Allergies

For families or patients living with food allergies, going back to school can be a stressful time. Especially for those kids going to school for the first time, there can be a great deal of [...]

Allergists managing their patients’ health and well-being get a helping hand with telemedicine. Health challenges due to COVID-19 have ushered in many changes relating to health insurance and the [...]

You may not always find the foods you’re used to buying for your food allergic child or family member, so it’s good to have some options. Even before the coronavirus outbreak, grocery shopping [...]

Find ways to make staying at home with your food allergic kids a plus, not a minus. Managing food allergies is a challenge even in the best of times, but adding the COVID-19 crisis to the mix [...]

Anyone with food allergies knows that one of the most basic management techniques for a food allergy is knowing what to look for when reading food labels. Hidden foods represent a major challenge [...]

 Everywhere you go during the holiday season, you’ll find hidden allergens lurking: in the food at Christmas parties, in edible decorations, special, traditional foods with milk, egg and/or nuts! [...]

In a new study 1120 children whose siblings were diagnosed with food allergy were tested with skin prick tests, food specific blood tests and review of clinical history of food reactions. What [...]

Knowing how to read labels, recognize and avoid potential allergens in food can be tricky. But knowing what ingredient labels mean for food allergies is key to avoid potentially dangerous [...]

As school days draw closer, so do the challenges that go with managing food allergies. Parents are not the only ones accountable for food-allergic kids’ safety at school. School administrators, [...]

All too often, food allergies become a central focus for families with one or more food-allergic children. Problems can arise when siblings who do not have a food allergy feel left out, as if [...]