You may have heard people say that they are allergic to things, whether it is gluten, soy or peanuts. These people avoid these items, even going as far as not dining in certain places where there is a ...

Doctors have long recommended that infants avoid peanut products. But in 2017, experts officially reversed that guidance, and food allergies decreased sharply. By Simar Bajaj Food allergies in ...

Peanut allergy is one of the most common food allergies, affecting between 1% and 2% of people living in the west. And, for many years, their prevalence has been rising. But a recent study out of the ...

In the late 1990s, scientists and physicians increasingly reported a little-known health threat: peanut allergies. Estimates from the time suggest that only 0.4% of children had a peanut allergy. But ...

Six-year-old Elias Kroboth eats about 1.5 grams of peanuts as part of his daily Oral Immunotherapy treatment plan on Thursday, July 12, 2018 in Raleigh, N.C. After gradually increasing his consumption ...

It was a question Dr. Gideon Lack asked often, when giving lectures to fellow allergists and pediatricians on the topic of food allergies: How many doctors in the room had a patient allergic to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Outside of the allergy and immunology specialty there is likely limited awareness of peanut allergy management ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Raw peanuts are less allergenic than roasted peanuts. Infants achieved tolerance with no symptoms after 2 months ...