The National Institutes of Health has launched a clinical trial testing whether a monoclonal antibody, dupilumab, can reduce asthma attacks and improve lung function and asthma symptoms in children with…
Parents of children with food allergies are hungry for solutions. Since 1960, the rate of food allergies among children has more than doubled – from 3% to more than 7%…
Just like people, dogs can get stomach aches for a variety of reasons, from eating something they shouldn’t have to catching a disease. Because these causes have a wide range…
Across the world, food allergies are on the rise. One of the most important cells in studying this ailment are basophils, which activate inflammation and other responses to allergens such…
TUESDAY, May 31, 2022 (HealthDay News) – For families of children with peanut allergy, there may be some hope. Researchers say they’re working on a treatment that can create immune…
Cynthia M. Allen Tribune News Service It was probably inevitable that the baby formula shortage would devolve into a noxious quarrel between the breastfeeding and formula-feeding camps. Within days of…
Dear Dr. Roach: Please advise: Do our bodies “reject” certain foods as we get older? I am a healthy, slender 70-year-old woman on no medications. For several years now, I…
Appelo Food Allergy and Research Education reports that up to 85 million Americans are affected by allergies and intolerances, including roughly 32 million with food allergies. Of those, about 26…
Inflammation of the skin and the esophagus, food allergy and asthma are just some of the symptoms of a now 12-year-old boy who was the first to have a mutation…
Q: My dog is 2-years-old and has started getting itchy, and he has had two ear infections! Why is he suddenly itchy and getting ear infections, and what can I…