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Baby Food Allergies
By Melissa Moore
Child Food Allergy symptoms – Can My Allergy symptoms be Handed on to my Baby? For those who are inclined to have an allergic reaction then your child might tend to be allergic also. Nonetheless you and your baby could not share the …

http://www.applied-behaviour-analysis.com.au/2010/04/baby-food-allergies/

Food Allergies: Fall, Winter Babies More Prone
Huffington Post (blog)
The researchers discovered nearly a 20% higher instance of hospital-necessitating food allergy conditions among fall and winter babies.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/22/food-allergies-winter-bab_n_548455.html

Winter babies are more prone to food allergies
BBC News
Babies born in autumn or winter are more likely to develop a food allergy than those born in spring or summer, US researchers have found. …

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8633001.stm

Food allergies & sensitivities, Why is that?
Woodinville Northwest News
But in reality, food allergy symptoms can range from full anaphylactic shock to mild joint pain. And the foods to which many have allergic reactions are as …

http://www.nwnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1169:food-allergies-a-sensitivities-why-is-that&catid=38:health-a-wellness&Itemid=69

Students work to find proper food, Collegian
Gluten is our second biggest allergy.” Dianna Schalles, an allergy specialist at Lafene Health Clinic, said food allergies frequently begin in childhood and …http://www.kstatecollegian.com/news/students-work-to-find-proper-food-1.2225098

Fortune 52: Cristina Stainkamp
Long Island Press
According to The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN), an estimated 1 in 17 kids under the age of 3 have food allergies. There are eight foods that …

http://www.longislandpress.com/2010/04/14/fortune-52-cristina-stainkamp/

Arizona School Bans Lunches With ‘Processed’ Foods
NPR (blog)
My first thought on reading this story was: “I sure hope they don’t have any peanut allergies in that school” since that’s one food allergy not to be taken …

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/04/arizona_school_bans_processed.html

Celiac disease is not just an allergy
Celebrities With Diseases
Although celiac is often defined as a food allergy, it is actually an autoimmune disorder. This means the immune system mistakes gluten as being harmful …

http://www.celebrities-with-diseases.com/health-conditions/celiac-disease-is-not-just-an-allergy-4586.html

Trial and error in solving allergy mysteries
Los Angeles Times
… but what I’ve found to be at the root of this problem is severe allergy to palm oil and sunflower oil, which are added to food and cosmetic products. …

http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-letters-20100412,0,6458166.story

Seasonal Allergies? A Spoonful of Honey …
New York Times
Besides a variety of trees, there is a simpler way for allergy sufferers to find relief: local honey. This remedy (predating Claritin and its ilk) has long …

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/12/opinion/l12allergy.html

Living with food allergies
Sify
Millions of people around the world suffer from food allergies. For them, foods that we routinely consume can be life-threatening. Food allergies are caused …

http://food.sify.com/articles/health/Living_with_food_allergies-239839

Food allergic in college, and coping
Boston Globe
Based on national statistics that 4 percent of the US population has some kind of food allergy, Tucker estimates that she sees only one-quarter to one-half …

http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/food/articles/2010/04/07/many_colleges_are_adapting_to_the_needs_of_students_with_food_allergies/

Doctor educates parents about food allergies
Sandwich Broadsider
“Everybody at every level really does have to play a role in the management of a child’s food allergies,” Pistiner said. The decision to implement the ban …

http://www.wickedlocal.com/sandwich/features/x998207000/Doctor-educates-parents-about-food-allergies

“Bubble boy” liberated through daycare center
… got licensed and trained in daycare and food allergy issues and opened Growing Circle Daycare in their allergy-safe basement and yard. …

http://www.westseattleherald.com/2010/04/05/features/%E2%80%9Cbubble-boy%E2%80%9D-liberated-through-daycare-center

Kids with food allergies need two EpiPens
Boston Globe
By Elizabeth Cooney Many children with food allergies carry EpiPens, which are self-injectible doses of epinephrine that can halt a severe allergic reaction …

http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/family/articles/2010/03/29/kids_with_food_allergies_need_two_epipens/

Food allergies & learning disabilities
by Contributed – Story: 53529 Food allergies and intolerances have been shown to contribute and acerbate behavioural problems and learning disabilities. …

http://www.castanet.net/news/Natural-Health-News-by-Dr-Brent-Barlow/53529/Food-allergies-amp-learning-disabilities

Peanut allergy may worsen asthma in kids
Food allergies can also spur asthma symptoms. To evaluate the relationship between peanut allergy and asthma morbidity in school-age children, …

http://doctor.ndtv.com/storypage/ndtv/id/4296/type/news/Peanut_allergy_may_worsen_asthma_in_kids.html

7 Most Common Allergic Foods
TheMedGuru
by Dr. Sania Siddiqui – March 12, 2010 Food allergy is an abnormal response to a food triggered by the body’s immune system. At times some allergic food …

http://www.themedguru.com/20100311/feature/7-most-common-allergic-foods-86132771.html