current news (mar 11)

Registration Opens for FAAN’s Walk for Food Allergy
Business Wire (press release) – San Francisco,CA,USA
(BUSINESS WIRE)–In keeping with its mission to fund research and educational initiatives as well as raise awareness about food allergies from coast to …

http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20090309005737&newsLang=en

Health Watch: Keep allergies from ruining child’s fun
Utica Observer Dispatch – Utica,NY,USA
Find out from other parents if their children have food allergies, and plan menu choices accordingly. If their child has a food allergy, they will be very …

http://www.uticaod.com/lifestyles/x1569322481/Health-Watch-Keep-allergies-from-ruining-child-s-fun

Someone You Should Know
WKOW-TV.com – Madison,WI,USA
My husband and I do not have food allergies.” says Sheree. Peanut allergy is one of the more common food allergies. But is also one of the most dangerous …

http://www.wkowtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9968372&nav=menu1362_2_5

Food Allergies and Intolerances VS. Celiac Disease
Examiner.com – USA
Celiac disease is not a food allergy. A food allergy is an immune system reaction towards foods such as wheat, milk or gluten. Celiac disease in contrast is ..

http://www.examiner.com/x-4587-Orlando-Gluten-Free-Examiner~y2009m3d4-Food-Allergies-and-Intolerances-VS-Celiac-Disease

Food allergies in kids on the rise
Times Daily – Florence,AL,USA
Allye Barnett holds her 2-year-old son, Davis, while she reads the ingredient notices on food packages. Her children have different food allergies. …

http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20090305/ARTICLES/903050334/1011/NEWS?Title=Food-allergies-in-kids-on-the-rise

Peanuts Still Fly in the Face of Airplane Snack Wars
ABC News – USA
Sure, severe food allergies can be very scary, especially if it’s your child with the problem. But some perspective: According to a recent Time magazine …

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/BusinessTravel/story?id=6998539&page=1

Colorado Senate considering food allergy bill for schools
Examiner.com – USA
The bill would require schools to develop a more comprehensive policy to deal with children with food allergies and help keep them safe. …

http://www.examiner.com/x-2370-Denver-Early-Childhood-Parenting-Examiner~y2009m2d27-Colorado-Senate-considering-food-allergy-bill-for-schools

Council Approves Food Allergy Alerts
NY1 – NY,USA
And we want to make sure that when they go to these world’s greatest restaurants, they have a confidence about issues related to food allergies, …

http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/94649/council-approves-food-allergy-alerts/Default.aspx

Going Nuts Over Nut Allergies
TIME – USA
Given all the attention paid in recent years to food allergies, the number of people in the US who die from them–15 to 20 a year–is relatively small. …

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1881985,00.html

Top Food Allergies
Atlanta Journal Constitution – GA, USA
From peanut butter to gluten, we are becoming a society that can’t eat its own food. According to the Mayo Clinic, the top 8 food allergens are While people …

http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/tabletalk/entries/2009/02/23/top_food_allerg.html

Peanuts Used in Study to Cure Peanut Allergy
fox4kc.com – Kansas City,USA
It’s already used for other life threatening allergies such as insects, wasp venom reactions. But the future it may be used for tree nuts food allergy or …

http://www.fox4kc.com/lifestyle/health/wdaf-peanut-allergy-study-22309,0,2810250.story

Could Desensitization Be Cure for Deadly Nut Allergies?
findingDulcinea – New York,New York,USA
In Europe, the Food Allergy Specific Therapy research project involves giving participants purified proteins thought to create allergies to fish and fruit, …

http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/health/2009/feb/Could-Desensitization-Be-Cure-for-Deadly-Nut-Allergies-.html

Learning to tolerate a peanut allergy
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
But desensitization has never been shown to work with a food-related allergy. The researchers, from Addenbrooke Hospital in Cambridge, told the BBC that the …

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/booster_shots/2009/02/learning-to-tol.html

Test Your Food Allergy Knowledge                                                                       — How Much Do You Really Know …
NewsReleaseWire.com (press release) – USA
It is now estimated that more than 12 million Americans suffer from food allergies. How knowledgeable are you about this condition? …

http://www.expertclick.com/NewsReleaseWire/default.cfm?Action=ReleaseDetail&ID=25460