ARLINGTON, Va., May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Travel season is fast approaching, and for parents of children with food allergies and asthma, a family vacation can become a huge challenge. Brigette

Researchers have found a way to better test for peanut allergies. This new method has proven to not only be more accurate, but also more convenient and cost effective than current tests.

Adults and children in a recent study could correctly identify, on average, fewer than half of an assortment of the peanuts and tree nuts that are among the most common food allergens in the United States.

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The Princess and the Peanut: A Royally Allergic Fairytale, by Sue Ganz-Schmitt (Wild Indigo Publishing), helps kids learn about food allergies through a fairytale classic with an allergic twist. Ganz-Schmitt, a global philanthropist and also the author of Even Superheroes Get Diabetes,