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Food Allergy
How to Prepare For Your First Visit to the Allergist
Maybe you or your child tried a new food and wound up in the bathroom vomiting and breaking out into… Read more »
What You Need to Know About Food Allergy Testing and Diagnosis
Before you make big changes to your child’s diet or your own diet, it’s important to see an allergist for… Read more »
Family Gets $118,000 in Allergy Discrimination Case
After-school center agrees to change epinephrine policy, giving access to kids with severe allergies.
Simon Katz’s Friends on Allergy Tragedy: What We Wish We’d Known
Editor’s Note: Fatal anaphylaxis from food allergy is a terrible way to lose a loved one or friend. An allergic… Read more »
Central Michigan University Student Charged in Alleged Peanut Hazing Incident
A college student could face jail time if convicted of the charge.
Update on U.S. EpiPen Recall: Devices and Info on Potential Defect
Do you own EpiPens that are part of the March 31, 2017 recall? Pharmaceutical company Mylan provides the following step-by-step… Read more »
Grieving Mom Warns: Speak Up About Severe Food Allergies
Young man who died of anaphylaxis had been embarrassed about multiple food allergies.
Teen with EoE Allergy Denied Coverage for His Essential Formula
Family in desperate need of a solution after insurance company denies coverage for son’s nutritional formula.
Success with OIT for Tree Nuts in Small, Long-Term Study of Kids
Seven of nine kids were desensitized to walnut and one other nut.