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HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 14 (HealthDay News) -- President-elect Barack Obama has inspired throngs around the world to say, "Yes, we can."

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Eating peanuts early in life may help prevent development of peanut allergy, according to a study that casts doubt on government health recommendations that infants and new mothers shouldn't eat peanuts.

A study released by scientists at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental health (CCCEH) at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health shows that developing antibodies to cockroach and mouse proteins is linked to a greater risk for wheeze, hay fever, and eczema in preschool urban children as young as three years of age. The study, reported in the November 2008 issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, is the first to focus on the links between antibody responses to cockroach and mouse proteins and respiratory and allergic symptoms in such a young age group........

A study released by researchers at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental health (CCCEH) at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health shows that developing antibodies to cockroach and mouse proteins is associated with a greater risk for wheeze, hay fever, and eczema in preschool urban children as young as three years of age.

The American immunologist Dr. William E. Paul has received the Max Delbrück Medal in Berlin. The jury honored the researcher for his work on a key regulator of the immune system, interleukin 4 (IL-4). Dr. Paul works at the national institute of allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the National Institutes of health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, USA. Professor Andreas Radbruch, scientific director of the German Rheuma Research Center Berlin, held the laudatory address.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues to be concerned about the safety of asthma medications that contain long-acting beta-agonists (LABAs). These medications provide for long-term relaxation of the muscles...

Later this week, many of us will travel to see family and friends to celebrate Thanksgiving. This will cause us to be staying in different environments that could expose us...

After his quest for the presidency, Obama apparently is now in the market for a new family dog. But not just any dog -- the Obama family needs a hypoallergenic...