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Annual Allergy Study Day 2026
This year's Annual Paediatric Allergy study day will be on Thursday the 19th Mar 2026. Theme will be "Children's Allergy at the Interface". Venue: Ha...
Risks from overuse of SABA leads to new asthma prescribing guidelines
UK Government reminds health care workers and patients of the risk of severe asthma and deaths from overuse of salbutamol or terbutaline inhalers. The...
Peanut weaning diet drastically reduces the risk of developing severe allergy.
Study published in NEJM Evidence in May 2024 shows that peanut consumption starting in infancy and continuing to age 5 years provides lasting toleranc...
Adrenaline refractory anaphylaxis
Some patients with anaphylaxis will not respond to adrenaline auto-injectors. These patients are likely to be in shock, when adrenaline fails to be ab...
Chronic urticaria is an autoimmune disease
Although acute urticaria is often caused by an allergy, chronic urticaria is now recognized as an autoimmune disease, usually caused by production of...