansEurekAlert (press release)

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Targeting asthma, food allergies and more, Allakos bumps up Series A to $42M – San Francisco Business Times (blog)

Targeting asthma, food allergies and more, Allakos bumps up Series A to $42M
San Francisco Business Times (blog)
The San Mateo company, founded by veterans of KaloBios Pharmaceuticals Inc., is developing antibody-based drugs against inflammatory diseases, such as asthma, food allergies and gastrointestinal conditions. It is zeroing in on so-called T-helper cells, …

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Back to School With Confidence: Prevent Bullying of Kids With Asthma, Food … – MarketWatch

Back to School With Confidence: Prevent Bullying of Kids With Asthma, Food
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19, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Children with asthma and food allergies are vulnerable to bullying at school and online, often by classmates who tease or harass them because they're "different." It may be an age-old problem, but it must be
Study finds food allergies are more common in inner-city childrenMichigan Radio
Urban Youth May Have Heightened Food Allergy RiskdailyRx

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Asthma drug treats food allergy – Clinical Advisor

Asthma drug treats food allergy
Clinical Advisor
As Kari Nadeau, MD, PhD, and fellow investigators noted in their report in Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology, pilot data have shown that omalizumab may hasten the person's ability to tolerate more than 4 g of food-allergen protein. The group
Perceived Stress Positively Linked to Allergy FlaresMonthly Prescribing Reference

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Junk food is so bad for asthmatics it can make inhalers ‘useless’, doctors warn – Daily Mail


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Junk food is so bad for asthmatics it can make inhalers 'useless', doctors warn
Daily Mail
Eating fast food and consuming sugary drinks renders the most common asthma inhaler ineffective, a study warns. The findings are worrying because asthmatics tend to eat a diet high in saturated fat and sugar, the Australian researchers found. Therefore …
Poor diet link to worsened asthmaSydney Morning Herald
Asthma and diet: Researchers offer healthy foods chart for sufferersYahoo!7 News
Asthma Patients Should Strictly Avoid Junk Food: ResearchersNews on Wellness

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Asthma drug accelerates desensitization in patients with food allergies to … – News-Medical.net


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Asthma drug accelerates desensitization in patients with food allergies to
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An asthma drug accelerates the process of desensitizing patients with food allergies to several foods at the same time, a new study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford shows.
Food allergy nearly doubles among black childrenEurekAlert (press release)
New Findings of the Benefits of Allergy Immunotherapy Show Implications for DigitalJournal.com
Cases of food allergy 'have doubled in black children'Medical News Today
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Asthma Drug Helps Desensitize People To Multiple Food Allergens At Once – RedOrbit


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Asthma Drug Helps Desensitize People To Multiple Food Allergens At Once
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New research from Stanford University and Johns Hopkins Medical School has shown that an asthma drug can be used to help desensitize people to several food allergens all at once, according to a new report in the journal Allergy, Asthma & Clinical 
Asthma drug aids simultaneous desensitization to several food allergies, study EurekAlert (press release)
Asthma Drug Aids Simultaneous Desensitization to Food AllergiesDrug Discovery & Development
Asthma drug helps relieve food allergies, study findsConsumerAffairs
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Asthma drug aids simultaneous desensitization to several food allergies, study … – Scope (blog)

Asthma drug aids simultaneous desensitization to several food allergies, study
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An asthma drug accelerates the process of desensitizing patients with food allergies to several foods at the same time, a new study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford shows.

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