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Many over-the-counter medicines are available to control symptoms of allergies, including allergic rhinitis. These medicines work well but can have side effects.

Medicines that are safe when they are used alone can sometimes cause problems if you take them with other medicines. Talk with your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking medicine for something else and want to try an over-the-counter medicine for your allergy.

Over-the-counter medicines used to control the symptoms of allergies, including allergic rhinitis, include:

• Antihistamines. Antihistamines reduce or stop sneezing, runny noses, and itching.

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Medical Xpress — UCD clinician scientists and researchers from NUI Maynooth and Trinity College led by Conway Fellow, Professor Donal ODiabetologia raise the possibility of therapeutic applications for GLP-1 in inflammatory conditions due to the direct impact on innate natural killer T iNKT cells

Psoriasis is an inflammatory skin condition causing scaling, itching, redness and plaque formation to varying degrees of severity Associated with obesity and other metabolic diseases such as diabetes, it carries an increased risk of cardiovascular disease iNKT cells are implicated in the development of psoriasis and obese people have lower iNKT cells in comparison to lean individuals

The clinical team based in St Vincent

The team began treating two obese patients with type 2 diabetes and psoriasis with the GLP-1 analogue, liraglutide Both patients experienced relief from their psoriasis symptoms within days of starting treatment and the psoriasis area and severity index PASI decreased in both

Describing the laboratory findings, Dr Andrew E Hogan, UCD Newman Scholar and senior scientist said, cells expressed GLP-1 receptor and modulated cytokine production

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Late last night, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory observed a massive “ultraviolet flash” emitted from the sun, which has turned out to be the largest solar radiation storm since 2005. This M9-class coronal mass ejection is expected to hit earth today at 9 am EST, and could cause widespread communications interference and damage to electrical systems and structures.This M9-class solar eruption is just teetering below an X-class eruption, which is considered to be the most severe type of solar storm. M9-class solar eruptions have been occurring almost daily throughout the past week in an area of the sun known as sunspot 1402. Get more…

A controversial study estimates the risk of venous thromboembolism, or serious blood clot, at 1% for those undergoing knee replacement and .5% for those receiving a new hip during the few days they recuperate in the hospital after surgery.

The authors, Jean-Marie Januel and colleagues from Lausanne University Hospital in Switzerland and co-authors in France and Canada, used data from 47 studies, most of them randomized controlled trials.

They suggest that because VTE is the most frequent surgical adverse event besides infections, their rates might be used for quality analysis and hospital benchmarking Additionally, they write, there is no widely accepted estimate of symptomatic VTE risk prior to hospital discharge that might be “conveyed to patients in the informed consent process.”

VTEs, which can result in sudden death, are thought to be largely preventable, especially since one in four VTEs occur in patients who had major surgery such as hip and knee replacements.

All of the patients included received recommended prophylactic medications.

The symptoms of allergic rhinitis may be worse if you are pregnant. Although you and your unborn baby (fetus) are not in danger, allergic rhinitis can lead to a worsening of asthma and sinusitis. It is important to discuss this with your doctor, as some medicines might be better for you and your baby than others.

• If possible, do not use medicines during the first 3 months of your pregnancy. If you feel you need the medicine, talk to your doctor.
• To treat nasal congestion, try using a saline spray or raising the head of your bed.

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