Allergy & Clinical Immunology News

• COVID-19 Worsens Asthma in Children Asthma in children may worsen after an infection with the coronavirus, doctors warn.
  Reuters Health Information, May 04, 2022
• Multi-State Opioid Crackdown Nets Indictment Against 7 Physicians Individuals across six states were charged with the illegal distribution of more than 115 million opioid pills, according to officials.
  Medscape Medical News, May 05, 2022
• Doc Pay Up; Patient Demand, Labor Market Cause Struggles: Report The spike in inflation, patient demand, and a tight labor market contribute to physician practices' woes, according to a new market report.
  Medscape Medical News, May 04, 2022
• Atopic Dermatitis Treatment Is Evolving Dupilumab, an anti-IL-4 and anti-IL-13 monoclonal antibody, is indicated in Europe for the treatment of moderate to severe atopic dermatitis that requires systemic treatment.
  Medscape Medical News, May 04, 2022
• ARVO 2022 Contrast-Reducing Spectacles Could Slow Myopia Spectacles that reduce retinal contrast could slow the progression of myopia.
  Medscape Medical News, May 04, 2022
• Activity Score Helps Cold Urticaria Patients Monitor Illness A 4-question rating scale enables people with cold urticaria monitor their illness, researchers report.
  Medscape Medical News, May 04, 2022
• Allergic Dermatitis: What's the Optimum Duration for ROAT? Nearly all positive results appear sooner than the time currently recommended.
  Medscape Medical News, May 03, 2022
• When It's Not Long, but Medium COVID? It's not a formal diagnosis like long COVID, but physicians are seeing a middle ground where a patient's illness lingers for several weeks before returning to normal.
  Medscape Medical News, May 03, 2022
• Maternal Autoimmune Diseases Up Risk of Mental Illness in Children The risk of mental disorders was 16% higher in offspring whose mothers had autoimmune diseases such as diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis, a new study found.
  Medscape Medical News, May 03, 2022
• New Data Confirm Risk of Guillain-Barre With J&J COVID Shot The data support current US guidance that preferentially recommends use of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine for primary and booster doses.
  Medscape Medical News, May 03, 2022
• Nurses, Med Staff Voice Their Heartache About Nurse Suicide Second suicide this year of male nurse from a Northern California hospital inspired compassion on social media and calls for more mental health initiatives.
  Medscape Medical News, May 02, 2022
• LGBT+ Residents Show Greater Rates of Depression: Study A new study shows that "sexual minority" residents face greater rates of depressive symptoms than their heterosexual peers in training, indicating more work needs to be done with inclusivity.
  Medscape Medical News, May 02, 2022
• Some Good News: Oklahoma City Bombing Survivor Becomes MD Need a break from the negative headlines? We've got you covered with these feel-good stories.
  Medscape Medical News, April 29, 2022
• Hairdresser Eczema Risk Far Outweighs That of Consumers "Oh, my poor hairdresser patients. The ones with hand eczema are so uncomfortable," said one dermatologist.
  Medscape Medical News, April 28, 2022
• Moderna Seeks OK for Young Kids' COVID Vaccine as Parents Wait Pfizer's request for the youngest kids is expected next. But there are a lot of moving parts, and families and doctors alike are concerned the FDA will not act quickly enough.
  WebMD Health News, April 28, 2022
• How SDOH Impact Disparities in IBD Care, Outcomes Focusing on social determinants of health as the root cause of health inequity in IBD is essential to improve outcomes for marginalized patients, say the authors of a new paper.
  Medscape Medical News, April 28, 2022
• 30 Years of Fake Nursing Ends With 7-Year Prison Sentence After three decades of pretending to be a nurse in Canada and the US, a woman with a lengthy criminal record was sentenced to 7 years prison.
  Medscape Medical News, April 27, 2022
• More Evidence Links Asthma Severity to Age of Onset A large, international database study provides further evidence that age of asthma onset influences exacerbations and comorbidities.
  Medscape Medical News, April 27, 2022
• Almost 60% of US Population Has Been Infected by COVID-19: CDC The percentages are even higher among teens. With many COVID-19 tests results no longer reported, the CDC turned to a more reliable measure among people with previous infection.
  Medscape Medical News, April 26, 2022
• Needle-Free Epinephrine Options Are on the Horizon People with prescriptions for the lifesaving medication often don't carry their auto-injectors, and many hesitate to use them.
  WebMD Health News, April 26, 2022