Here’s How Dirt Might Protect Kids From Asthma – NBCNews.com


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Here's How Dirt Might Protect Kids From Asthma
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Researchers in Europe think they have figured out how dirt might help protect kids from developing allergies and asthma. They found that dust from dairy farms stimulates an immune response in the lungs of mice that appears to protect against asthma
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High-fiber diet during pregnancy may protect offspring against asthma – Medical News Today


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High-fiber diet during pregnancy may protect offspring against asthma
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Led by Dr. Alison Thorburn, of the Department of Immunology at Monash University in Australia, the study suggests a high-fiber diet alters a mother's gut bacteria during pregnancy, producing anti-inflammatory substances that suppress asthma-related

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Study seeks to determine environmental factors that protect against asthma … – News-Medical.net


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Study seeks to determine environmental factors that protect against asthma
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The project's goal is to identify compounds present in dust in the farm environment that may be protective against asthma. Findings from this study could lead to the development of medicines to prevent the disease. While asthma is known to have a

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‘Peanut patch’ could protect allergy-sufferers

‘Peanut patch’ could protect allergy-sufferersA new patch could potentially build tolerance in patients with peanut allergies, announced the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. Based on the principle of epicutaneous immunotherapy (EPIT), the patch, called Viaskin Peanut, delivers small doses of peanut proteins when placed on patients’ skin. A team of researchers has just completed a double-blind, placebo-controlled randomized Phase IIb trial in which 221 individuals with peanut allergies underwent the therapy for a year. “After one year of therapy, half of the patients treated with the 250 ug patch tolerated at least 1 gram of peanut protein — about four peanuts — which is 10 times the dose that they tolerated in their entry oral peanut challenge,” said Hugh A. Sampson, MD, FAAAAI, Director of the Jaffe Food Allergy Institute at the Kravis Children's Hospital at Mount Sinai and first author of the late-breaking abstract.


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