Grape expectations for healthier wine
...t uses ozone to preserve grapes could help prevent allergies and boost healthy compounds at the same time, reports Jennifer Rohn in Chemistry & Industry, the magazine of the SCI. The same technique could be used in the wine-making process to produce healthier wines without the added sulphites that can cause as...Diesel exposure model reduces allergy risk assessment errors
...identified as being at greater risk for developing allergies because at least one of their parents had allergies. The CCAAPS, funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, is a five-year study examining the effects of environmental particulates and certain types of traffic on childhood r...New Geisinger Health System building green Center for Health Research
...ting energy less absenteeism and less time lost to allergies and illnesses aggravated by mold and chemicals odors associated with traditional buildings. Obviously this is a value that we will monitor closely, added Robert Davies, Geisingers Vice President, System Services. This promises to be the first of man...Scripps research scientists identify new regulatory mechanism for critical protein signaling domain
... can lead to a number of immune diseases including allergies like asthma and autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, while severely reduced T cell development or function can lead to immunodeficiency diseases such as AIDS. Using a mouse mutant lacking ItpkB, the enzyme that produces IP4, Sauer and his...Disease can be our ally, not just our enemy, says new book by UCR evolutionary biologist
..., and those that get more colds, end up with fewer allergies and a lower incidence of asthma, and scientists increasingly think that is because their immune systems are exposed to the normal barrage of particles that stimulate appropriate function. Q: If disease is so natural, does that mean we should let...A new study links a stomach microbe to asthma prevention
...sociated with protection against ragweed and other allergies due to pollens and molds particularly among younge...hildhood prevents or diminishes the development of allergies and asthma. Dr. Blaser has proposed that H. pylori may protect against diseases of the upper...Early exposure to indoor fungus molecules may protect infants against future allergies
...ere identified as being at greater risk for future allergies because at least one parent had known allergies. The CCAAPS, funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, is a five-year study at UC examining the effects of environmental particulates on childhood respiratory health and aller...Cat hair at home poses an allergy risk, particularly for young children
...d children. "The most important risk factor for allergies in children," Joachim Heinrich, "is, however, still the family history. If the parents suffer from hay fever, asthma or pet allergies, their children are more likely to also show allergic symptoms". The study also shows that risk families in particul...Coarse particulate matter in air may harm hearts of asthma sufferers, UNC study finds
...ell created by the human body to fight infections, allergies and diseases like asthma among other things. Finally, the same increase in coarse particulate matter resulted in a three percent decrease in a measure of heart rate variability, the variation of the beat-to-beat intervals of the heart. A healthy hear...Book explores history, causes of allergy and asthma epidemic
... been no magic bullet. America's raging asthma and allergies afflictions continue unchecked from their first stirrings in the 1800s to the present, pollen-infested moment. In the 19th century, sufferers who could afford to escaped from the hurly-burly of town to fashionable seaside, mountain and suburban ret...Peanut allergies overstated, study finds
... of families being told their children have peanut allergies every year, many of the children may be able to ea...and Sydney Children's Hospital has found. Peanut allergies occur in one in 200 infants, according to the Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allerg...Fine particulate matter from traffic may influence birth weight
...viours on the development of the immune system and allergies is studied. 1016 mothers and their children born in Munich between 1998 and 1999 were studied. All women included in the study had not moved out during the pregnancy. On the basis of a measuring campaign at 40 locations in the city of Munich, the con...N.C. A&T food scientist develops process for allergen-free peanuts
... and Environmental Sciences. Peanut and tree nut allergies are the most severe of all food allergies, affecti...ne study showed that between 1997 and 2002, peanut allergies in children doubled in the United States. Today, an estimated one percent of all children suffer fro...New strategy for treating allergic disorders
...a number of active substances for the treatment of allergies and auto-immune diseases that scientists suspect are effective in suppressing these diseases. However, it seems to be impossible to introduce these substances into the intestine in an effective manner. Pieter Rottiers and his VIB colleagues came up w......ically alert prescribers to possible interactions, allergies and other potential problems, the Institute said, and urged that all health care providers have electronic systems in place by 2010. Fears that the CPOE cure might be worse than the disease likely are impeding the diffusion of CPOE throughout hospit...