Instead, eating peanut while the immune system is still developing – and learning to recognise friend from foe – can reduce allergic reactions, experts say. It also means the body’s first experience of peanut is in the tummy where it is more likely to be recognised as food rather than on the skin, where it … Read more
By Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling HealthDay ReporterHealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, July 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Despite now having more choices for lifesaving emergency allergy injectors like EpiPens, the cost is still proving prohibitively expensive for some, new research shows. Even though most people are saving money with lower-priced alternatives after the cost of EpiPens shot up … Read more
July 12, 2022 – A little over a year after its FDA approval, Bayer has announced that its prescription-strength nasal spray for indoor and outdoor allergies (brand name Astepro) is now available over the counter nationwide. Astepro, which is made up of 0.15% strength of the antihistamine azelastine and can take just 30 minutes to … Read more
George, 10, hopes a newly-approved drug will lessen the impact of his peanut allergy. Source link
June 16, 2022 — What would you do if you believed you had a serious health issue, but the best way to find out for sure might kill you? That’s the reality for patients who wish to confirm or rule out a food allergy, says Sindy Tang, PhD, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at … Read more
A Norfolk hospital is the first to be licensed to treat peanut allergy using a newly approved drug. Source link
The trial has been set up by the family of Natasha Ednan-Laperouse, who died after eating a sandwich. Source link
FRIDAY, Feb. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — You bite into an apple and suddenly your mouth starts tingling. Or you eat shrimp for dinner and get hives. You’re not a kid and you’ve been able to eat these foods your whole life, so what’s going on? A number of conditions could be the cause, but … Read more
Heather Sapp, Phoenix, AZ. Edwin Kim, MD, director, University of North Carolina Food Allergy Initiative, Chapel Hill, NC. Jeff Weiss, MD, allergist, Riverdale, NJ. Jaclyn Bjelac, MD, associate director, Food Allergy Center of Excellence, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland OH. John Wieck. Medicina: “Eosinophilic Esophagitis as a Side Effect of Food Oral Immunotherapy.” Stacy Silvers, MD, Aspire … Read more
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, April 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) — An infant will generate a lot of poop during the first year of life, but the very first one may offer key clues about the risk of developing allergies. Researchers analyzed samples of meconium from 100 babies enrolled in the CHILD Cohort Study, … Read more