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Showing posts with label Allergies. Show all posts

Thursday, 24 April 2014

Why Vulnerable Infant Cow Milk Allergy?



Why Vulnerable Infant Cow Milk Allergy? - Cow's milk protein allergy is a form of the most common food allergies experienced by children. An estimated 0.3 to 7.5 percent of children have this allergy, especially in infants aged less than two years. 

Monday, 3 February 2014

DNA of peanut-allergic kids changes with immune therapy

Peanut allergy, like other food allergies, currently has no cure. Scientists are conducting clinical trials of doctor-supervised immunotherapy, in which peanut-allergic patients take increasing amounts of peanut powder to try to desensitize them to the peanut allergen. At the end of the trial, patients are usually asked to eat some peanuts every day for the rest of their lives.