News tagged with allergy prevention

Study says 1 in 13 US children have food allergy

(AP) -- Food allergies affect about one in 13 U.S. children, double the latest government estimate, a new study suggests.

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created Jun 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Children with special needs are at increased risk for oral disease

At the beginning of 2010, as many as 17 percent of children in the United States were reported as having special health care needs. Behavioral issues, developmental disorders, cognitive disorders, genetic disorders and systemic ...

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created Jun 21, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Children with food allergies should carry two doses of emergency medicine

In a large six-year review of emergency department (ED) data, researchers at Children's Hospital Boston, in collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital, found that many children with severe food-related allergic reactions ...

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created Mar 24, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Preventing allergies

Vaccination can lower children's risk of allergy. Cathleen Muche-Borowski and her coauthors present a clinical practice guideline for allergy prevention in the current issue of Deutsches Ärzteblatt International (Dtsch ...

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created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0