New peanut allergy therapy shows 84 per cent success A new therapy for peanut allergy has been successful in the majority of the 99 children who took part in a trial conducted by researchers at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, UK. ...
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As a pediatrician at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, Dr. Sarah Denny has seen her share of the life-threatening reactions that can happen with food allergies. That didn't make it any less scary when her son Liam, then 18 ...
Researchers say they have pinpointed a preservative found in many popular wet wipes and baby wipes as the cause of allergic skin reactions in some children. Reports of reactions have ranged from disfiguring patches to crusting, swelling, ...
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Women who eat nuts during pregnancy -- and who aren't allergic themselves -- are less likely to have kids with nut allergies, a new study suggests. Dr. Michael Young, an associate clinical professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical ...
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Women with no nut allergy who ate nuts during pregnancy had children with less risk of developing peanut or tree nut allergies, U.S. researchers say. Dr. A. Lindsay Frazier of the Dana-Farber Children's Cancer Center in Boston and ...
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Editor's Note: Since the publishing of this article, Dr. O'Shea now claims that he never wrote The Doctor Within, even though the book is directly attributed to him at the following website, and even lists his name as the direct contact: ...
Tags: peanut oil, vaccines, allergy, epidemic
Lightlife Foods, in cooperation with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has issued a nationwide recall of Market Veggie Burgers as they may contain an undeclared allergen - milk. According to the company, certain packages of the ...
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With as many as 1 in 10 Australian infants suffering from a food allergy, Food Allergy Week is an annual national campaign by Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia (A&AA) that helps promote and develop the awareness of food allergy and ...
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ConAgra Foods is voluntarily recalling approximately 14,000 cases of its Orville Redenbacher’s Classic Kettle Korn flavored ready-to-eat popcorn as they may contain milk that is not mentioned on the product label. The recall was ...
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New Chapter, a US-based producer of supplements, is voluntarily recalling Probiotic Elderberry dietary supplement as it may contain soy, which is not mentioned on the label. Consumption of this product may cause serious or ...
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Elevation Brands, LLC and Ian's unveiled new products and packaging at Natural Products Expo West held March 7-10 by signaling a strong declaration for the allergy-friendly food company's product and marketing strategy under the new tagline ...
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US-based Neogen has developed rapid lateral flow tests for the detection of gliadin (gluten) and sesame that provide accurate results within five minutes after extraction. Neogen noted that the new Reveal 3-D for Gliadin R5 test detects ...
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Ethnic food manufacturer and wholesaler Euro Foods was fined 6,000 Euro and ordered to pay 12,000 Euro costs after being found guilty of potentially fatal food adulteration in court recently (February 12). Curry question: Does your ...
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The Food Allergy&Anaphylaxis Network(FAAN)and the Food Allergy Initiative(FAI)have announced the completion of their merger,resulting in the formation of a new organization that will be dedicated to food allergy research. The new ...
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