MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'allergic reactions'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:38:02 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3767337&cid=t_122824_160_f&fid=36189&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.skinmdblog.com%2F227%2Fhow-to-choose-safe-natural-skin-care-products%2F Choosing safe and natural skin care products can be very hard.   It isn’t that manufacturers don’t “claim” to provide them.  It’s just that their claims are not always completely honest. Safety is actually the big issue here.  If you are like most people, you would like naturally occurring ingredients, because you think they are safer than artificial ingredients. In many cases, you are right.   But, there are a few exceptions. Lead, mercury, cadmium and other heavy metals are found in nature.   They are probably not on the list of ingredients in your favourite cosmetics, they can be there as contaminants in natural plant extracts. Numerous contaminants are present in tap water, which is why water must be purified before it is used in skin care products. P... Skin MD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3767337 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:43:12 +0100 3767337 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3592427&cid=t_122824_160_f&fid=36189&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.skinmdblog.com%2F85%2Fadvances-in-dermatology-still-badly-needed%2F Scientists have been working to advance dermatology and make changes.  We need change, because the old “tried and true” approaches are ineffective and probably doing more harm to our skin than good. Sometimes it seems that for every scientific conclusion, there is a contradictory one.  An example is found in treating and identifying the causes of acne. Prior to the 1950s, dermatologists agreed that diet played a role in acne.  In particular, they blamed sugary snacks and junk food. Research conducted in the late 1960s and early 1970s proclaimed that there was no connection between diet and acne.  Within the last couple of years, scientists have again demonstrated that there is a connection between the consumption of carbohydrates and the severity of acne.  They were also able to p... Skin MD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3592427 Mon, 24 May 2010 00:12:50 +0100 3592427 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1862711&cid=t_122824_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbolt.net%2F2008%2F10%2F07%2Fyoure-allergic-to-what-strange-but-true-allergic-reactions%2F If you think that allergic reactions are only to common place allergens such as peanuts, pollens, and latex, think again. You can be allergic to pretty much anything. Sometimes it’s easy to figure out the allergen. Other times, not so easy. For example, check out these 10 strange but true allergic reactions… Cell Phones - there has been increasing number of patients presenting with contact dermatitis because they are allergic to the nickel in their cell phones. Chairs, Flutes and Other Items With Nickel - children developing rashes on the back of their legs, a result of sitting on classroom chairs with nickel-plated studs. And for one child, playing a flute containing nickel resulted in severe dermatitis of the lips. Black Henna Tattoos - can result in severe swelling and skin ... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1862711 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:26:46 +0100 1862711 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=814344&cid=t_122824_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F146563819%2F And no one knows why. The med - which is used to treat colon cancer and head and neck tumors - is being studied for treating ovarian, lung, breast and gastrointestinal tumors at various sites in the Southeast US. And that’s where researchers noticed an unusually high rate of allergic reaction in cancer patients, according to the Journal of Clinical Oncology (subscription required). When Erbitux was first approved, the first three patients treated as part of a study conducted at the University of North Carolina had severe reactions to the drug. Docs at two sites in Nashville also had more patients than expected react with a drop in blood pressure and shortness of breath or other hypersensitivity reactions within minutes of infusion, according to a UNC statement. The patients were clus... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=814344 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:08:27 +0100 814344 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=650918&cid=t_122824_87_f&fid=34882&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbreathspakids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fr4s-allergic-reactions-was-spotty-and.html And please let Shinga find some decent coverage of allergy issues before she explodes.A valued correspondent has been kind enough to send me a partial transcript of Radio 4's recently broadcast Allergic Reactions. The clinical experts were interesting but the reporter repeated the cliched investigations that do nothing to educate or to inform the debate: consequently, judging by the reactions and comments, he has achieved very little. Allergic Reactions was (sadly) spotty and irritating in parts - I could say that it probably seemed like a good wheeze at the time but that is probably going too far.Allergic Reactions (BBC Radio 4 Tues 22 May, 8pm, reporter Matthew Hill)Partial transcriptBeginning of broadcast: Prof. Gideon Lack and Dr. Pam Ewan provide an overview of the current inadequate ... Breath Spa for Kids blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=650918 Thu, 31 May 2007 11:25:00 +0100 650918