Allergy & Clinical Immunology News

• Are Psoriasis and PsA Underdiagnosed in Underserved Groups? Underserved groups in the United States may be underdiagnosed because of a lack of access to healthcare, researchers report.
  Medscape Medical News, August 11, 2022
• CDC Ends Some COVID Safety Rules, Emphasizes Personal Risk CDC recommendations on social distancing, quarantining, and testing children for COVID-19 while allowing them to stay in school may no longer be necessary for most Americans.
  WebMD Health News, August 11, 2022
• How Does Farm Life Protect Children From Asthma and Allergies? More than one tenth of children in modern industrialized countries suffer from asthma, and about a third have allergic rhinitis.
  Medscape Medical News, August 11, 2022
• Study: Long COVID Patients Have Immune System Differences People with long COVID have increased antibody responses to other non-COVID viruses, like Epstein-Barr Virus, researchers found.
  Medscape Medical News, August 11, 2022
• Baricitinib Reduces Signs, Symptoms of Cyclosporine-Resistant AD Baricitinib 4 mg met the primary endpoint in a phase 3 study involving patients with AD who had failed or could not take cyclosporine.
  Medscape Medical News, August 11, 2022
• Should You Sell Your Practice to a Private Equity Firm? It can mean higher earnings, but possibly longer workdays and less independence.
  Medscape Medical News, August 11, 2022
• WCLC 2022 Survival Boost With Neoadjuvant Chemo-Immunotherapy in NSCLC Adding neoadjuvant nivolumab to chemotherapy in stage IIIA/IIIB non¬–small cell lung cancer markedly improves both progression-free and overall survival over neoadjuvant chemotherapy alone.
  Medscape Medical News, August 10, 2022
• Clinicians Can Help People With Severe ME/CFS, Even Unseen About a quarter of people with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome are homebound or bedbound, making medical office visits difficult, if not impossible. Some require tube feeding.
  Medscape Medical News, August 08, 2022
• Trials Data on COPD Leave Primary Care Docs in the Dark Flare-ups and breathing difficulties were common among patients seen at primary care practices, suggesting a need for better evidence to guide treatment for the condition, a new analysis found.
  Medscape Medical News, August 08, 2022
• Do Some Adhesives in Diabetes Devices Cause Allergic Dermatitis? Isocyanate adhesives in diabetes devices and wound dressings may cause allergic contact dermatitis, researchers in Belgium report.
  Medscape Medical News, August 08, 2022
• ACR Makes Changes to Adult, Pediatric Vaccinations Guidance The pneumococcal, recombinant zoster, and HPV vaccines are among those recommended for patients taking immunosuppressive medications.
  Medscape Medical News, August 08, 2022
• Jury Out on Synbiotics for Kids With GI Disorders There is insufficient evidence to advise for or against use of synbiotics — mixtures of prebiotics and probiotics — for common gastrointestinal disorders in infants and children, say European experts.
  Medscape Medical News, August 08, 2022
• Two or More Signs Plus Itch May Define Hand Eczema Two or more signs plus itch may be a good definition of hand eczema, researchers in Denmark report.
  Medscape Medical News, August 08, 2022
• Cannabis Allergies; Polio in Wastewater; Violent Patients The top 3 things you should know to start your day.
  3 Things to Know Today, August 08, 2022
• How Worried Should We Be About the Monkeypox Health Emergency? The US declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency, a move that may allow the government new avenues for increasing production and use of existing vaccines.
  Reuters Health Information, August 04, 2022
• Increasing Data Link ME/CFS, Long COVID, and Dysautonomia Speakers at a recent scientific ME/CFS conference reported new data linking the three conditions. New ICD-10 codes will help clinicians document them.
  Medscape Medical News, August 05, 2022
• Just Add Water: A Biodegradable Battery for Medical Devices Water-activated batteries made of paper might one day power diagnostic devices and limit medical e-waste.
  Medscape Medical News, August 05, 2022
• My Patient Planned to Murder Me A physician is horrified when he learns of a patient's deadly intentions. Read about the doctor's terrifying ordeal and how he fought back.
  Medscape Medical News, August 05, 2022
• Treatments Explored to Ease ME/CFS and Long COVID Symptoms Most are already commercially available for other indications.
  Medscape Medical News, August 05, 2022
• Physicians React: Burnout Rates Are Alarming Physicians express opinions and reactions about the extent of burnout in the medical profession, how it arises, and what combination of employer and community factors minimizes burnout.
  Medscape Medical News, August 05, 2022