Allergy and Immunology News of the Day

Health News of the Day is a daily summary made from the selected links I post on Twitter. It is in a bullet points format with links to the original sources which include 350 RSS feeds that produce about 2,500 items per day.

• Re-introduction of peanuts on Northwest Airlines prompt protests from allergy sufferers http://is.gd/jIzO
  
  
• "If someone is sitting next to her and eating peanuts, the odor is enough to trigger an allergic reaction" http://is.gd/jIzO
  
  
• NWA and peanut allergy: "We'll create a buffer zone of three rows in front of and three rows behind your seat" http://is.gd/jIzO
  
  
• According to most studies, skin contact or inhalation are unlikely to cause systemic reactions in food-allergic patients http://is.gd/jIL1
  
  
• Comparison of SLIT vs budesonide in mild persistent asthma due to grass pollen: equally effective http://is.gd/jidB
  
  
• SLIT vs budesonide in asthma- It may not be "fair" to compare the seasonal use of budesonide to the continuous use of SLIT http://is.gd/jidB
  
  
• Onset of action of ciclesonide in the treatment of seasonal allergic rhinitis: 6 hours http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...
  
  
• CCR5-delta32 mutation reduces risk of nonatopic asthma http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...
  
  
• Fetal Exposure to Traffic Pollution May Affect Asthma Risk http://is.gd/jIAC

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