Anabelle Terry, a slender, self-possessed 13-year-old, has heard the peanut butter story her entire life. At two and a half she ate nuts for the first time. Her mother, Victoria, had made a little ...

Food-related allergies and their effects are insidiously common in the United States: over 7% of children and over 10% of adults are affected. Although a quarter of people with food allergies have an ...

For years, parents were told not to expose their babies to peanuts, to prevent a potentially dangerous allergy. But 10 years ago, a landmark study found the opposite to be true, stating that if babies ...

Allergies are becoming more prevalent in the US, affecting over 100 million individuals. Common allergies include eczema, seasonal, and food allergies. Not surprisingly, food allergies can be the most ...

A new allergy medication is prompting clinicians to adjust their approach to oral food challenges — medically supervised tests in which clinicians give increasing doses of an allergen like peanut or ...

CHICAGO -- Pediatricians' use of "easy-to-implement tools" such as training videos, health record prompts and informational handouts to adhere to updated allergy-prevention guidelines could translate ...

Living with a peanut allergy means navigating a world where a single bite could turn deadly. For the estimated 1.2 million Americans who face this reality daily, understanding how to respond when ...

Research shows introducing peanuts during infancy cuts allergy risk, while eggs now surpass peanuts as the most common food ...