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Subcutaneous administration of desensitizing agents is the only shown way capable to change the natural history of allergy, but, because of a poor compliance and of the possibility of side effects, in Europe, sublingual administration has taken its place. But some questions still remain: do the two [...]
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A controversial theme, still being discussed, is the relationship between maternal diet during pregnancy, newborn diet and atopy development. Three trials have been performed in order to investigate on this relationship. In Holland, questionnaires given to 2516 families were collected and from [...]
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Mild asthma therapy generally implies the use of standard-dose inhaled corticosteroids, continued for an undefined time. Two new placebo-controlled, randomized trials, sponsored by pharmaceutical industry, involving each of them about 500 people with asthma, show that a decrease in dosages can be [...]
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In patients with persistent asthma, it is calculated an average lack of response in 30% of cases. In this NIH-sponsored study, researchers tried to establish whether the short-term response can, in some way, predict the response of prolonged administrations. 72 adults (between 18 and 55) with [...]
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Since non-ionic contrast media are used, anaphylactic reactions have greatly decreased, but in many radiology departments a preventive treatment is still advised. To verify the usefulness of these prescriptions, nine randomized trials were examined, involving 10.000 adults, in whom pre-treatment [...]