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My son has a peanut allergy. Can he safely use Nutella in place of peanut butter?

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Nutella is a chocolate hazelnut spread that also contains peanut oil. Some individuals with a peanut allergy may safely consume peanut oil. But there is a chance that the peanut oil could contain some proteins from the peanut, which would [...]

Is your child at risk of developing a food allergy? What can you do about it? About 6 percent of children under age 5 have a food allergy. Food allergy symptoms often begin before the age of 2 — after a child’s first exposure to the allergy-triggering food. Experts are researching whether the sequence and [...]

Spring blooms are all around us in the western hemisphere along with runny noses, eyes, coughing, sneezing and low grade fevers. These symptoms are not from summer colds but from allergies to pollens, grass and a host of other environmental air factors. Does spring have to be so miserable?Dr. Victor Rocine made a statement in [...]

From the time he was 12 months old, Paul was miserable in the spring and, to a lesser degree in the fall, with a runny nose, watery eyes, and itchy skin. By his third birthday, the pollen allergies also triggered asthma attacks. Prescription medications didn’t help much to relieve his symptoms, even with constant use.All [...]

”Shots are just one part of this therapy,” says Stanley P. Galant, M.D., an allergist, and a clinical professor and director of pediatric allergy at the UC, Irvine. “Good avoidance measures are very important.”Usually outdoor allergens can’t be completely avoided. Most people can’t stay inside all the time, and, in any case, pollen comes inside [...]

Pollen grains from trees, grasses and weeds can float through the air in spring, summer or fall. But along with staying on mission to fertilize plants and tree flowers, pollen particles often end up in our noses, eyes, ears and mouths. The result can be sneezing spells, watery eyes, congestion and an itchy throat.
Pollen Allergy
Pollen [...]

Scientists at the National Institute of Environmental Health Science (NIEHS), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), have found that detectable levels of mouse allergen exist in the majority of U.S. homes. NIEHS researchers analyzed dust samples, asked questions, and examined homes in the first National Survey of Lead and Allergens in Housing, a [...]

INDIANAPOLIS - When people think of the holiday season, the first thoughts that generally come to mind are not allergy related. But that is the case for approximately 50 million allergy sufferers.Allergies are the sixth leading cause of chronic disease in the United States, and allergy sufferers account for more than 8.4 million physician visits [...]

 New results from a nationwide study on factors that affect asthma in inner-city children show that cockroach allergen appears to worsen asthma symptoms more than either dust mite or pet allergens. This research, funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of [...]

Food Allergy and Peanut Allergy
The only advice doctors can give to the 4 percent of Americans with potentially life-threatening food allergies is to avoid the culprit food, often nuts or shellfish. But that may change as researchers in a new Food Allergy Research Consortium, announced today, strive to develop therapies to treat and prevent food [...]

Allergy
Scientists have discovered a novel method to reduce cat allergic reactions by topping up the immune cells responsible for controlling them.
According to research published this week in the Public Library of Science (PLoS) Medicine, the team from Imperial College London and Royal Brompton Hospital have discovered a way to decrease allergic reactions by increasing numbers [...]

More than fifty percent of the U.S. population tested positive to one or more allergens, according to a large national study. The new findings, based on data from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III), shows that 54.3% of individuals aged 6-59 years old had a positive skin test response to at [...]