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'Enhanced' Eczema Treatment Cut Food Allergy Risk, but at What Cost?
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/103xxx/103776.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Enhanced treatment of atopic dermatitis with topical corticosteroids significantly reduced hen's egg allergy compared with conventional reactive treatment in infants, but also resulted in adverse effects on growth, a randomized...


Asthma, Eczema Tied to Osteoarthritis Risk
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/103xxx/103766.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Individuals with a history of atopic disease, such as asthma and eczema (a.k.a. atopic dermatitis), are at significantly increased risk for developing osteoarthritis (OA), analysis of medical insurance claims indicated. With...


Introducing Allergenic Foods Early Tied to a Reduction in Later Allergies
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/103xxx/103736.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Earlier introduction of common allergenic foods in the first year of life was linked to a lower risk of immunoglobulin E (IgE)-mediated food allergy from 1 to 5 years of age, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis...


Marginalized Groups May Benefit More From Decreasing Air Pollution
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/103xxx/103710.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Marginalized groups appeared to benefit more from decreasing levels of PM2.5 (fine particulate matter less than 2.5 microns in diameter), according to a study using over 600 million person-years of Medicare data. While the hazard...


Digital Inhalers May Improve Uncontrolled Asthma Management
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/103xxx/103689.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Credit: INCA Use of digital measurement tools to track individual adherence to treatment helped avoid raising doses or adding medications and improved adherence in patients with uncontrolled asthma, the INCA Sun trial found...


Long-Term Exposure to Extreme Temps Tied to Newborn Lung Function
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/103xxx/103598.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Long-term exposure to heat and cold from the second trimester to 4 weeks after birth was associated with lung function among female newborns, according to a French population-based cohort study. Specifically, long-term heat...


Routine Bronchoscopy May Help Guide Therapies for Severe Asthma
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/103xxx/103549.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Routine bronchoscopy may clarify the treatment pathways for patients suffering from severe uncontrolled asthma (SUA) who are being considered for biologic therapy indicated for a T2 inflammation phenotype, according to a prospective...


Exposure to Air Pollution Linked to Risk of Long COVID in Young Adults
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/103xxx/103489.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution was associated with an increased risk of long COVID among young adults, according to a Swedish population-based cohort study. For each increase in interquartile range (IQR) in exposure...


Early LRTIs Tied to Risk of Premature Adult Death From Respiratory Diseases
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/103xxx/103442.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- A lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) in early childhood nearly doubles the risk of premature death from respiratory diseases in adulthood, according to a prospective cohort study that spanned eight decades. The study of...


Study Reassures on Asthma Med Use in Pregnancy and Kids' Neuropsych Risks
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/103xxx/103424.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Use of leukotriene-receptor antagonists (LTRAs) during pregnancy was not associated with significant risks of neuropsychiatric events in offspring, according to a nationwide cohort study from Taiwan. Among the children of women...


Very Low-Dose OIT Shows Efficacy for Peanut-Allergic Kids
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/103xxx/103355.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- SAN ANTONIO -- Peanut oral immunotherapy (OIT) at maintenance doses 10 times lower than conventional dosing may be an effective strategy for desensitizing peanut-allergic patients, according to findings from an ongoing study...


Avoiding Just This Dietary Trigger Helps Resolve Eosinophilic Esophagitis
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/103xxx/103343.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- A one-food elimination diet (1FED) could be just as effective as the popular six-food elimination diet (6FED) for patients suffering from eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), a randomized trial showed. Removing animal milk alone...


Stress-Related COVID Vaccine Reactions May Mimic Anaphylaxis
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/103xxx/103335.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- SAN ANTONIO -- Many reported anaphylactic reactions to COVID-19 vaccination may in fact be attributable to vaccine-induced immunization stress-related response (ISRR), suggested findings from a small study presented here....


Sustained Benefits With Mepolizumab in Severe Eosinophilic Asthma
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/103xxx/103330.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- SAN ANTONIO -- Treatment with the interleukin-5 (IL-5) antagonist mepolizumab (Nucala) increased freedom from oral corticosteroids after 2 years in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma, according to a post-hoc analysis...


Peanut-Allergic Kids With Other Food Allergies, Eczema See Responses With EPIT
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/103xxx/103313.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- SAN ANTONIO -- Epicutaneous immunotherapy (EPIT) administered through an investigational skin patch over 12 months led to more responses -- with favorable safety -- compared with placebo in peanut-allergic toddlers with...


Biologics for Asthma: Who Gets Them and Who Uses Them?
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/103xxx/103304.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- SAN ANTONIO -- Patients with asthma at one large academic medical center were not prescribed a biologic therapy very often over a 5-year period, a researcher reported, although patient adherence to a prescription was also problematic...


Investigational Biologic Shows Efficacy for HAE Prophylaxis
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/103xxx/103296.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- SAN ANTONIO -- Among patients with hereditary angioedema (HAE), monthly injections of the investigational biologic garadacimab reduced the mean attack rate substantially in the phase III VANGUARD clinical trial. During the...


Intranasal Corticosteroid Efficacy Affirmed in Pediatric Chronic Rhinosinusitis
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/103xxx/103287.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Intranasal corticosteroids (INCs) improved quality of life for children suffering from chronic rhinosinusitis, the RAISE randomized trial showed. Sinus and Nasal Quality of Life Survey (SN-5) scores improved significantly more...


Real-World Data Confirm Early Peanut Feeding Benefit for High-Risk Infants
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/103xxx/103286.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- SAN ANTONIO -- Real-world data presented here supported the early introduction of peanuts to infants at high risk for developing peanut allergies, yet also highlighted caregiver challenges in following the guideline-recommended...


Sublingual Immunotherapy Appears Viable in Treating Peanut Allergies in Kids
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/103xxx/103271.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Peanut sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) achieved clinically significant desensitization to peanut allergens in the majority of children in an open-label, prospective study. Among 47 kids who completed therapy and the 48-month...


Childhood Eczema Rose in Past Two Decades, With Unexplained Racial Divides
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/103xxx/103221.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- The prevalence of eczema among U.S. children has increased over the last 20 years to varying degrees among racial and ethnic groups, a nationwide study found. In 1997, eczema prevalence was at 7.9% and increased to 12.6% by...