Richard Gawel

1 week ago | healio.com | Richard Gawel |Kristen Dowd

Key takeaways: Nasal spray offers an alternative for patients who are afraid of needles. Participants absorbed epinephrine more rapidly when they also had allergic rhinitis. Treatment was considered safe and well tolerated. Participants in a clinical trial who used Belhaven Biopharma’s Nasdepi dry powder epinephrine nasal spray experienced positive outcomes regardless of whether they had induced allergic rhinitis, according to a press release.

1 week ago | healio.com | Richard Gawel |Kristen Dowd

Key takeaways:The study comprised 264,590 patients whose eosinophil levels were measured. There were no significant changes in blood pressure following anti-IL-5 therapy, which depletes eosinophils. SAN DIEGO — Patients with higher eosinophil counts experienced more cardiovascular disease, according to a poster presented at the 2025 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology/World Allergy Organization Joint Congress. “Eosinophils have a lot of roles in the body. They have roles in immunity.

1 week ago | healio.com | Richard Gawel

Key takeaways: Children were participating in oral food and drug challenges. Ommie led children and caregivers in deep breathing exercises. 50% of the interactions between children and Ommie were spontaneous. SAN DIEGO — Tests for food and drug allergies can be scary for children. But a robot developed by the Yale University Social Robotics Lab that guides them through deep breathing can ease their anxiety, according to a poster presented here.

1 week ago | healio.com | Richard Gawel

Key takeaways:Frequency-dependent heterogeneity of resistance between 5 Hz and 20 Hz and area under the resistance curve improved. Improvements also included eosinophils, fractional exhaled nitric oxide and total IgE. Patients with small airways dysfunction experienced clinically and statistically significant improvements in peripheral resistance and compliance with tezepelumab, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

2 weeks ago | healio.com | Richard Gawel

Key takeaways:Mean attack rates fell by 71% for patients with poorly controlled disease. Angioedema Control Test Scores rose from 11.3 to 13.9.The percentage of patients with well-controlled disease rose from 67% to 93%. SAN DIEGO — Patients with hereditary angioedema who switched from other drugs to donidalorsen for long-term prophylaxis experienced fewer attacks and improved disease control, according to a poster presented here.