What Is a Peanut Allergy? You have a peanut allergy when your body’s immune system overreacts to peanuts. Normally, your immune system helps protect you from germs and other harmful substances. But if ...

In the United States, about one in every 200 people have a tree nut allergy, making it one of the most common food allergies amongst both adults and kids. While most tree nut allergies start in ...

A hazelnut allergy is a common type of tree nut allergy that usually begins during childhood. Avoiding hazelnuts is the best way to prevent associated allergic reactions. Tree nut allergies are ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (StudyFinds.org) – Nut allergies have led to ...

Susan Fradin has nightmares about Cheerios. Specifically, the Honey Nut variety. Her son Noah is allergic to peanuts and almonds, and her nighttime torment began during his first trip to sleepaway ...

Peanut allergy treatments are improving. Options like oral immunotherapy and biologics are helping lower the risk of severe reactions if you’re exposed to peanuts. Living with a peanut allergy can be ...

After parents were advised to introduce children at risk of nut allergies to peanuts, the number of allergic kids dropped by more than 40% Getty The number of children with food allergies — ...

If you're one of those people who always ask "Are there any nuts in this?" at restaurants, you're right. Allergies to nuts (walnuts, hazelnuts, almonds, pistachios, cashews, Brazil nuts, etc.) are ...

It was a question Dr. Gideon Lack asked often, when giving lectures to fellow allergists and pediatricians on the topic of food allergies: How many doctors in the room had a patient allergic to ...

Peanut allergy is one of the most common food allergies, affecting between 1% and 2% of people living in the west. And, for many years, their prevalence has been rising. But a recent study out of the ...

Evidence and Translation Lead, National Allergy Centre of Excellence; Chief Investigator, Centre of Food Allergy Research; Associate Professor and Group Leader, Childhood Allergy & Epidemiology Group, ...