ALLMedicine™ Food Allergies Center

Jul 28th, 2021 - Allergy is a broad topic encompassing common clinical allergic diseases, asthma, and complex immunodeficiencies. In this article, the authors discuss the most common allergic diseases and anaphylaxis and briefly review the current knowledge and ma...

Jul 27th, 2021 - Propofol is an intravenous sedative used in many patient populations and care settings. Although generally considered safe and effective, the drug has historically been avoided in patients with reported allergies to egg, soy, and/or peanut on the ...

Jul 24th, 2021 - Allergic reactions may result in central symptoms of dizziness, including nonspecific chronic imbalance, Meniere's disease, and autoimmune inner ear disease. Excepting first-generation antihistamines, and short-term use of steroids, most pharmacot...

Jul 10th, 2021 - Regulatory T (Treg) cells are a subtype of CD4+ T cells that play a significant role in the protection from autoimmunity and the maintenance of immune tolerance via immune regulation. Epigenetic modifications of Treg cells (i.e., cytosine methylat...

Jul 9th, 2021 - Egg allergy is the most common food allergy in children but recent studies have shown persistence or delayed resolution into adolescence. As there is currently no effective long-term treatment, definitive treatments that improve quality of life an...

Dec 16th, 2010 - Food allergy is an important public health problem that affects children and adults and may be increasing in prevalence. Despite the risk of severe allergic reactions and even death, there is no current treatment for food allergy: the disease can ...

Mar 25th, 2020 - Introduction: Food allergy has reached epidemic levels in Canada and peanut allergy is the most prevalent and one of the more persistent food allergies among Canadian children and adults. Avoidance or later introduction of peanut has been proposed...

Mar 9th, 2020 - This is a prospective Phase 2, single-center, multi-allergen OIT study in participants with proven allergies to 2 or 3 different foods in which one must be peanut. The total population will be 110 participants, ages 6 to 25 years that present with...

Feb 18th, 2020 - Food allergies (AA) are adverse reactions to food. Over the last decade, the AA scenario has changed profoundly. In many countries, there has been a significant increase in the prevalence, persistence and severity of AAs and a consequent increase ...

Aug 21st, 2019 - Peanut allergy is a common ailment in the United States. Research suggests that the prevalence of peanut allergy in the United States has doubled over the last 5 years. Currently, the only effective treatment for peanut allergy is a peanut-free di...

May 30th, 2019 - Among the 15 million people with food allergies in the United States, adolescents experience the highest risk of adverse events, including death from anaphylaxis. Visits to one pediatric emergency department for anaphylaxis doubled between 2001 an...

Jul 7th, 2021 - This is part 1 of a three-part series. Part 2 is here. Part 3 is here. For the 32 million people in the United States with food allergies, those who seek relief beyond constant vigilance and EpiPens face a confusing treatment landscape. In January...

Jun 10th, 2021 - Alex Miller grabs a loaf of bread from a shelf at Porchlight Community Service food pantry. SACRAMENTO, California (AP) — When Emily Brown, a Kansas City mother, couldn't find foods that her 2-year-old with multiple food allergies could eat at a l...

May 25th, 2021 - Children with food allergies often require diligent monitoring and a restricted diet to reduce allergic attacks, but there is little evidence available to support so-called "food bans" at schools and childcare centers. Instead, a new practice guid...

May 3rd, 2021 - Emollients don't prevent atopic dermatitis (AD), but they might have untapped potential as treatment, two new studies suggest. The results of a prevention study, in which parents slathered their babies with petrolatum, are particularly discouragin...

Apr 15th, 2021 - (Reuters Health) - Maternal intrapartum group B Streptococcus antibiotic prophylaxis isn't associated with an increased risk for diagnosis of allergic disorders such as asthma, eczema, food allergies, and allergic rhinitis in young children, a new...