With all of the talk about peanut immunotherapy these days, you'd think that the cure for these life-threatening allergies was right around the corner. While there is no quick fix, immunotherapy in one of the various forms may well be a viable option for treatment of food and environmental allergies.
As my son has acquired more allergies over the years, even with "total avoidance," I've been looking into immunotherapy recently. Although I'm not a physician, I'll share with you my "lay...
Anaphylaxis studies are notoriously difficult to do for both practical and ethical reasons. Anaphylaxis is a very serious allergic reaction... Read more »
“…I realize that the more I understand of other people’s difficulties, the less funny they are.” --Joel SteinMany of you will... Read more »
Unfortunately, the prevalence of allergic diseases (such as food allergy, asthma, eczema, hay fever) appears to be increasing. In... Read more »
This is Part One of a weekly, 3-Part Series on Modified Foods For Food Allergies. Part Two is about fermenting soy to reduce... Read more »
Peanuts have always been a favorite food of Americans and can be consumed in a variety of ways, including the stand-alone peanut to cooking... Read more »
This is a study to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of sublingual immunotherapy for children and adults with peanut allergy. Researchers are... Read more »
A hypo-allergenic peanut may be on its way, experts say. The cross-bred peanut has fewer proteins associated with allergies than conventional... Read more »
Researchers at Cambridge University Hospitals in the United Kingdom have developed a new therapy for people who have peanut allergies. The treatment... Read more »
Children with asthma who also have a peanut allergy may experience more, or more severe, asthma attacks, a new study has found. Researchers found... Read more »
Many children who test positive for peanut sensitivities may not have a full allergy to the food, researchers say. In a study of 79 children who... Read more »
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