Tag: allergies

A team of researchers from Stanford University, the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center has found that people with peanut allergies have an abundance of allergy-causing immunoglobulin E antibodies (IgE) in their guts. In their paper published in the journal Science Immunology, the group describes sequencing antibody genes from B-lineage plasma cells

Breastfed babies may face more than DOUBLE the risk of developing food allergies ‘because of their delayed introduction to potential triggers’ Japanese scientists analysed how more than 46,000 infants were fed Exclusively breastfed babies were more than twice as at risk, the study found Infants may develop allergies if they are not exposed to foods

Every three minutes, a food-related allergic reaction sends someone to the emergency room in the U.S. Currently, the only way to prevent a reaction is for people with food allergies to completely avoid the food to which they are allergic. Researchers are actively seeking new treatments to prevent or reverse food allergies in patients. Recent

In marinated BBQ meat a lot of unnecessary additives are often included Summer time barbecue season is: Hardly anything is so popular, how in a convivial atmosphere sausages, put meat, fish or Vegetarian on the grill. Anyone who relies on ready-marinated BBQ meat, you should look at the ingredients list. Because many of these products

With allergy season upon us, YaleNews spoke to Dr. Ryan Steele, instructor of clinical medicine at Yale School of Medicine, about the current season, prevention, treatments, and other facts allergy sufferers need to know. When he’s not treating patients at Yale Health or the Yale New Haven Health Interventional Immunology Center, Steele teaches allergy and

As summer winds down, parents and children are preparing for the start of the school year, but for children with food allergies, heading to school for the first time can come with significant stress and anxiety. When a child is at school, they’re away from the watchful eye of their parents—those who can best control

Having a fan on in the bedroom could be irritating your allergies and drying out your skin, claims expert: But there are other ways to beat the heat Our bodies sleep best when they are comfortable between 16°C and 18°C Fans are a popular choice for keeping cool during hot summer weather But propellers could

Every year, Americans make 30,000 emergency room visits because of food allergies, according to the Food and Drug Administration. Even touching a surface that previously held peanuts can trigger anaphylaxis, a life-threatening allergic reaction. When a peanut-allergic person starts feeling their throat close up, they stab themselves with an epinephrine, or adrenaline, device and then

With around 18 million hay fever sufferers in Britain, the warmer months can be a dreadful time for suffers as streaming eyes and noses take hold. According to Met Office predictions we’re set for more hot weather, with warm temperatures already here you may already be getting the sniffles. The run of great weather will

If you’ve suffered a sinus infection, you probably want to do whatever you can to avoid suffering from it again. Symptoms are worse than those of a cold, and often make it difficult to go to work or complete your usual daily activities. When you do feel that telltale stuffed nose and headache, though, it