We are getting closer to Sublingual Immunotherapy (SLIT) in North America. Merck Sharpe and Dohme has now published a positive set of results for its phase III clinical trials of a SLIT treatment for grass allergy. Grass allergy is a common seasonal allergy that results in a host of symptoms, ...

Turns out that the most common drug for lowering cholesterol may also be able to help with your asthma control; we may soon see statins in use for asthma control. Statin drugs reduce the presence of cholesterol (also called lipids) in your blood stream. For adult asthma patients, statins also seem ...

BPA is already linked to increased allergy risk; a new animal study now shows that exposure to BPA during pregnancy could add to the asthma risk for babies. While the current study dealt only with mice, there are implications for humans. In fact, the BPA exposure level was calculated ...

The tendency to allergies has a genetic component. As a result, pregnant women want to know what they can do to help their baby avoid allergies. Turns out that your diet may be more helpful than was previously thought. If you already have an allergic child, it may be helpful ...

Meat allergy has always been considered extremely rare. It turns out that meat could a much more common trigger for anaphylaxis than was previously thought. In fact, a study of 60 people with unexplained severe allergic symptoms shows that meat allergy may be behind these reactions. Meat contains a substance called ...