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Coverage from the

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Meeting (AAAAI)

March 03 - 06, 2017; Atlanta, GA

March 03 - 06, 2017 Atlanta, GA

AAAAI Immunotherapy Patch Desensitizes Peanut Allergy The vast majority of allergic patients do not want to eat peanuts, researchers report, but immunotherapy can help protect people if they do, 3-year data from the VIPES extension study show.
Medscape Medical News, March 9, 2017
AAAAI Immunotherapy Showing Promise for Wheat Allergy Thirty percent of people who ate small amounts of wheat protein for 2 years achieved desensitization to the grain in a new oral immunotherapy study.
Medscape Medical News, March 8, 2017
AAAAI More Black Children Die from Asthma, Study Confirms The mortality rate for black children with asthma is higher than for white or Hispanic kids. A decline in out-of-hospital deaths indicates some improvement in access to care, but questions remain.
Medscape Medical News, March 4, 2017

Conference News

AAAAI Doctors Work Together on Plane to Help Passenger in Distress
Medscape Medical News, March 20, 2017
AAAAI Immunotherapy Patch Desensitizes Peanut Allergy
Medscape Medical News, March 9, 2017
AAAAI Immunotherapy Showing Promise for Wheat Allergy
Medscape Medical News, March 8, 2017

AAAAI Maternal Levels of Vitamin E Isoform Linked to Child Asthma
Medscape Medical News, March 5, 2017
AAAAI More Black Children Die from Asthma, Study Confirms
Medscape Medical News, March 4, 2017
AAAAI Allergy Treatment Results Prominent at AAAAI Meeting
Medscape Medical News, February 27, 2017

Popular News from AAAAI 2016

Antifungals May Relieve Asthma, Chronic Sinusitis A new protocol for testing the sputum of patients with asthma or chronic sinusitis for fungus could help select those who will benefit from antifungal therapies, research shows.
Medscape Medical News, Mar 15, 2016
Reslizumab Effective in Chronic Sinusitis With Nasal Polyps For a subgroup of patients, an anti-interleukin-5 antibody improved asthma exacerbation rates, lung function, and quality of life, according to a subanalysis of data from two pivotal phase 3 trials.
Medscape Medical News, Mar 15, 2016
Safety Data Accumulating for Combination Asthma Drugs The first of a series of safety studies mandated by the FDA suggests that the black-box warning on inhalers might not be warranted; however, patients with the most severe disease were excluded.
Medscape Medical News, Mar 11, 2016

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