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ORF Ö1, April 9, 2026. Host: Maria Harmer | Editor: Ronny Tekal In the Spotlight: When allergy sufferers start coughing again in the Prater The pollen season is reaching its peak with birch pollen, affecting around 1.7 million people in Austria. Symptoms range from annoying hay fever to severe shortness of breath, which drastically reduces quality of life. Maria [...]

ORF Guten Morgen Österreich, March 10, 2026. For 10 years, Eva Pölzl has been waking up Austria early in the morning! It’s great that Prof. Jensen-Jarolim from AllergyCare was invited to appear on the show during its 10th anniversary year. Watch three informative segments, focusing in particular on preparing the immune system for pollen in advance—for example, through micronutrients and a healthy diet—tips for avoiding pollen, as well as [...]

ORF konkret, February 26, 2026. You never sleep alone! Dust mites are uninvited guests in our homes and the second most common cause of allergies. In this article, Prof. Jensen-Jarolim gives valuable tips on how to avoid mites and what you can actually do about chronic inflammation caused by dust mite allergies. Report available online until March 28, 2026, on ORF [...]

Do you also like Kati Bellowitsch's wonderfully raspy voice? Kati Bellowitsch now posts a health podcast every week on all popular social media channels. On March 5, 2024, Prof. Erika Jensen-Jarolim was her guest. In her cozy studio, where Kati Bellowitsch interviews, records, plays jingles and also treats her guests to coffee [...].

June 12, 2025, 5 - 7 p.m.: Live allergy consultation! Not every allergy is harmless - on the contrary: some allergic reactions can be life-threatening. Sometimes it takes a long time to find the cause of troublesome symptoms. This can be unsettling and frightening - especially if a severe allergy is suspected. This guide provides orientation and sound information [...]

Ärztekrone, April 2025: Allergy is the second most common chronic disease in Austria! Allergy is not a short-term seasonal event, but a disease that permanently impairs quality of life and chronically compromises the immune system. This is why allergy sufferers are sick more often and their performance is impaired. Read more in the ÄrzteKrone. To the article

August 21, 2024: YouTube video "Allergies and feelings?" Marika Lichtenberg uses solution-oriented bodywork® to bring people back to their center. The aim of bodywork is to stabilize our emotional state and the entire organism and to have a positive influence on the immune system. Stress has a direct effect on the immune system and can therefore also influence the development of allergies. Conversely, we know [...]

ORF1 - Dok1 with Hanno Settele. April 26, 2023, prime time 20:15 on ORF 1: Allergies - When nature becomes your enemy. It was an exciting shoot with Prof. Erika Jensen-Jarolim as an expert. Read more in this article: "...12 people come for a blood test and discover a plethora of allergies. Even Hanno Settele [...]

October 04, 2024, 7:10 and 8:10 a.m. How to recognize and prevent food allergies in children. Watch the interview of Prof. Jensen-Jarolim with the great presenter Eva Pötzl in the ORF TV-thek, at minute 28:40, as long as it is available! TV-thek

About allergen immunotherapy In this interview, Prof. Jensen-Jarolim reports that allergen immunotherapy can achieve effective long-term improvement for allergy sufferers. The "allergy vaccination" is more protracted than conventional vaccinations, as it takes at least 3 years. The good news is that allergen immunotherapy 1) works particularly well for pollen and house dust mite allergies, 2) can reduce symptoms by up to [...]