food allergy

Sesame May Join Dairy and Nuts on Food Allergy Warning Labels - Gizmodo Sesame allergies seem to be a lot more common that previously thought. According to a new study out this weekend, as many as 1.5 million Americans could be allergic to sesame, and the findings may prompt the Food and Drug...

A look at the latest food allergy research - Stanford When Stanford professor Russ Altman, MD, PhD, was in his 20s, he began to suspect he had developed an allergy to shellfish. After a seafood meal, his face was red, he was wheezing, his nose ran and his eyes watered. Altman, who had happy...

Can Early Exposure Fix Food Allergies? - Web MD First: New parents should wait to introduce peanuts to children until they were past infancy to lower the risk of a negative reaction. Second: If a reaction did happen, and an allergy was confirmed through testing, the only safe measure for the...

Could certain gut bacteria protect against food allergy? - Medical News Today New research reinforces the idea that the absence of certain bacteria in the gut can cause food allergy, a condition that affects millions of people. The study also suggests that replenishing key gut bacteria could...

Food allergy clinics a test of faith for desperate families - Palo Alto Online With oral immunotherapy, parents hope to save children from potentially fatal reactions For families of children with food allergies, stepping outside each morning takes courage. Every surface, every playground...

Food for Thought: What Hurricane Sandy Can Teach Us about Food Allergy Preparedness - Centers for Disease Control Elizabeth O’Connell knows that only way to prevent a food-allergy reaction is to avoid the problem food. For her that means having to interpret precautionary language, like “may...

Got food allergies? 8 things dietitians want you to know about how to live with them - Channel 3000 May is Allergy Awareness Month Food allergies can range from being a daily nuisance to a deadly threat, and research shows they are growing more and more common. May is Allergy Awareness...

Food allergies don't just affect kids - 4WWL Imagine if you had to watch everything you eat, and question every ingredient at a restaurant or party. It may feel embarrassing or annoying but it could be life saving for people who have food allergies. So why are food allergies are on the rise...

Food Allergies - The Times-Independent I had them as a kid, and treated them as a pediatrician I am writing this out of the firm belief that “it takes one to know one.” I don’t know at exactly what age it started, and of course, my mother, now, can’t tell me. By school age, we both knew that a...

A New Treatment Can Relieve Food Allergies, But Few Doctors Offer It - NPR Scouring ingredient lists. Carrying an EpiPen. Sitting at the special lunch table at school. These anxiety-ridden measures have become routine for families with severe food allergies, who know it takes only one wrong...

Food allergy linked to certain form of eczema, study says - UPI The answer to whether a kid with eczema also develops a food allergy could lie just beneath the surface of their skin, a new study says. Researchers recently discovered that the top layer of skin in children with a certain form of...

Child with food allergy dies after inhaling fish fumes, father says - Anchorage Daily News Cod was cooking on the stove when 11-year-old Cameron Jean-Pierre arrived at his grandmother's home in New York. Cameron, who had a known allergy to seafood, started to wheeze during the visit this...

No Link Between Mom-to-Be's Diet, Baby's Allergy Risk - Healthday Avoiding certain foods during pregnancy does not reduce your child's risk of food allergies, a new analysis shows. For the study, researchers examined data from a 2005 to 2007 survey of 4,900 pregnant women who were part of a...

Why the world is becoming more allergic to food - BBC Recent inquiries into the deaths of two British teenagers after eating sesame and peanut highlighted the sometimes tragic consequences. In August, a six-year-old girl in Western Australia died as the result of a dairy allergy. The rise in...

The rise in food allergies: Patients battle to find the right things to eat - KTLA5 For those that have severe food allergies, the world can be a minefield. “It really impacts every aspect of your life. Every quality of your life,” said Emily Brown who’s two young daughters are each affected...

Don’t Let Food Allergies Drive You Nuts! Manage Your Child’s Nut Allergies With These Tips - Armonk Daily Voice According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an estimated four to six percent of U.S. children and adolescents are affected by food allergies. A food allergy...

Teal pumpkins make all the difference for kids with food allergies - WRCB With a multitude of candy being handed out, children with food allergies are unaware of what the sweet treats may contain. Let's face it, Halloween means one thing for most kids -- the candy. For others, the sweets are...

How to dine out when you have severe food allergies—and how restaurants can help I have food allergies. Much more than you care to know, but I’ll tell you anyway: Fish or shellfish send me to the hospital with life-threatening anaphylaxis, hives, and terrible swelling. Raw tree nuts such as...

Allergy Menu Launches to Help Stop Food Allergy Deaths - Restaurant News The development of a totally new app concept in the battle to improve food safety of restaurants is launched, enabling restaurant customers to view and filter a menu for known allergens along with food preferences, such a...

How to Keep Your Child With Food Allergies Safe at School - Parents Does your kid’s school take these steps to protect children with food allergies? Kids spend a lot of time at school—up to half their waking hours! So it needs to be safe a place, including for children with life-threatening...