food allergy

Food allergy treatments for Canadian kids could get a boost under new guidelines – National

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With almost 600,000 Canadian children dealing with food allergies, some caregivers and their kids face a feeling of constant worry. Rebecca Cooper from St. Thomas, Ont., is one such caregiver. Her 13-year-old son Bergen Eckert is allergic to peanuts, sesame, chickpeas, as well as most other nuts except for almonds. Though it’s all he’s known, … Read more

Drug dramatically reduces kids’ life-threatening reactions to food allergen traces

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An injectable drug used for decades to treat asthma substantially reduced potentially life-threatening reactions in children with an allergy who were exposed to trace amounts of peanuts, eggs, milk and cashew, according to new research.  The Food and Drug Administration earlier this month approved omalizumab, marketed as Xolair, to treat severe food allergies in certain … Read more