Allergies occur when your immune system overreacts to a specific substance called an allergen, or trigger. Your immune system may identify the trigger—which is actually harmless—as a threat, and set ...

Aug. 20, 2024 — Researchers have shown how and why the depletion of microbes in a newborn's gut by antibiotics can lead to lifelong respiratory allergies. The research team identified a specific ...

It's pretty common these days to hear people in restaurants and stores say they have a "gluten allergy" and therefore require gluten-free products, but the problem is that there's really no such thing ...

For patients with IgE-mediated hypersensitivity to penicillin or cephalosporin, antimicrobial surgical prophylaxis often includes a fluoroquinolone or clindamycin in combination with a ...

For maxillofacial injury (Table 3), based on consensus statements, we recommend ampicillin/sulbactam or clindamycin plus moxifloxacin for β-lactam allergy with treatment for 10–14 days up to 6 ...