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Coverage from the

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI) and World Allergy Organization (WAO) 2018 Joint Congress

March 02 - 05, 2018; Orlando, Florida

March 02 - 05, 2018 Orlando, Florida

AAAAI Increasing Inhaled Steroids Curbs Asthma in Adults A temporary quadrupling of inhaled glucocorticoids can reduce severe asthma exacerbations in adults, new data show.
Medscape Medical News, March 16, 2018
AAAAI Asthma Not Stopped by Boosting Inhaled Steroids in Children The common practice of quintupling the dose of inhaled glucocorticoids at the first sign of worsening asthma does not prevent exacerbations in children, new research shows.
Medscape Medical News, March 6, 2018

Conference News

AAAAI Increasing Inhaled Steroids Curbs Asthma in Adults
Medscape Medical News, March 16, 2018
AAAAI New Clues Emerging About Elusive Red Meat Allergy
Medscape Medical News, March 7, 2018
AAAAI Asthma Not Stopped by Boosting Inhaled Steroids in Children
Medscape Medical News, March 6, 2018

AAAAI Biologic Protects in Case of Accidental Peanut Ingestion
Medscape Medical News, March 5, 2018
AAAAI Longer Omalizumab Use Eases Itch From Chronic Hives
Medscape Medical News, March 5, 2018
AAAAI Environmental Changes Exacerbating Allergy, Asthma
Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2018

Popular News from AAAAI 2017

Doctors Work Together on Plane to Help Passenger in Distress A cry for help on a Southwest Airlines flight was answered by an impressive group of physicians returning from an allergy and asthma conference and a surgeon from an oral and maxillofacial meeting.
Medscape Medical News, Mar 20, 2017
Maternal Levels of Vitamin E Isoform Linked to Child Asthma Children of mothers with low levels of the vitamin E isoform alpha-tocopherol — one of eight isoforms of the vitamin — are more likely to wheeze, a finding that could eventually lead to changes in nutritional recommendations.
Medscape Medical News, Mar 5, 2017
Immunotherapy Showing Promise for Wheat Allergy Thirty percent of people who ate small amounts of wheat protein for 2 years achieved desensitization to the grain in a new oral immunotherapy study.
Medscape Medical News, Mar 8, 2017

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