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More than four million people in Australia are now affected by allergies and over the past 20 years, hospital admissions for anaphylaxis have increased five-fold. In response to this growing public health issue, the House of Representatives Standing Committee on…

Peanut oral immunotherapy (OIT), which involves daily micro-dosing with peanut protein, has been shown to desensitize some people with peanut allergy. Research is still needed to determine the optimal treatment regime in terms of OIT dose and duration that will…

The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has commissioned and funded a study that has found exercise and sleep deprivation can significantly reduce the amount of peanut needed to trigger an allergic reaction in people with peanut allergy. According to media…

The US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has announced its support for a study into therapies for people with multiple food allergies. The study will test the ability of bi-weekly or monthly injections of omalizumab to increase…

It has been proposed that the rising incidence of allergies in the western world may be influenced by modifications to the human microbiome caused by the western environment and/or lifestyle. To further explore this theory, researchers in Western Australia studied…

Several interesting and exciting developments relating to gluten and coeliac disease have been published recently. Here are some of the stories: Link between childhood gluten intake and coeliac disease Researchers in Sweden have found that in young children with a…