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Home » Allergy & Immunology

Browsing: Allergy & Immunology

Clinical Breakthroughs
Jun 24, 2019

Self-Management Intervention Improves Asthma Outcomes in Older Adults

A targeted intervention to support asthma self-management significantly improved outcomes and medication adherence among older adults with asthma, according to a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Clinical Breakthroughs
Jun 11, 2019

Standard Treatment May Not Benefit Many Patients With Mild Asthma

Many patients with mild asthma may not benefit from inhaled steroid medications, the current standard treatment, according to a clinical trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Disease Discoveries
Apr 25, 2019

Genetic Links to Asthma in People of African Ancestry

A team of scientists has identified new genetic regions associated with asthma in people of African ancestry, according to a study published in Nature Communications.

Disease Discoveries
Apr 23, 2019

Study Explores How Pneumonia Strains Compete

A recent study has shed light on how different strains of bacteria compete to cause pneumonia, findings that could inform how to best prevent infection.

Clinical Breakthroughs
Apr 1, 2019

Exploring Food Allergy Origins and Treatments

Feinberg investigators are conducting basic science research, epidemiological studies and drug trials of new therapies for food allergies to uncover the breadth of the problem, understand the basic cellular pathways and develop new avenues of treatment.

Scientific Advances
Feb 20, 2019

Using Serine to Control Inflammation

Northwestern Medicine investigators discovered a method to modulate levels of a protein that is known to drive inflammation, by manipulating levels of an amino acid known as serine.

Clinical Breakthroughs
Feb 4, 2019

Calling for a Closer Look at Penicillin Allergies

Most patients who report a penicillin allergy are in fact not allergic, and verifying allergies before resorting to less-effective antibiotics can improve outcomes and avoid the spread of antimicrobial resistance, according to a review in JAMA.

Clinical Breakthroughs
Dec 12, 2018

Inflammatory Bowel Disease Linked to Prostate Cancer

Men with inflammatory bowel disease have four to five times higher risk of prostate cancer, according to a new 20-year study.

Disease Discoveries
Oct 31, 2018

Inflammation Can Lead to Circadian Sleep Disorders

Inflammation has unexpected effects on body clock function and can lead to sleep and shiftwork-type disorders, according to a new study.

Disease Discoveries
Jul 12, 2018

Why Internal Scars Won’t Stop Growing

A new Northwestern Medicine study has identified a trigger of some fibrotic diseases and an experimental compound to treat it.

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