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.

• Baths With Diluted Bleach May Help Kids With Atopic Dermatitis. 90% of people with atopic dermatitis have Staph on their skin, compared to about 25% of general population http://bit.ly/QMq4b
  
  
• In Depth Report from Forbes.com: America's Most Polluted Cities http://bit.ly/34XGL
  
  
• California cities some of the most polluted in the U.S., air quality likely damaging the health of millions of people http://bit.ly/wm6LV
  
  
• Omega 3 and 6 oils unlikely to play an important role for primary prevention of allergic disease http://bit.ly/Gc5qK
  
  
• Impaired TLR-2 expression may contribute to susceptibility to skin infections with S. aureus in atopic dermatitis http://bit.ly/OPaNX
  
  
• Adolescents with asthma ask "Why bother with our meds?"- 20% think meds unnecessary, another 18% not sure about benefit http://bit.ly/122noq
  
  
• Heterogeneity of asthma according to blood inflammatory patterns - difference between eos. and neutrophil patterns http://bit.ly/8DTHW
  
  
• Genes DPP10/ADAM33 increase asthma risk but genotyping of multiple polymorphisms in many genes will be needed to define a full genetic profile for asthma risk http://bit.ly/XOUxm
  
  
• HIV-infected infants have a normal immune response to childhood vaccines if HAART is started in the first year of life http://is.gd/vuPx
  
  
• "Rota and Pneumococcus Vaccine Success Stories: Pediatric Emergency Practitioners Wonder “Where Have the Kids Gone?” http://is.gd/qje0

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