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  • Have a food allergy? It’s time to recheck

    Posted: January 13th, 2011 - 9:51am

    Food allergies have generated a great deal of anxiety in recent years, with some schools going so far as to ban popular staples — especially peanut butter — after appeals from worried parents. Some airlines have quit serving peanut snacks, and more and more restaurants are offering dishes for diners concerned about gluten or dairy allergies.

    Date Published: 
    11.jan.11
    Source Title: 
    New York Times
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  • Get that nut away from my child!

    Posted: January 6th, 2011 - 1:20pm

    I was feeding my kids pistachio nuts right out of my mouth when my 2-year-old daughter Sawyer starting coughing. She coughed a lot, but then settled down. So we piled in our minivan to go have Christmas lunch with my in-laws. Sawyer coughed more en route and eventually threw up. We pulled over, cleaned her and she was happy again.

    Date Published: 
    05.jan.11
    Source Title: 
    Chicago Tribune
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  • US: Study finds high rate of ER trips for food allergies

    Posted: January 3rd, 2011 - 7:46am

    Food allergies may send more Americans to emergency rooms each year than commonly believed, a new study suggests. Between 2001 and 2005, researchers estimate that Americans made just over a million visits to the ER for allergic reactions to food.

    Date Published: 
    29.dec.10
    Source Title: 
    Reuters
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  • Tragic: Seventh-grader dies of food allergy at CHICAGO school

    Posted: December 21st, 2010 - 5:11pm

    Chicago Public Schools sent grief counselors to Edison Regional Gifted Center on Monday after the death of a seventh-grader who had an allergic reaction to food she ate at school.

    Date Published: 
    21.dec.10
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
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  • NIH-sponsored panel issues comprehensive US food allergy guidelines

    Posted: December 7th, 2010 - 7:19am

    Guidelines recommend uniform standards in the diagnosis and management of food allergy An expert panel sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has issued comprehensive U.S. guidelines to assist health care professionals in diagnosing food allergy and managing the care of people with the disease.

    Date Published: 
    06.dec.10
    Source Title: 
    NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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  • AUSTRALIA: College says sorry over boy's death

    Posted: December 7th, 2010 - 7:12am

    A lawyer for Melbourne's Scotch College has apologised to the family of a 13-year-old boy who died on a school camp following an allergic reaction to peanuts. Jeremy Ruskin QC read out the apology on the first day of the inquest into Nathan Francis's death. Nathan died after eating a beef satay meal containing peanuts on March 30, 2007.

    Date Published: 
    06.dec.10
    Source Title: 
    The Sydney Morning Herald
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  • Clinical report—management of food allergy in the school setting

    Posted: November 30th, 2010 - 3:37pm

    Food allergy is estimated to affect approximately 1 in 25 school-aged children and is the most common trigger of anaphylaxis in this age group. School food-allergy management requires strategies to reduce the risk of ingestion of the allergen as well as procedures to recognize and treat allergic reactions and anaphylaxis.

    Date Published: 
    29.nov.10
    Source Title: 
    Pediatrics
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  • First study of its kind finds children with food allergies are often victims of bullying

    Posted: September 29th, 2010 - 7:22am

    In the first-ever study to assess the social impact of food allergies in children, Mount Sinai researchers have found that approximately 35 percent of children with food allergies, who are over the age of five, were reported to have experienced bullying, teasing, or harassment as a result of their allergies.

    Date Published: 
    28.sep.10
    Source Title: 
    The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine
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  • WISCONSIN firm recalls cured uncooked sausage products due to mislabeling and an undeclared allergen

    Posted: September 27th, 2010 - 7:01am

    WASHINGTON -- Mekong Fresh Meats, a Mosinee, Wis., establishment, is recalling  approximately 29,893 pounds of cured uncooked pork ginger sausages because they contain an undeclared allergen, wheat, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. Wheat is a known allergen, which is not declared on the label.

    Date Published: 
    24.sep.10
    Source Title: 
    FSIS
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  • US: Are kids' ER visits for food allergies on the rise?

    Posted: July 28th, 2010 - 6:59pm

    Children's visits to the emergency room for serious food-allergy reactions may be on the rise, if the experience of one major U.S. medical center is an indicator. Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston found that the number of food-induced allergic reactions treated in their ER more than doubled over six years -- from 164 cases in 2001, to 391 in 2006.

    Date Published: 
    27.jul.10
    Source Title: 
    Reuters
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