Food allergy: a burden carried by more than 17 million Europeans

With more than 17 million of Europeans suffering from allergies1, food allergy is one of the most common allergic diseases.

In food allergic disease eosinophilic esophagitis, environment plays bigger role than genetics

Researchers have found that environment has a much stronger role than genetics in eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), a severe, often painful food allergy that renders children unable to eat a wide…

What is the difference between food allergy and food intolerance?

Food allergy is completely different from food intolerance. A food allergy involves an immune system response, food intolerance does not. If you have food intolerance you cannot properly digest a substance in certain foods, often because you have an enzyme deficiency

Food Ingredients That Cause Milk Allergy May Be Missed By Standard Test

The standard test used to detect milk-protein residues in processed foods may not work as well as previously believed in all applications, sometimes missing ingredients that can cause milk allergy, the most common childhood food allergy, which affects millions of children under age 3, a scientist reported at the 243rd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Socie…

Potential For Improved Diagnosis, Treatment Of Painful Food Allergy Following Discovery Of Genetic Marker

Researchers have identified a genetic signature for a severe, often painful food allergy – eosinophilic esophagitis – that could lead to improved diagnosis and treatment for children unable to eat a wide variety of foods…

Food Allergies And Restaurant Staff

A new study published in Clinical & Experimental Allergy reveals that there is no association between a restaurant worker’s knowledge of food allergy and his or her confidence in being able to provide a safe meal to a food allergic customer. Food allergies are common, affecting 2% of adults and as much as 8% of children in the UK alone…

Oral Immunotherapy Desensitizes Milk-Allergic Children

Some 3 million children in the United States have some form of food allergy, ranging in severity from mild to life-threatening.

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