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.

• Respiratory infections treated with macrolides or cephalosporines linked to increased the risk for atopic dermatitis http://bit.ly/UPRk3
  
  
• Children with allergic rhinitis had higher serum levels of leptin and lower serum levels of adiponectin http://bit.ly/j43EH
  
  
• Thymocyte-expressed molecule involved in selection (THEMIS) - a previously unknown T cell-specific protein during late thymocyte selection and CD4 versus CD8 lineage choice http://bit.ly/sHUId
  
  
• Inflammation: Finding the T in fat - adipose tissue from obese mice had more activated CD8 T cells but fewer CD4 cells http://bit.ly/gvnVn
  
  
• Promiscuous expression of tissue-specific antigens (TSAs) in the thymus is essential for self-tolerance http://bit.ly/NjdQW
  
  
• Doctor saves nut allergy sufferer on plane: "He doesn't carry adrenalin to inject himself – but he will do now." http://bit.ly/3AbnDQ
  
  
• An example of an allergy practice actively using social media http://bit.ly/7EZBj -- Short allergy videos on YouTube from New England Allergy http://bit.ly/YHsS9

Medical news tweets are not research articles - they are 140-character messages - please always go to the original source, links, etc. The inclusion of a Twitter update (tweet) is not an endorsement or agreement of any kind. Tweets and links do not represent endorsement, approval or support. Image source: OpenClipArt.org, public domain.

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