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  • Posted: March 31st, 2012 - 11:38am

    “Allergic diseases have reached pandemic levels,” begins David Artis’s new paper in Nature Medicine.

    Date Published: 
    28.mar.12
    Source Title: 
    Wired
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  • Posted: March 31st, 2012 - 11:37am

    SAN DIEGO -- The standard test used to detect milk-protein residues in processed foods may not work as well as previously believed in all applications, sometimes missing ingredients that can cause milk allergy, the most common childhood food allergy, which affects millions of children under age 3, a scientist reported here today at the 243rd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Che

    Date Published: 
    28.mar.12
    Source Title: 
    American Chemical Society
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  • Posted: March 22nd, 2012 - 12:03pm

    Commercial tests that claim to determine whether a person has food allergies, sensitivities or an inability to tolerate certain foods are a waste of money, warns a Toronto allergy specialist, who wrote about the issue in this week’s Canadian Medical Association Journal.

    Date Published: 
    21.mar.12
    Source Title: 
    Canadian Press
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  • Posted: March 20th, 2012 - 5:42pm

    Researchers from Murdoch Childrens Research Institute and the University of Melbourne have identified a new way to accurately test for peanut allergy. It is hoped the test would be more cost effective and convenient than standard approaches and minimise over-diagnosis of peanut allergy in the community.

    Date Published: 
    20.mar.12
    Source Title: 
    University of Melbourne
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  • Posted: January 24th, 2012 - 3:05pm

    Living with a food allergy or intolerance can be a huge hassle. So it’s surprising how many people think they have sensitivities to certain foods — and alter their lives accordingly — when they really don’t.

    Date Published: 
    23.jan.12
    Source Title: 
    Washington Post
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  • Posted: January 5th, 2012 - 2:52pm

    CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA -- Ammaria Johnson, a seven-year-old elementary school student in Chesterfield County, Virginia, died after suffering an allergic reaction at school. According to Chesterfield police spokeswoman Elizabeth Caroon, the initial investigation revealed that the Hopkins Elementary School student, a first grader, died after she suffered an allergic reaction.

    Date Published: 
    04.jan.12
    Source Title: 
    CBS6
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  • Posted: January 4th, 2012 - 8:43pm

    People from well-educated families are almost twice as likely to suffer from some dangerous food allergies as others — possibly because their bodies’ natural defences have been lowered by rigorous hygiene and infection control, suggests a new Canadian study.

    Date Published: 
    04.jan.12
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
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  • Posted: November 15th, 2011 - 2:14pm

    Researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin have found a possible link between norovirus, a virus that causes "stomach flu" in humans, and food allergies. The findings are published in The Open Immunology Journal, Volume 4, 2011.

    Date Published: 
    14.nov.11
    Source Title: 
    Medical College of Wisconsin
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  • Posted: October 11th, 2011 - 8:21pm

    In a new meaning for ‘peanut,’ a U.K. woman has, according to this story, which really needs to be verified, become the first person to suffer an allergic reaction to nuts triggered through having sex. The boyfriend of the 20-year-old, who has not been named, had eaten a handful of Brazil nuts just before the couple's passion took hold.

    Date Published: 
    10.oct.11
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
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  • Posted: September 22nd, 2011 - 4:53pm

    A recently developed method for testing shellfish for toxins, which can cause serious illness in humans, is being adopted more widely for use on oysters and scallops thanks to Agency research carried out by CEFAS.

    Date Published: 
    22.sep.11
    Source Title: 
    Food Standards Agency
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