Allergic rhinitis - top articles for August 2014

Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles about allergic rhinitis for August 2014:

Allergic airway disease in a tropical urban environment is driven by dominant mono sensitization: dust mite http://buff.ly/1iCXf14

Rhinitis as a risk factor for depression in pre-adolescents: risk increased from 11 to 17.7% http://buff.ly/1gSq1GO

Is There a Need to Repeat Skin Test in Childhood Allergic Diseases? Yes, 40% had different results 4 yrs later http://buff.ly/1mw3abw

Impermeable dust mite covers were not helpful in primary and tertiary prevention of allergic disease (meta-analysis) http://buff.ly/1jSJuKz

Allergic rhinitis impairs asthma control by enhancing lower airway inflammation - a striking impact found in study http://buff.ly/1lwo3mQ

Is chronic rhinosinusitis related to allergic rhinitis? Evaluate for underlying allergies any patient with CRS http://buff.ly/1uU3Nyk

Asthma and Allergen Sensitization start earlier in life than previolsy reported (age 2 for asthma, age 1 for allergy), dust mite is the culprit in 80% http://buff.ly/1uU6P5u

Can Allergy Medicines Suddenly Stop Working? 20% of patients think so http://bit.ly/1k5ZZY1

Nonallergic rhinitis - 2014 review by Phil Lieberman http://buff.ly/1i5bcFi

Allergens on desktop surfaces in schools: Mouse allergen found in 97% of samples, cat in 80%, dog in 77% http://buff.ly/1ntrhoU

Aquarium fish food arthropods are potent allergens http://buff.ly/1fIkRTV

"There's no shortcut. Everybody thinks that there ought to be a technology, but reading pollen grains takes a human eye to do it" http://buff.ly/1s5E7dN

The articles were selected from Twitter @Allergy and RSS subscriptions. Some of the top allergy accounts on Twitter contributed links. I appreciate the curation provided by @Aller_MD @AllergyNet @IgECPD @DrAnneEllis @mrathkopf.

Please feel free to send suggestions for articles to AllergyGoAway AT gmail DOT com and you will receive an acknowledgement in the next edition of this publication.

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