Allergy

Vocal chord cancer may not be one of the most well known forms of the disease but it is one of the more curable.

While most people thing they can just open their mouths and sounds and words come out, the process is actually considerably more involved.

Like any part of the body the vocal chords can suffer from a variety of conditions. From hoarseness to near complete paralysis there are many things for doctors to consider when treating their patients.

Being just a few blocks from such entertainment icons as Broadway and the Metropolitan Opera House the Voice Center at Voice Center at the NYU Langone Medical Center doctors treat everyone from stars to understudies to the salesmen on 5th Avenue.

introducing peanuts to children at a young age could prevent the development of allergies.

An adapted version of the conventional measles vaccine could potentially be effective against the Chikungunya virus.

Clinicians have several options when it comes to treating their allergic patients with subcutaneous (SCIT) or sublingual (SLIT) immunotherapy.

Evidence shows that patients with chronic urticaria have autoimmunity, reduced basophil number and function, and precedent or concurrent infections.

Researchers have been investigating potential mechanisms involved in the generation of urticarial lesions, the role of IgE-targeting in allergic diseases, and the clinical characteristics of chronic spontaneous urticaria.

Washing dirty dishes by hand seems to help curb food allergies in children.

Adding tiotropium Respimat treatment in adult patients with mild, moderate, and severe asthma who continue to experience symptoms despite the use of maintenance therapies significantly improved lung function, according to a presentation by Boehringer Ingelheim scientists at the 2015 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) Annual Meeting in Houston, TX.

Clinicians have several guidelines, algorithms, and other tools at their disposal that can assist them in the differential diagnosis and management of chronic urticaria.

The incidence of allergic asthma and other airway diseases in childhood has increased in industrialized societies, and it is known that environmental exposures play a role in their development.

Studies show that children exposed to a more diverse microbial environment in early life may have lower risk for allergy, asthma, and other disorders.

Researchers from Australia believe the bacteria in yogurt can help alleviate the food allergy that's most likely to cause anaphylaxis, but other experts want more evidence.

Fears about toxic mold have spawned unqualified and useless testing, both of buildings and people, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. In a case history of an incident last year, Melody Kawamoto and Elena Page MD describe a costly case that yielded no proof of mold.

Results from a recent survey indicate that efforts to educate American doctors about the diagnosis and treatment of anaphylaxis have achieved mixed results.

Endoscopically guided removal of bridging tissue between ostia can alleviate sinusitis, congestion, and other symptoms caused by mucous recirculation.

Paul V. Williams, MD, chair of the 2015 AAAAI annual meeting planning committee, discusses key presentations and features attendees should watch for at this year's event.

Due to overlapping clinical and immunologic features between Chikungunya virus and rheumatoid arthritis' (RA) symptoms, Washington University in St. Louis researchers warn rheumatologists to be alert for potential misdiagnoses.

In April 2010, Provenge became the first dendritic cell vaccine in cancer treatment to be approved by the US Food and Drug Administration, and the agent is now used in the treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. Insights gleaned from this research are now being applied in the study of a potential vaccine for multiple sclerosis treatment and prevention.

Epilepsy patients who are not responding to anti-epileptic drugs and who have antibodies binding neural antigens may benefit from immunotherapy. Reporting in the European Journal of Immunology Raffaele Iorio and colleagues at the Institute of Neurology, Catholic University in Rome, Italy detailed their findings.

Challenging previous research, John Hopkins University investigators claimed race, poverty, and ethnicity - not residing in urban areas - were greater forecasters of asthma. However, they cautioned their study did not determine whether location is linked to a worsening in symptoms.

Patients can develop symptoms of both COPD and asthma, and the percentage increases as patients age.

Aterica Digital Health, based in Waterloo, Canada, has designed an EpiPen case that's difficult to lose or leave behind.The "Veta smart case" uses sensors, Bluetooth radios and other technology to broadcast its location and perform several other tricks that could help users survive anaphylaxis. The case itself works with an app that runs on either Apple iOS or Google Android. Whenever a user's smartphone and case get too far apart to communicate, an alert appears on the phone. If a user misplaces a case, the app can reveal its exact location by tracking the signal it emits.

Sean Parker, the entrepreneur who founded Napster and secured Facebook some of its first venture capital money, recently donated $24 million to fund an allergy research center at Stanford University.

Four separate cases of fatal anaphylaxis, all within days of each other, vividly illustrate both the extreme difficulty of avoiding known food allergens and the potential consequences of any given exposure.

Allergists have long known that women are more likely than men to suffer severe allergic reactions such as anaphylaxis, but a new study may finally explain why.

What's the best way to educate teens about managing food allergies that could cause anaphylaxis? Researchers from Canada decided to ask some teens.

The rapid growth of severe allergies and anaphylaxis in populations around the world has triggered efforts to find faster, safer and more effective cures than conventional immunotherapy.