Many inner-city primary care providers "at the epicenter" of the current asthma epidemic do not adhere to national asthma practice guidelines published more than a decade ago, according to results of a survey reported in the September Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. Reuters Health Information
Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum, commonly found in the fecal microflora of infants, is associated with atopic eczema and is also more prevalent in infants who are not breast fed. Reuters Health Information
U.S. health officials said Wednesday they had requested more information from GlaxoSmithKline Plc and other makers of asthma drugs to further analyze the safety of long-acting beta-agonists. Reuters Health Information
Did contact exposure experiments of influenza virus (H5N1)-infected cats with uninfected dogs result in interspecies transmission? Emerging Infectious Diseases
At up to 30 months of follow-up, none of the patients with peanut allergy have experienced anaphylaxis, even after accidental peanut exposure, according to a small study. Medscape Medical News
Early immunologic challenge may play a role in the expression of childhood leukemia, according to Canadian researchers reporting in the March 1st issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology. Reuters Health Information
