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| UpdatedAustralian scientists are mapping grass pollen levels across the country from space, in a bid to develop an early warning system for asthma sufferers on high-danger days.
Topics: allergies, science-and-technology, health, brisbane-4000, melbourne-3000, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedA new drug to help prevent asthma and allergies to foods such as peanuts and shellfish is being developed by a Western Australian Nobel Prize-winning scientist.
Topics: allergies, asthma, medical-research, university-of-western-australia-6009, wa, perth-6000
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| UpdatedMelbourne is known as a global hotspot for thunderstorm asthma — a condition brought on when storms play havoc with pollen which can even affect people who do not normally suffer from respiratory problems.
Topics: asthma, allergies, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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Sneezing, itchy eyes, running nose. Hayfever is the pits. But how much do you really know about it?
Topics: allergies, health, australia, canberra-2600
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Warnings that 2016's hayfever season would be the worst in years has come to pass, with sufferers across Melbourne reporting severe symptoms.
Topics: allergies, health, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedNot only are ticks annoying, their bite has the potential to cause infections, paralysis and deadly allergic reactions. So while we all agree we need to get rid of them, advice on how to do it is unclear.
Topics: health, allergies, medical-procedures
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Perth doctors will trial peanut clinics in a bid to reduce rising rates of allergy among infants and children by exposing them to peanut products early.
Topics: allergies, states-and-territories, family-and-children, health, perth-6000, wa
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When champion aerial skier Jacqui Cooper's one-year-old daughter began vomiting and not gaining weight, no-one could work out why.
Topics: diseases-and-disorders, allergies, diet-and-nutrition, health, infant-health, human-interest, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedA new study has found the early introduction of egg (from four to six months) and peanuts (from four to 11 months) is linked to lower rates of allergy.
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| UpdatedCanberra's peak season for pollen is predicted to start about a week early, possibly due to climate change.
Topics: allergies, research, weather, environment, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedPatients will soon have new, more detailed labels on their medications to reduce the risk of accidental overdose or allergic reactions.
Topics: health, doctors-and-medical-professionals, allergies, health-policy, federal-government, australia
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A wet winter is set to give way to a sneezy spring in south-eastern Australia, with experts saying this hayfever season will be the worst in years.
Topics: allergies, health, weather, melbourne-3000, university-of-western-sydney-2560, sydney-2000, university-of-melbourne-3010
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International pharmaceutical company Mylan announces it will launch a generic version of its EpiPen amid ongoing criticism over its recent 400 per cent price hike for its branded product in the United States.
Topics: health, pharmaceuticals, allergies, diseases-and-disorders, united-states
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| UpdatedAustralians are reassured they are unlikely to face big price hikes for the EpiPen, a life-saving anti-allergy device, despite a controversial 400-per-cent-cost increase in the United States.
Topics: pharmaceuticals, health, chemicals-and-pharmaceuticals, allergies, diseases-and-disorders, health-policy, australia, united-states
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| Updated'Peanut butter' may be back on the menu in schools, hospitals and airlines, after Australian researchers develop an almost identical but non-allergic product made out of the humble mung bean.
Topics: rural, vegetables, agricultural-crops, allergies, diseases-and-disorders, health, wa, perth-6000
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| UpdatedProfessor Hammad and her team of researchers have discovered exposure to dairy farm dust leads to lower rates of asthma in children.
Topics: dairy-production, asthma, allergies, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedResearch study findings have prompted some European child care centres to move onto farms.
Topics: dairy-production, allergies, asthma, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedMelbourne is most likely the food allergy capital of the world because of a fear of germs, the climate and a lack of vitamin D, researchers say.
Topics: allergies, science-and-technology, vaccines-and-immunity, diseases-and-disorders, health, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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In Australia about one in three of us will suffer from an allergy at some point in our lives. So how much do you know about allergies?
Topics: allergies, diseases-and-disorders, health, australia
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| UpdatedKristyn Keall was in grade four when she first learned she was allergic to the cold. And she hasn't had a reaction-free day for the last 20 years.
Topics: health, allergies, diseases-and-disorders, australia
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| UpdatedAs they transition to adulthood, adolescents with allergies need to be put in the driver's seat
Topics: allergies, adolescent-health, australia
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| UpdatedDecoding of peanut DNA has opened the door to improving crop yields and the possible eradication of peanut allergies, an international research team says.
Topics: allergies, agricultural-crops, research, perth-6000, india
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| UpdatedAn Indian restaurant owner in North Yorkshire is jailed over the manslaughter of a customer allergic to peanuts died from anaphylactic shock after eating one of his curries.
Topics: death, food-and-beverage, food-safety, food-poisoning, allergies, united-kingdom
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In many ways Phoebe Clarke lives a normal life for a 17-year-old girl, but every day she must remain hyper vigilant about coming into contact with eggs.
Topics: allergies, people, rockhampton-4700, brisbane-4000
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Topics: allergies, people, rockhampton-4700