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New info on Research on Children's Food Allergies
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New info on Research on Children's Food Allergies
http://www.parenthood.com/article-topics/new_thinking_about_diagnosis_and_prevention_of_food_allergies_in_kids.html/page/1
Page 3 outlines this new research:
The Jaffe Food Allergy Institute at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York is involved in some groundbreaking research aimed at preventing allergies and asthma in high-risk children – kids with allergic reactions, eczema and a family history of asthma or allergies. Researchers are studying whether exposing babies and toddlers to tiny doses of common allergens through an oral vaccine will help trigger immunity.
Institute Director Hugh Sampson, M.D., who is also the institute’s division chief of pediatric allergy and immunology, told the New Yorker recently that he and other specialists now believe early exposure could help prevent food allergies. Samson said he also believes that an estimated 80 percent of infants allergic to eggs or milk will outgrow the allergy by their teen years and that avoiding these foods may only prolong the time it takes to outgrow it.
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