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Experts identify three culprits for gluten allergy

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Researchers have identified three fragments in gluten that appear to trigger a disorder in people who are allergic to the wheat protein. The findings, published on Thursday in the journal Science Translational Medicine, may lead to a more targeted cure instead of what sufferers practice now -- life-long abstinence from food containing gluten, such as cereal, pasta, cookies ...

Kids with food allergies may be smaller than peers

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Young children with food allergies tend to be somewhat smaller than their peers with no such allergies, despite having a similar nutrient intake, a small study suggests. On average, food-allergic children in the study were still well within the normal ranges of weight and height for their age. But the findings underscore the importance of making ...

CORRECTED: Therapy may help some with deadly peanut allergy

By Rachael Myers Lowe NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Peanut allergy has proven to be a tough nut to crack. While there's still no way to make peanuts completely safe for people who are allergic to them, an experimental therapy may make them less deadly, report researchers from Germany and the US. While the research holds hope for the hundreds ...

Therapy may help some with deadly peanut allergy

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Peanut allergy has proven to be a tough nut to crack. While there's still no way to make peanuts completely safe for people who are allergic to them, an experimental therapy may make them less deadly, report researchers from Germany and the US. While the research holds hope for the hundreds of thousands of American ...

Early exposure to cow's milk has benefits: study

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A taste of cow's milk during the first two weeks of life may protect a child from later developing an allergy to the milk's protein, a new study suggests. Cow's milk protein allergy is the most common and most dangerous among the family of dairy allergies and intolerances, with reactions including rash, respiratory ...

Treating Allergies With Environmental Medicine

Treating Allergies With Environmental Medicine By Charlie X Smith Like conventional allergists, environmental-medicine doctors place a premium on environmental control. Doctors preach having at least your bedroom as an oasis. You want a place where you can get a good night's sleep because that will often be enough to give you good health through the day when you are ...

Popular Food Allergens

Popular Food Allergens By Naomi West The majority of people in the world have allergies. One of the more popular are food allergies. Someone might be susceptible to almost every kind of food out there or they could be impacted by only one in particular. When they eat up a particular kind of food the person's immune system will ...

Stop! Before you put that lotion on your next patient's back, make sure you read the list of ingredients all the ingredients. Various ingredients in the products you use in your office can be absorbed through your patient's skin into their bloodstream. Those same chemicals may be stored in their body fat at much higher concentrations. How do ...

Allergies Can Cause Chest Congestion Symptoms - Cure Allergies By Bryan Burbank Allergies this time of year can cause a lot of major health issues so it is important to find a remedy that help you prevent it. You need to make sure if you have an allergy it is not from something like mold that can be inside your house ...

Midwest a mosquito magnet after rains; receding floodwaters produce bumper crop of biting bugs

First came the floods — now the mosquitoes. An explosion of pesky insects are pestering clean-up crews and just about anyone venturing outside in the waterlogged Midwest. In some parts of Iowa there are 20 times the normal number, and in Chicago up to five times ...

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