Heavy Kids May Not Respond as Well to Asthma Meds

SUNDAY, March 4 (HealthDay News) -- Overweight children may not respond as well to common asthma medicines known as inhaled corticosteroids, new research finds...
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Many asthmatics do well on food-allergy tests, study finds

Food challenges involve people suspected of having a food allergy eating small amounts of the food orally to see if they have an allergic reaction. If there is no reaction, the person eats increasing amounts of the food to determine if they can safely eat it...
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New allergy pill may tame ragweed symptoms

Merck & Co on Sunday said it would seek U.S. approvals next year for separate allergy pills that help tame the immune system's reaction to ragweed and grass, and the drugmaker released favorable data from a late-stage trial of the ragweed medicine...
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