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Peanut weaning diet drastically reduces the risk of developing severe allergy.
Study published in NEJM Evidence in May 2024 shows that peanut consumption starting in infancy and continuing to age 5 years provides lasting toleranc...
Medical supervised off the shelf introduction of foods to reduce allergy in children
The Natasha Clinical Trial is in progress in hospitals in England. The aim is to give children with milk and peanut allergy these foods, starting in v...
Annual Allergy Study Day 2024
A packed meeting of clinicians, nurses, dietitians and trainees were educated and entertained with a interactive day of talks. There was an array of s...
Successful peanut desensitisation using a skin patch
Allergists from Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, North West of England contributed to a large international multicentre study of 362 children age...
Adrenaline refractory anaphylaxis
Some patients with anaphylaxis will not respond to adrenaline auto-injectors. These patients are likely to be in shock, when adrenaline fails to be ab...