News tagged with milk allergy

Standard test may miss food ingredients that cause milk allergy

The standard test used to detect milk-protein residues in processed foods may not work as well as previously believed in all applications, sometimes missing ingredients that can cause milk allergy, the most common childhood ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New treatment may desensitize kids with milk allergies, say researchers

Some 3 million children in the United States have some form of food allergy, ranging in severity from mild to life-threatening. Milk allergy is the most common, affecting 2.5 percent of children under age 3. In a small clinical ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Cow's milk does a baby good

Many doctors suggest that whole cow's milk be avoided in the early months of an infant's feeding. Lactation specialists go even further, counseling "mother's milk only" until baby starts eating solid food. But new research ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 14, 2010 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (7) | comments 2

In Infants with Egg or Milk Allergy, Can Future Peanut Allergy Be Predicted?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Early results from a study of more than 500 infants with egg or milk allergy indicate that they are highly likely to test positive for allergic antibodies that are specific to peanuts. This unexpected finding ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created May 10, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Milk is safe, even encouraged, for some children after treatment for milk allergy

Some children with a history of severe milk allergy can safely drink milk and consume other dairy products every day, according to research led by the Johns Hopkins Children's Center and published in the Aug. 10 online edition ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0