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With an estimated four to six percent of children in the U.S. suffering from food allergies, a new study shows that pediatricians and family physicians aren't always confident they have the ability to diagnose or treat food allergies.A study published in the January 2010 issue of Pediatrics and headed by Dr. Ruchi Gupta, M.D., M.P.H., a researcher at Children's Memorial Hospital and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, brought attention...
When introducing your newborn to new foods, be sure to look out for signs of food allergies, said an expert at Baylor College of Medicine."Food allergies can occur in babies as young as six months old," said Dr. Carla Davis, assistant professor of pediatrics - allergy and immunology at BCM.There are eight foods that cause 90 percent of allergies in kids, said Davis.These include:* Cow's milk* Eggs* Soy beans* Wheat* Tree nuts* Peanuts* Fish and shellfishIntroduce foods one at a...
NEW YORK, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue. Gluten-Free Food and Beverage Market: Trends and Developments Worldwide, 2nd Edition, The http://www.reportlinker.com/p0116172/Gluten-Free-Food-and-Beverage-Market-Trends-and-Developments-Worldwide-2nd-Edition-The.html The retail market for gluten-free foods and beverages is exploding as a result of multiple triggers. On the marketer side, giant General Mills has...
ATLANTA and BRIDGEWATER, N.J. Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- From cubbies and carpets to class pets and pollen, as parents prepare for this year's back to school they should also prepare for the upcoming fall allergy season. To help children with nasal allergies ease into the new school year, the My Xperts(TM) program, created by UCB and sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC., is offering new tips from a team of indoor and outdoor nasal allergy experts to help parents prepare for fall allergy season in and out...
DEERFIELD, Ill., July 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Siemens Healthcare today released new survey results revealing that 85 percent of mothers in the United States believe childhood allergies are a serious concern. Yet, when asked about testing their children for allergies, the survey shows that many mothers know little about the testing options available. Furthermore, more than one-third were not familiar with the accuracy of these tests, despite 93 percent indicating that accuracy was...
Black male children may have a greater risk of having a food allergy, a U.S. food sensitivity study of more than 8,000 found. The national survey included 8,203 people, who tested positive for the allergen antibody linked to possible issues with eggs, milk, peanuts and shrimp. The sensitivity levels to these potential food allergens was then tested in all participants. The researchers estimated that 2.55 percent of the general population has food allergies -- most often to shrimp and...
Whole Foods Market Inc. has pulled three gluten-free products for children because the items actually contain the substance, the Texas grocery chain said. The chain, with 273 U.S. stores, also said it would create a strict gluten-free definition and begin monitoring its items so such problems don't recur. Three products made for Whole Foods by Wellshire Farms Inc. of Swedesboro, N.J. -- Chicken Bites Dinosaur Shaped, chicken corn dogs and beef corn dogs -- contained between 116 and 2,200...
A team of scientists from across Europe are embarking on new research to develop a treatment for food allergy."Food allergy affects around 10 million EU citizens and there is no cure," says Dr Clare Mills of the Institute of Food Research, a lead partner in the Food Allergy Specific Therapy (FAST) research project. "All people with food allergy can do is avoid the foods to which they are allergic. The threat of severe anaphylaxis has a great impact on their quality of...
Halloween can be a scary time for the parents of children with food allergies, a U.S. expert warns. Dr. Amal Assa'ad of the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center advises parents to inspect their children's Halloween candy carefully. "Usually, parents are more careful about watching what their kids eat around Halloween time, but sometimes kids who have allergy will get into their siblings' candy that hasn't been sorted out yet," Assa'ad says in a statement. "Every year, I see a few...
ExpertSource: TOPIC: A study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics found the numbers of U.S. children with food allergies seem to be increasing, according to an article by The Associated Press. The first federal study of its kind revealed that food allergies in American children are on the rise and now affect about 3 million kids or four percent of children and teenagers under the age of 18. The number of young people who had a...
