Food allergy

Can children have a serious allergic reaction just by touching food? Israeli study says no

Findings from a recent study by experts at Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa offer reassuring, evidence-based guidance that can help ease unnecessary food allergies anxiety.

‘THE FEAR of accidental contact with allergenic foods often leads to persistent anxiety and significantly affects the quality of life of both children and their families.’
Newborn breastfed babies usually nurse 10 to 12 times a day, and generally about every two hours from the start of one breastfeeding session to the start of the next

Exclusively breastfeeding infants linked to higher allergy rates in young children, study finds

MDA motorcycles

A life-saving injection: How MDA responders saved an infant from severe allergic shock

 Adult deer tick

New Jersey man’s death tied to meat allergy-causing tick in first-of-its-kind case


What is known about hives? Can it put your life in danger?

Urticaria is the scientific name for hives. What’s known about it? All your questions answered

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Woman saved after near-fatal reaction during Rosh Hashanah

The severe reaction happens when a person is exposed to the particle for a second time in their life, after their body had wrongly "marked" it as dangerous during the first exposure.

Pomegranate from Machane Yehuda, September 4, 2018

Meat allergy in the US is slowly being eradicated by fire ants

The "alpha-gal" meat allergy is caused by the bite of the lone star tick.

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Teacher kicks out student because of egg allergy

The preschool teacher told the student's mother that if anything happened to him at school it was the parents' responsibility, not hers.

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