Allergic rhinitis - top articles in May 2012

Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles about allergic rhinitis in May 2012:

Children living on a farm are at reduced risk of asthma (OR 0.68), hay fever (OR, 0.43), atopic dermatitis (OR, 0.80), atopic sensitization (OR, 0.54) http://goo.gl/qVY2G

Amish farm kids remarkably "immune" to allergies - even better than the currently best-protected, Swiss farm kids http://goo.gl/fVNLP

Local allergic rhinitis (LAR): how to diagnose and treat LAR? http://goo.gl/8Yv67

Intralymphatic immunotherapy for cat allergy induces tolerance after only 3 injections - first human study ILIT with MAT–Fel d 1 http://goo.gl/jHAe9

Combined intranasal therapy of azelastine with fluticasone demonstrates superiority to 2 first-line therapies for allergic rhinitis http://goo.gl/NtAEI

Allergic rhinitis in school-age children has a negative impact on learning, quality of life, and family (PDF) http://goo.gl/Bea7v

Immunotherapy prescribed for 5 years by 75% of US-Canadian allergists, for 3 years by the rest of the world http://goo.gl/K0Cr7

Keeping humidity below 50% reduces growth of dust mite - in cities like Davos, Switzerland, and Denver, Colorado, there is little if any dust mite growth http://goo.gl/yDc7u

Rhinitis can cause night cough in children, independent of asthma. Upper airway should always be examined http://goo.gl/ix1Iu

ZETONNA is new non-aqueous, dry nose spray for allergic rhinitis - contains ciclesonide just like OMNARIS (hypotonic) http://goo.gl/tVEba

The 79 authors of WAO WHITE BOOK ON ALLERGY cover all aspects of allergic disease. I’m honored to be 1 of them, the book is free to download http://goo.gl/I9KwE