Allergy & Immunology

Allergic disease takes heavy toll on children's health and quality of life

Published in Hospital Business Week, November 19th, 2006

The increasing prevalence of allergic disease worldwide adversely affects children’s physical health and quality of life, according to presenters at a satellite symposium during the 2006 meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in Atlanta.

National experts discussed the various reasons for this increase and current data demonstrating how prevention strategies can help clinicians reduce the development and subsequent burden of allergy for their pediatric patients.

The CME symposium, Early Strategies for Allergy Prevention, explored the genetic and environmental factors that may influence the progression of allergic disease, allergy’s impact...

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Source: Hospital Business Week (2006-11-19)

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