Scientists Could Possibly Shut Off Food Allergies Scientists may have found a way to alter the immune system, essentially turning off food allergies. The research is in mice, but holds promise for people suffering allergies to peanuts and eggs.

Guest post: Bloom’s (not-so) “healthy foods” tour This is a guest post, written by my wife, Huyen. Several grocery stores in our area are actively advertising “healthy food tours” of their store for children to, supposedly, show them how easy and fun it is to eat good-for-you foods. Sadly, that’s not at all how this tour went. I had a bad ...

Guest post: Bloom’s (not-so) “healthy foods” tour This is a guest post, written by my wife, Huyen. Several grocery stores in our area are actively advertising “healthy food tours” of their store for children to, supposedly, show them how easy and fun it is to eat good-for-you foods. Sadly, that’s not at all how this tour went. I had a bad ...

5.9 Million US Kids Have Food Allergies Approximately 8% of US children have some kind of food allergy, researchers from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine reported in the journal Pediatrics. 38.7% of those with a food allergy have a history of severe reactions, while 30.4% are allergic to several ...

Study shows high prevalence and severity of childhood food allergy in the US Chicago…A national study of food allergies in the US, the largest of its kind, finds that more children have food allergies than previously reported. The study, published in the July issue of Pediatrics, and headed by Ruchi Gupta, MD, MPH, an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern ...

8 Percent Of U.S. Children Have Food Allergies A large, national study of food allergies in the U.S. finds that more children have allergies, including severe allergies, than previously thought. The study, "The Prevalence, Severity and Distribution of Childhood Food Allergy in the United States," published in the July 2011 issue ...

AllerDine: Restaurant Allergy Guide If you suffer from food allergies, dining out can be a challenge. A new webite called AllerDine hopes to make the process a little easier. AllerDine is a restaurant guide that rates the “allergy friendliness” of each restaurant in their guide. Criteria include: Formal allergy policy ...

Low vitamin D levels linked to allergies in kids A study of more than 3,000 children shows that low vitamin D levels are associated with increased likelihood that children will develop allergies, according to a paper published in the February 17 online edition of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Researchers ...

NHS warns against complementary therapies for children's food allergies National Institute for Clinical Excellence says no proof alternative diagnostic tests work as immune disorders grow Alternative tests for children's food allergies �" such as hair analysis or muscle weakness �" must be avoided because there is little evidence they work, according to NHS guidance. ...

Simon Hoggart's week: The risks of being a Big Society volunteer Hilaire Belloc understood the unforeseen dangers of trying to do someone else's job �' Now we know that the "big society" means, in part at least, us volunteering to do work which would normally done by professionals paid through our taxes. I am reminded of the most famous quatrain by Hilaire Belloc, ...