If you didn't have food allergies as a child, is it possible to develop them as an adult? The short answer is yes. But the reasons why are much more complicated. Preschoolers are about four times more ...

Researchers have discovered a new cell type that appears to drive life-threatening food allergies and may help explain why some people get severe allergic reactions and others do not. Reporting their ...

Food allergies are slowly increasing within first world countries. According to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), 8% of children and 11% of adults are affected by food ...

This chart shows the four most common types of allergies among respondents in the following selected countries.

Doctronic reports that while allergies have a genetic component, their inheritance is complex and influenced by multiple ...

For most high school students, pizza or grilled cheese are easy fallbacks when they don’t want whatever is on the daily lunch ...

A pilot study, supported by the Food Allergy Fund, plans to assess metformin as a treatment in patients with peanut allergy.Notably, this effort is part of the Food Allergy Fund’s drug repurposing ...

An allergy is an immune system overreaction to a substance that would otherwise pose no harm. Doctors may use a physical examination, skin tests, and blood tests to diagnose allergies. Different types ...

It used to be that the only way for people with food allergies to prevent a serious allergic reaction (like anaphylaxis) was to avoid that food completely. Unfortunately, even when a person does their ...

An allergy involves a mild to life threatening immune response to an external substance. A sensitivity, on the other hand, is typically a milder reaction associated with difficulty digesting food. An ...