CAMERON BRYDON is at risk of becoming one of the thousands of children in the UK who have a potentially life-threatening food allergy. As a sufferer of eczema, he has a one-in-five chance of developing a reaction to peanuts.
But the eight-month-old, from Livingston, is taking part in a ground-breaking study which could shed new light […]
ONE of Britain’s youngest bee-keepers is lucky to be alive after being stung three times - and finding he could not breathe.
Gregor Tubb, 12, developed a severe allergic reaction, causing his mouth and throat to swell up.
As he slipped in and out of consciousness, his father, Gerard, raced him to York Hospital, where his life […]
The number of patients suffering from serious allergic conditions has risen by more than a quarter in four years, but there is a serious shortage of specialists to treat them, The Times has learnt.
Experts call upon the Government today to take immediate steps to combat the “massive epidemic” of severe allergic conditions, which can be […]
If you have allergies, lots of rain is either a blessing or a curse. Depending on what triggers your symptoms, you’re either breathing easy or sniffling and wheezing.
Maine Lobster Festival
Samantha Harkinson is having a hard time enjoying the great outdoors.
“A lot of headaches, stuffy nose, drainage, just everything kind of gross like that,” […]
Shares in Allergy Therapeutics plunged 22pc after America’s drugs regulator froze a trial of its hayfever vaccine when a trial patient fell ill.
Allergy, which has one of the most advanced portfolios of drugs in Britain’s biotechnology sector, said it was “collaborating fully” with the US Food and Drug Administration to discover why the patient developed […]
If your allergies have been acting up even more lately, the wet weather is likely to blame. Doctors tell us allergy sufferers and those with asthma have it especially rough when flooding occurs. News On 6 anchor Latoya Silmon reports it’s a problem that’s hard to avoid, but some tips may make dealing with it […]
Asthma is often thought of as a disease that affects children, but Dr. Greg Foster said that is a big misconception.
“The truth is we do see a lot of adult onset asthma,” Foster said. “Asthma crosses all age groups.”
Foster, a pulmonologist with the Medical Center of McKinney, said asthma is a reversible narrowing of the […]
Scientists have discovered that when a certain signalling molecule goes missing, people become susceptible to life-threatening food allergies, a discovery that points towards a potential treatment.
Dr Claudio Nicoletti and his team at the Institute of Food Research in Norwich have discovered that when certain dendritic cells in mice do not produce the immune system molecule […]