The 10 best food allergy apps

Do you experience food allergies? We have selected the top 10 food allergy apps to help you navigate the foods that are safe to eat and the ones to avoid.

Food allergy diagnosis by oral food challenge is safe, says study

A study of 6,327 low-risk, non-research, open oral food challenges for diagnosing food allergies found that very few resulted in allergic reactions.

Are food allergies overdiagnosed?

Statistics indicate that food allergies are on the rise, but is this really the case? Or are they just being overdiagnosed?

Childhood Food Allergy In The US Affects 8 Percent Of Children Under 18

A national study of food allergies in the US, the largest of its kind, finds that more children have food allergies than previously reported…

Allergy Fears From New Foods

People who suffer from – or have a genetic predisposition to – allergies may face new risks from GM foods and new varieties of fruit and vegetables, say experts from France and Austria today. The challenge for scientists is to assess the risk and prevent the numbers of people with food allergies increasing…

EAACI: 17 Million Europeans Allergic To Food; Allergies In Children Doubled In The Last 10 Years

About 17 million people in Europe suffer from food allergies, with 3.5 million younger than 25 years. Allergies in children between 0 and 5 have doubled over the last ten years and access to the emergency room for severe anaphylactic reactions has increased seven-fold…

EAACI: 17 Million Europeans Allergic To Food; Allergies In Children Doubled In The Last 10 Years

About 17 million people in Europe suffer from food allergies, with 3.5 million younger than 25 years. Allergies in children between 0 and 5 have doubled over the last ten years and access to the emergency room for severe anaphylactic reactions has increased seven-fold…

Allergies, Forbidden Foods Put Childcare Centers On Alert

Attention to children’s food allergies at childcare centers can be a life-or-death issue. As these centers wrestle with the problem, some also have unique needs to address, such as an ethnically diverse child population…

Children, Males And Blacks Are At Increased Risk For Food Allergies

A new study estimates that 2.5 percent of the United States population, or about 7.6 million Americans, have food allergies. Food allergy rates were found to be higher for children, non-Hispanic blacks, and males, according to the researchers.