A recent University of Texas study suggested that new and improved ways of training patients on how to use epinephrine autoinjectors and devices to treat asthma are needed after finding that most patients continue to use both types of devices...
A Finnish study found that moisture damage in the rooms where children spend most of their time led to an increased asthma risk, according to a February 16 story published in the journal Pediatrics. A civil engineer studied the homes of nearly...
An old saying says “a little dirt never hurt,” and it turns out a Swedish study observing families’ dishwashing habits may have found some benefit to a less efficient way of doing this household chore. A study of 1,029 Swedish...
RSVP: Reserve your seat by registering WHEN: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 TIME: 7 PM – 8 PM Eastern time WHERE: Your computer, iOS or Android device As winter ends, many families start searching for a summer camp for...
Why It’s Important to Read Past the Headlines - Doctors Explain New Peanut Allergy Study Editor's note: The KFA/AAFA leadership recognize that interpreting the findings of the Learning Early About Peanut (LEAP) study is...
High-Risk Infants Fed Peanuts Developed Allergy At Lower Rate Than Other Babies - Study May Pave Way for New Prevention Strategies Feeding peanut butter to infants at risk for developing peanut allergies prevented those same babies from...
Researchers identify children at risk for developing asthma by tracking their allergic patterns Houston, TX – Researchers have been closely following children from the Cincinnati Childhood Allergy and Air Pollution Study birth cohort and...
Researchers identify common cold species present during asthmatic exacerbations, a first step towards improving asthma outcomes (Press Release) Houston, TX – Researchers are hoping to learn more about the rhinovirus (RV) by...
Epicutaneous Immunotherapy (EPIT) introduces new way to treat peanut allergies (Press Release) Houston, TX – A team of researchers unveiled the results of their highly anticipated multi-national, double-blind, placebo controlled...
Low doses of peanut early in life may lead to long-term allergy control (Press Release) Houston, TX – An early-intervention oral immunotherapy (EI-OIT) trial for peanut allergy shows promising results and could represent a new,...
Three ultrasound guided lymph node injections safe in teens (Press Release) Houston, TX – Researchers have new evidence that grass-pollen allergies can be safely treated using American extracts injected into a lymph node...
Results from Detroit Birth Cohort First Revealed at AAAAI Annual Meeting (Press Release) Houston, TX – A number of studies related to the Wayne County Health Environment Allergy and Asthma Longitudinal Study in Detroit (WHEALS)...
This week, the Food and Drug Administration issued a warning to people with peanut allergies, advising them to consider staying away from all food products containing ground cumin or cumin powder after a wave of recalls. Ground cumin, apparently...
The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers that the dark chocolate you purchased may likely have milk in it – even, in two cases, products labeled “dairy free.” The FDA study tested 100 dark chocolate products and...
Governor Christie has officially signed New Jersey's epinephrine stocking bill into law! This law will REQUIRE schools in the state to keep a supply of epinephrine auto-injectors. Thank you to all the advocates in New Jersey who worked so hard to...