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.

• Higher incidence of pediatric anaphylaxis in northern areas of the United States. http://bit.ly/1oEyaz
  
  
• Childhood Asthma Control Test cannot substitute for FEV1 and fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) during follow-up http://bit.ly/2dQEjx
  
  
• Cross reactions between birch pollen and peanut explain high sensitization rate to peanut where birch trees are common http://bit.ly/ZUm1Q
  
  
• The FDA is reviewing the combination of mometasone and formoterol for the maintenance treatment of asthma http://bit.ly/2qp9Gg
  
  
• Does nasal rinsing help against allergies? Yes, if your patient is willing to use it. Many patients dislike the method. http://bit.ly/34PyYD
  
  
• Rhinosinusitis: Saline sinus rinse recipe by AAAAI http://bit.ly/tnrxX - PDF: http://bit.ly/ol5BL
  
  
• The concept of distinct types of helper T cells - Th1 and Th2 - was introduced in 1986. Interleukin-17 and Type 17 Helper T Cells - NEJM review http://bit.ly/467g9
  
  
• A nosebleed for 7 days. What is the cause? http://bit.ly/19W9a0 - A living leech!? -- Another cause of recurrent nosebleeds: Backpacker had 3-inch-long leech living up her nose - Telegraph http://buff.ly/Zm9p8v
  
  
• Intradermal skin testing on Flickr: http://bit.ly/B8ZXJ
  
  

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