An Australian research team is hopeful that a novel injection therapy will work in peanut allergy. Speaking of her Phase… Read more »
Food Allergy News
Boiled Peanut Safe and Effective to Use During OIT, Study Finds
Using boiled peanut protein in oral immunotherapy treatment (OIT) is safe and effective, with fewer gastrointestinal symptoms compared to using… Read more »
Long-Term Peanut OIT Has Lasting Benefits, Study Reveals
In a long-term follow-up with 55 peanut-allergic children who had undergone oral or sublingual immunotherapy, 89 percent of patients followed… Read more »
Egg Oral Immunotherapy Shows Promise as Treatment
About half of children who did egg oral immunotherapy (OIT) were able to consume some form of egg five years… Read more »
AAAAI 2019: Expert Shines Light on Novel Therapies Under Study for Food Allergy
The FDA is considering approval of the AR101 peanut immunotherapy and will soon evaluate the Viaskin Peanut patch. But if… Read more »
Can Sleep Loss and Exercise Affect the Severity of a Food Allergy Reaction?
Peanut is a potent allergen, but little is known about the factors that contribute to severe peanut reactions. In soon-to-publish… Read more »
Allergic Living’s Research Highlights from the AAAAI 2019 Conference
At the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology held in San Francisco in late February, thousands of allergists and… Read more »
EpiPen Shortage in Canada Has Resolved, Says Pfizer Canada
EpiPen auto-injectors are back in stock in pharmacies across Canada following a year-long intermittent shortage of both the junior and… Read more »
Devastated Mom Speaks Out About 17-year-old’s Death Due to Nut Allergy
“Today, I will leave this hospital without my son,” Kari Wahl, mother of Brandon Cheatham, wrote in a heartbreaking social… Read more »
Small Study Finds Milk OIT Allergic Reactions Common, Calls for Vigilance
A study of children undergoing milk allergy oral immunotherapy at a Montreal Hospital finds allergic reaction side effects are common,… Read more »