Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Allergy News

NPR: Study: Kids Often Misdiagnosed With Food Allergies

BBC: Hope over peanut allergy 'cure'
A team from Cambridge's Addenbrooke's Hospital exposed four children to peanuts over a six-month period, gradually building up their tolerance.

By the end the children were eating the equivalent of five peanuts a day.

It is the first time a food allergy has been desensitised in such a way, although a longer-term follow up is now needed to confirm the findings.