The woman allergic to winter: 21-year-old suffers rare condition which can trigger anaphylactic shocks if she gets cold (and worryingly she lives in Canada)
Нer body can become covered in burning and itchy hives, if she...
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'The sun could kill me': Charity worker, 54, is forced to spend all day inside due to a one-in-a-million condition that makes her 'allergic' to UV light
XP has been described as a 'one-in-a-million' condition...
New treatment to protect people with peanut allergies ready for FDA review
Study participants ranged in age from 4 to 55 years, most were 4 to 17, and all had peanut allergy. One third of the participants were given a placebo, while the remaining two-thirds were given peanut protein powder in increasing amounts until reaching the "maintenance dose—the dose they stayed on for the remainder of the study...
Sucking baby's pacifier may lower allergy risks: study
The researchers suggested that parents might be passing healthy oral bacteria in their saliva that would affect the early development of their child's immune system...
Teenager was BLINDED for two days after colouring her hair
Before going out with her friends, she used Garnier nutrisse cream permanent dye in dark brown as a 'quick fix'. She decided against doing a patch test because she had used the box dye before...
Allergy season is getting worse every year
When you look at a pollen grain, there are certain proteins that cause the allergy, they are the allergenic peptide․․․
Scientists edge closer to effective peanut-allergy vaccine
Three monthly doses of the vaccine shielded mice from peanut-induced allergic reactions with no visible side effects...
Antacids and antibiotics linked to allergies in infants
Early use of antibiotics also raised the chances of allergies in the study of nearly 800,000 children...
A possible explanation for why skin diseases are more prevalent in megacities
The study consisted of taking skin swabs from 231 female volunteers who lived in one of five Chinese cities…
New hay fever vaccine promises to end the misery of millions
The new phase II trial showed the vaccine for grass pollen reduced symptoms by at least 25 per cent over two years, and researchers said unpublished results also showed reductions of up to 60 per cent in some people...
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