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research updates: allergies

Below are short extracts from research updates about this subject - select more to read each item.

Issue 116

HOPPU and others, Department of Paediatrics, University of Turku, Turku, Finland, ulla.hoppu@utu.fi, have found that vitamin C in breast milk may reduce the risk of atopy in infants.... more

Issue 112

MAGNUSSON and co-workers, Bollebygd's Primary Health Care Center, Bollebygd, Sweden, anna-lena.magnusson@ygregion.se, have conducted a randomized controlled trial of acupuncture in allergic rhinitis (hayfever).... more

Issue 109

SHAHAR and colleagues, Institute of Allergy, Clinical Immunology, and AIDS, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, ed_shahar@rambam.health.gov.il, have studied the effect of vitamin E supplementation on seasonal allergic rhinitis (hay fever).... more

Issue 99

BIELORY and HEIMALL, Department of Medicine, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey 07103, USA, bielory@umdnj.edu, have reviewed the treatment of eye allergies with complementary and alternative medicine.... more

Issue 77

DE LA TORRE and colleagues, Hospital Nuestra Senora de la Candelaria, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, ftorre@comtf.es, investigated possible cross-reactivity in vivo between the known allergens Artemisia vulgaris (a common weed in Tenerife, Canary Islands... more

LEWITH and colleagues, Medical Specialities, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, Hampshire SO16 6YD, UK, GL3@soton.ac.uk, evaluated the effects of homeopathic immunotherapy on lung function and respiratory symptoms in people with asthma and allergy... more

POTHMANN and colleagues, Kinderneurologisches Zentrum Oberhausen, Essen, Germany, assessed the diagnostic value of applied kinesiology (AK) in the area of food intolerance .... more

Issue 67

KAIL, Naturopathic Family Care, Phoenix, AZ, USA, kkail@home.com, used a diagnostic and treatment protocol of electrodermal screening in allergy patients .... more

Issue 67 cont'd

OGAWA and colleagues, Research Institute for Food Science, Kyoto University, Uji, Japan, reviewed what is known about the allergenic constituents of soy bean, and how these allergens can be removed from soy bean products, thus making them safe for consumpt... more

Issue 47

KROUSE and KROUSE , Department of Otolaryngology, College of Nursing, University of Florida, Gainesville USA write that an estimated 50 million Americans are bothered with symptoms of allergic disease and sinusitis . The authors studied the use of complem... more

JONES and ROBBINS, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Louisiana State University Medical Center at Shreveport, USA review the literature (29 references) regarding alternative therapies for chronic bronchitis .... more

WEISER and colleagues, Institut fur Antihomotoxische Medizin und Grundregulationsforschung, Baden-Baden, Mannhein, Germany compared the efficacy and tolerance of a homoeopathic nasal spray for hay fever (seasonal allergic rhinitis) with conventional intran... more

ZHU and colleagues, Jianye district TCM Hospital, Nanjing conducted a randomised controlled clinical trial to determine the efficacy of massage, according to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) principles, in the treatment and prevention of recurrent respir... more

Issue 44

KATSAROU and colleagues, Department of Dermatology, University of Athens, A. Sygros Hospital, Greece write that the most common reaction to fragrances is contact dermatitis, a delayed hypersensitivity reaction; other reactions include immediate contact re... more

ZHOU and ZHANG, Department of Epidemiology, Suzhou Medical College, Jiangsu, China researched effective therapy to treat allergic rhinitis accompanying asthma .... more

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