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.

• Sinusitis now can be treated with balloon sinuplasty - minimally invasive sinus surgery. 14% of U.S. population has chronic sinusitis, 500,000 patients/year undergo functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) http://bit.ly/uNQQm
  
  
• The antihistamine ketotifen and cromolyn successfully treat diabetes and obesity in mice. Mast cells are abundant in fat tissues of obese and diabetic people and mice. Antihistamines could work as new therapy http://bit.ly/1UKKt4
  
  
• Why Do Doctors and Patients Not Follow Guidelines? 10% of doctors ignore the existence of 78% of available guidelines. Why Do Doctors and Patients Not Follow Guidelines? 10% of doctors consider guidelines inapplicable in clinical practice http://bit.ly/JwMIG
  
  
• Adamis Pharmaceuticals Launches Pre-Filled Epinephrine Syringe - an alternative to EpiPen http://bit.ly/suJbt
  
  
• Some helpful tips: "Allergies from the Restaurant's Point of View" http://bit.ly/4afvK3

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