Current News (Nov 24)

EpiPens emerge as life-saving kid accessory
As allergies to peanuts, milk, eggs and gluten have risen, a cult-like following has emerged around the EpiPen, a single-shot  of medication that can halt a potentially deadly reaction.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27725975/from/ET/

Teach children and those who provide care for them how to stay …
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) – Wien,Austria
Peanut’ – Food Allergy Awareness Cards are a culmination of numerous reading materials. Parents of children with food allergies will read a myriad of …

http://www.pr-inside.com/teach-children-and-those-who-provide-r932368.htm

Children with food allergies often put at risk
Houston Chronicle – United States
CHICAGO — The number of children with food allergies is mysteriously soaring — peanut allergies alone have doubled in recent years — but scientists do not …

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/6127272.html

An Allergy Checklist for Holiday Gatherings
U.S. News & World Report – Washington,DC,USA
Ask guests about food allergies before planning your menu. Even trace amounts of an offending food can trigger a reaction. Know what is in each dish and ..

http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/healthday/2008/11/23/an-allergy-checklist-for-holiday-gatherings.html

Children at risk in food roulette
Sun-Sentinel.com – Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
The Tribune sent samples of the product to one of the nation’s leading food-allergy labs. Both times, the lab found gluten. (Tribune photo by Chuck Berman …

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/custom/consumer/chi-081120-allergens-tribune-investigation,0,1099282.story

Connecticut is first state in the nation to enact allergy …
Stamford Plus Magazine – Stamford,CT,USA
“However, we want to ensure that the olive oil sold here is not tainted with peanut, hazelnut or soy oil, which could put many people with food allergies at …

http://www.stamfordplus.com/stm/information/nws1/publish/News_1/Connecticut-is-first-state-in-the-nation-to-enact-allergy-safeguards-for-olive-oil3938.shtml

Food allergies? Avoid holiday minefield with these tips
StarNewsOnline.com – Wilmington,NC,USA
”About 1 in 3000 people have a true food allergy,” said Dr. Lionel Bonini, an allergist at Watson Clinic in Lakeland, Fla. ”They’re not common. …

http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20081119/ARTICLES/811190206?Title=Food_allergies__Avoid_holiday_minefield_with_these_tips

School cafeterias react to food allergies
Medill Reports – Chicago,IL,USA
Students have the option of sitting at any table, however if they want to sit with their friends at the allergy table, they are going to have to drop the …

http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=106309

Exposure to allergens may help prevent, ease allergies
CalorieLab Calorie Counter News – Las Vegas,NV,USA
In what one researcher called “the closest thing yet to a ‘true’ treatment for food allergy,” researchers from Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and Duke …

http://calorielab.com/news/2008/11/15/exposure-to-allergens-may-help-prevent-allergies/

ACAAI: Schools Earn Poor Grade on Food Allergy Action Plans
MedPage Today – Little Falls,NJ,USA
About 30% of respondents said they had seen at least one food allergy reaction in school during the preceding year, with 7% reporting multiple episodes. …

http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/ACAAI/11725

Survey looks at how schools handle food allergy
Reuters – USA
By Megan Rauscher NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A survey of nurses in elementary and middle schools found that food allergy action plans for students with …

http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE4A96OB20081110