New research led by the University of Cambridge in the UK has discovered the reason for the extreme immune reaction in some people who are allergic to cats. A study published online this week in the Journal of Immunology explains how the cat allergen Fel d 1 triggers an immune receptor that is...
Young people with severe allergies need help to live safely with their condition as they enter adulthood, a study has found. A survey of severe allergy sufferers aged 15 to 25 found that not all were receiving the specialist care they needed. Younger respondents were more likely to be given...
Two million Americans are allergic to insect stings, an allergy which sends more than 500,000 people to the emergency room annually. Yet, according to a study published in the March issue of Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, the scientific journal of the American College of Allergy, Asthma...
Pesticides and tap water may be responsible for the increase in food allergies, which now affect 15 million people in the U.S. The finding was published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, the scientific journal of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI), and came...
Circassia Ltd, a specialty biopharmaceutical company focused on allergy, today announced the publication of positive phase II results with its ToleroMune(R) cat allergy treatment in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (JACI). The results show that cat allergy patients who received...
Researchers have discovered an interesting fact about the genetic basis of childhood allergic diseases: a child is more likely to have a particular allergy if his or her same-sex parent has it. So for example, a girl's chance of having asthma is higher if her mother has it, and a boy's is higher...
With food allergies on the rise in the U.S., a new study claiming that daily egg exposure could cure egg allergies in kids is fairly bright news. allergy desensitization, or "oral immunotherapy," isn't brand new; many claim that local honey consumption can help acclimate seasonal...
Researchers from the Australian National University have discovered that children who only receive breast milk during the first six months have a higher risk of developing a nut allergy. The study has been published in the online issue of International Journal of Pediatrics. Researchers from...
Gluten, lactose, shellfish, peanuts. No matter what the food, it seems like someone you know*can't eat*it. People might roll their eyes when you explain you're allergic to gluten, but food allergies are serious business. Luckily, public awareness of food allergies is growing rapidly, as is the...
If you've got itchy eyes, a runny nose, and sneezes that just won't quit, you're not alone; this year's allergy season has been pretty rough. According to the Gallup WellBeing Index (which offers a fascinating array of data for statistics nerds like me), more people are suffering from more...
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Blood testing to determine a link between food and illness is increasingly common, but some tests are not considered diagnostic and can lead to confusion, according to a primer in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Both traditional physicians and holistic medicine practitioners may...
...peanut oil make you have allergy symptoms? I'm 20 years old and my mother developed a peanut allergy suddenly and severely at about the age of 40, so ever since I reached adulthood I've been pretty cautious about peanuts. Over Thanksgiving break I ate boiled peanuts and Chinese food on...
If infants encounter a wide range of bacteria they are less at risk of developing allergic disease later in life. This is the conclusion of research from the University of Copenhagen, which suggests completely new factors in many modern lifestyle diseases. Oversensitivity diseases, or...
VTT Ventures Oy has established a spin-off which develops next generation allergy vaccines. The spin-off is called Desentum Oy, and its operations are based on a VTT patented technology. Years of research, testing and official approval cycles are still required before the vaccines are ready for...
Today, about one in four European children suffer from allergy, which makes this disease the non-infectious epidemic of the 21st century. Evidence suggests that lifestyle factors and nutritional patterns, such as breastfeeding, help to reduce the early symptoms of allergy. The detection and...
Researchers have turned off a life-threatening allergic response to peanuts by tricking the immune system into thinking the nut proteins aren't a threat to the body, according to a new preclinical study from Northwestern Medicine. The peanut tolerance was achieved by attaching peanut proteins...
Call me crazy, but Detroit is going incredibly health conscious and has begun developing technology that will be able to monitor glucose levels, provide severe allergy alerts and keep medical records available all at the touch of a button in your car's interior. Ford Motor Company and their...
I want to smoke with my friend who is severely allergic to peanuts. Before anyone dismisses it as an irrational fear, keep in mind that both are plants, and if the two are even remotely related, there is a problem. Also, do the two industries ever mix? I mean, in the mainstream food market, meat...
I want to smoke with my friend who is severely allergic to peanuts. Before anyone dismisses it as an irrational fear, keep in mind that both are plants, and if the two are even remotely related, there is a problem. Also, do the two industries ever mix? I mean, in the mainstream food market, meat...