food allergy

(MedPage Today) -- Food allergy in children is more common than previously thought, and often is associated with severe symptoms and multiple foods, a new survey found.

SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- New recommendations for diagnosis and management of food allergies could reshape practice, according to this exclusive InFocus report from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology meeting.

Comprehensive new guidelines on food allergies are out from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

(MedPage Today) -- New guidelines from an expert panel sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) aim to standardize the diagnosis and management of food allergy across clinical care settings.

About three of every 100 people in the U.S. have at least one food allergy, and the presence of a food allergy may raise their risk of asthma, a study shows.

The lack of guidelines for diagnosing food allergies has hindered efforts to determine their prevalence and treatments, a review of studies reveals.

There's no clear definition of "food allergy," a limitation that makes it challenging to determine prevalence and develop good management strategies, researchers say.

(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) Scientists have identified a region of a human chromosome that is associated with eosinophilic esophagitis, a recently recognized allergic disease.

People with EoE frequently have difficulty eating or may be allergic to one or more foods. This study further suggests that a suspected so-called master allergy gene may play a role in the development of this rare but debilitating disorder.

In this exclusive InFocus™ video report, A. Wesley Burks, MD, of Duke University, talks about the current status of research on oral immunotherapy for severe food allergy and whether it's appropriate for ordinary clinical practice at this point.

The prevalence of reported food allergies and visits to hospitals and doctors offices for treatment related to food allergies have risen dramatically among children in the U.S. in the past decade, but the underlying causes for these increases remain unclear, a new study found.