Immunology
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Strategies to treat food allergy with oral immunotherapy
“Ultimately, the decision to pursue OIT or continue avoidance strategies remains the responsibility of the family and the patients. Some families...
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Connected: Preterm infant program makes progress
Intimate sensory interactions between mothers and infants physically altered infants’ cortical networks in the brain ... later correlated to...
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Childhood peanut allergy linked with other legume allergies
“As plant-based protein consumption broadens worldwide, awareness of the potential for cross-reactivity and co-allergy amongst legumes will become...
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Childhood peanut allergy linked with other legume allergies
“Cross-sensitization to other legumes in patients with a single legume allergy is common; however, true clinical reactivity is often not present...
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Childhood cow’s milk allergy raises health care costs
“Children with food allergies typically have other atopic comorbidities that require more visits to primary care physicians and specialists and...
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When is an allergic reaction to raw plant food due to tree pollen?
Allergy tests may be needed for people who report atypical or severe reactions or who also react to cooked or processed plant foods.
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Many young kids with COVID may show no symptoms
The relationship between symptoms and viral load also differed between adults and young children in a new study.
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Deaths rare in tonsillectomy, but some children at more risk
Children who die are more likely to have a complex chronic condition such as cerebral palsy or Down syndrome.
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Introduce allergens early, say French allergists
For all newborns, regardless of whether they have a history of atopic or nonatopic dermatitis, food diversification is now recommended from 4...
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Milk allergy frequently overdiagnosed
“Proper diagnosis can ... reduce unnecessary financial strain of specialty formulas, stress to the family regarding feedings, and a restrictive...
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Food allergy test breakthrough: Less risk, more useful results
The results give hope to those with food allergies that tomorrow’s gold-standard test will require only a blood sample without an emergency team...