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2020

Kids With Food Allergies Can Become Targets for Bullies

Kids With Food Allergies Can Become Targets for BulliesFRIDAY, Nov. 13, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- As if having food allergies isn't hard enough on a child, new research shows that almost 1 in 5 of these kids are bullied.The bullying didn't stop at the schoolyard. A similar percentage of parents said they had been teased about their concern for their child's food allergies."I think this is an underreported problem because a lot of kids don't report being bullied. I think bullying is something that allergists should start screening kids for," said study author Dannielle Brown, a second-year medical student at Loyola University School of Medicine in Chicago.Senior author Dr. Ruchi Gupta, director of the Center for Food Allergy and Asthma Research at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, said the problem may stem from...

Telemedicine Is Keeping Kids' Asthma Care on Track: Study

13 November 2020
Telemedicine Is Keeping Kids` Asthma Care on Track: StudyFRIDAY, Nov. 13, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The use of telemedicine led to an increase in the number of inner-city kids in Los Angeles who kept asthma-related doctor appointments during the coronavirus pandemic, new research shows.The researchers examined "show rates" -- how often parents kept an appointment for their children instead of not showing up -- over the first four months of the pandemic.Allergists who run a school-based mobile asthma program in Los Angeles called the LAC+USC Breathmobile have regular patients they work with. When schools closed due to the pandemic, face-to-face appointments were converted to virtual visits."Not only did kids show up for appointments, but their show rates were also significantly higher than during the same period in 2019," study author Dr....

Eczema More Common Among Black, Hispanic Kids

13 November 2020
Eczema More Common Among Black, Hispanic KidsFRIDAY, Nov. 13, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Black and Hispanic children in the United States have much higher rates of the skin condition eczema than white children, experts say.These disparities in eczema -- also called atopic dermatitis (AD) -- will be presented at a virtual meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI), Friday through Sunday. "Not only do Black children in the U.S. have significantly higher incidence of AD and more nights of disturbed sleep compared to white children, their AD also tends to last longer into childhood," said meeting presenter Dr. Jonathan Silverberg, a dermatologist and associate professor at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington, D.C.Black children and adults with eczema are...

Large Study Finds Blacks, Asians More Vulnerable to COVID

13 November 2020
Large Study Finds Blacks, Asians More Vulnerable to COVIDFRIDAY, Nov. 13, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Black and Asian people in the United States and the United Kingdom have significantly higher odds of COVID-19 infection compared to white people, a large research review finds.The study authors analyzed data from more than 18 million COVID-19 patients who were part of 50 studies published between Dec. 1, 2019 and Aug. 31, 2020.Compared to white patients, Black patients had twice the odds of COVID-19 infection and the risk was 1.5 times higher among Asian patients, according to findings published online Nov. 12 in the journal EClinical Medicine.The researchers also found that Asian patients with COVID-19 had a higher risk of admission to intensive care units and related deaths, according to a news release from the U.K.'s National Institute for...

Wrongly Prescribing Antibiotics Sets Dangerous Pattern

13 November 2020
Wrongly Prescribing Antibiotics Sets Dangerous PatternFRIDAY, Nov. 13, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Prescribing antibiotics for viral respiratory infections increases the risk of future infections and more antibiotic prescriptions, a new study warns.Antibiotics are ineffective against viral infections.For the study, researchers analyzed data from a U.S. insurer on more than 200,000 initial visits for acute respiratory infections at 736 urgent care centers nationwide and found that rates of antibiotic prescriptions ranged from 42% to 80%.In the year after an initial acute respiratory infection visit, patients seen by the highest-prescribing clinicians received nearly 15% more antibiotics for respiratory infections -- an additional three antibiotic prescriptions per 100 patients -- than patients seen by the lowest-prescribing clinicians.The...

Fish Oil, Vitamin D and Exercise: How Helpful Are They If You're Over 70?

12 November 2020
Fish Oil, Vitamin D and Exercise: How Helpful Are They If You`re Over 70?THURSDAY, Nov. 12, 2020 (HealthDay) -- Vitamin D, fish oil supplements and weight training have long been touted for their health benefits, but for healthy seniors, none of them -- either in combination or alone -- boosts physical or mental performance or prevents broken bones, Swiss researchers report.For three years, they tracked more than 2,100 men and women (average age: 74) who were randomly assigned to a program involving one or more of the three health interventions.The upshot: "The results suggest that additional vitamin D and omega-3 [fish oil] intake in active 70-plus adults without previous illnesses, carries no benefit for the risk of non-vertebral fractures, or for muscle and memory function," said study leader Dr. Heike Bischoff-Ferrari, head of geriatrics and aging...

Pfizer's COVID Vaccine Looks Promising, But Big Hurdles Remain

12 November 2020
Pfizer`s COVID Vaccine Looks Promising, But Big Hurdles RemainTHURSDAY, Nov. 12, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Early COVID-19 vaccine trial results announced by Pfizer this week caused hopes to soar for a swift end to the pandemic that has killed more than 242,000 and infected more than 10 million in the United States alone.But even if the preliminary results released Monday pan out, it will still take many months to produce enough of the vaccine to inoculate everyone in the United States, experts warn.The health care industry will also face special distribution challenges related to this particular vaccine, which must be maintained in extremely cold storage and delivered in a two-shot regimen."People should be enthusiastic, but realize that the benefits that we get from that vaccine are not going to be in the winter, they're not going to be now, in...

Lung's Microbiome Might Play Role in Cancer

12 November 2020
Lung`s Microbiome Might Play Role in CancerTHURSDAY, Nov. 12, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Lung cancer patients who harbor certain bacteria in the airways may have a poorer prognosis, a new study finds, adding to evidence that the body's "microbiome" may play a role in cancer patients' outlook.The microbiome refers to the trillions of bacteria and other microbes that naturally dwell in the body. Research in recent years has been revealing how important those bugs are to the body's normal functions, including immune system defenses.When it comes to cancer, studies have hinted that the microbiome can influence tumor progression, and patients' likelihood of responding to certain treatments.For example, a number of cancers can be treated with immunotherapy -- various approaches to boosting the immune system's natural tumor-fighting...

Could Propecia Up Young Men's Suicide Risk?

THURSDAY, Nov. 12, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Young men who consider using the drug Propecia to prevent baldness may be putting themselves at risk for depression and suicide, a new study...

An Antidepressant Might Help Prevent Severe COVID-19

THURSDAY, Nov. 12, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The antidepressant drug fluvoxamine -- best known by the brand name Luvox -- may help prevent serious illness in COVID-19 patients who aren't yet...
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