What You Don ’t Know About Food Allergies
Pollen-food reactions, adult onset symptoms and cross reactivity are just some of the surprising ways our bodies respond to food. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - July 19, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jane E. Brody Tags: Allergies Anaphylactic Shock Food Peanuts Seafood Pollen Sesame Seeds Children and Childhood Source Type: news
New peanut has a wild past and domesticated present
(University of Georgia) The wild relatives of modern peanut plants have the ability to withstand disease in ways that peanut plants can't. Researchers at the University of Georgia have been homing in on the genetics of those wild relatives to make use of the advantageous ancient genes. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - May 18, 2021 Category: Biology Source Type: news
What are Common Causes of Anaphylaxis?
Discussion
Anaphylaxis is a potentially life-threatening hypersensitivity reaction of the body. Usually anaphylaxis is IgE mediated but complement-mediated immune complex reactions or IgG mediated reactions can cause anaphylaxis. Usually mucous membranes or skin are involved, but it is a systemic disease process with at least 2 systems involved (respiratory is second most common followed by gastrointestinal system). The epidemiology is difficult to discern but the estimated incidence is about 50-112 episodes per 100,000 person-years and estimated prevalence is 0.3-5.1%. There is data supporting an increased incidence. Over...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - May 17, 2021 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Imagine the Worst, or We're at Our Own Peril: Osterholm Imagine the Worst, or We're at Our Own Peril: Osterholm
At home with politicians and news anchors, CIDRAP ' s Michael Osterholm shares three rules of science and the media, and explains why policy and science belong together like chocolate and peanut butter.Medscape (Source: Medscape Radiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Radiology Headlines - May 14, 2021 Category: Radiology Tags: Internal Medicine Expert Interview Source Type: news
Businesses Offer Perks to Vaccinated Customers
Tossing their masks, jumping on side-by-side treadmills, sharing peanuts next to fellow sports fans, the vaccinated find special freedoms await. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - May 14, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jennifer Steinhauer Tags: Major League Baseball Restaurants Parties (Social) Vaccination and Immunization Coronavirus Reopenings Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) United States Defense and Military Forces Health Clubs Bars and Nightclubs Centers for Disease Control and Pre Source Type: news
How Cal and a foundation are taking the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup approach to developing tasty biotech startups
Wrapping programs of tomorrow in the startups of today, a Berkeley "hub" looks to open incubator space this fall for as many as 90 startups. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - May 12, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Ron Leuty Source Type: news
How Cal and a foundation are taking the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup approach to developing tasty biotech startups
Wrapping programs of tomorrow in the startups of today, a Berkeley "hub" looks to open incubator space this fall for as many as 90 startups. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - May 11, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Ron Leuty Source Type: news
How Cal and a foundation are taking the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup approach to developing tasty biotech startups
Wrapping programs of tomorrow in the startups of today, a Berkeley "hub" looks to open incubator space this fall for as many as 90 startups. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - May 11, 2021 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Ron Leuty Source Type: news
The legume family tree
(Penn State) The most comprehensive study of the family tree for legumes, the plant family that includes beans, soybeans, peanuts, and many other economically important crop plants, reveals a history of whole-genome duplications. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - May 7, 2021 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Why C-Section Babies May Be at Higher Risk for a Food Allergy
FRIDAY, April 30, 2021 -- Could there be a link between having a C-section and your baby ' s chances of developing a peanut allergy?
Yes, a team of Canadian researchers warns.
Their new study found that babies born via cesarean section appear to... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 30, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
5 Takeaways From the New Food Allergy Law
Sesame becomes a “major allergen,” joining milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat and soybeans. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 26, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Eric Athas Tags: Allergies Labeling and Labels (Product) Peanuts Anaphylactic Shock Food Content Type: Service Law and Legislation Sesame Seeds Food and Drug Administration Source Type: news
Food allergies, changes to infant gut bacteria linked to method of childbirth, ethnicity
(University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine& Dentistry) Researchers have found a causal link between caesarean section birth, low intestinal microbiota and peanut sensitivity in infants, and they report the effect is more pronounced in children of Asian descent than others, in a recently published paper in the journal of the American Gastroenterological Association. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 20, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
After Visiting Pluto, NASA ’s New Horizons Spacecraft Reaches Another Cosmic Milestone
On Jan. 19, 2006, the Earth lost half a ton. More precisely, it lost 1,054 lbs (478 kg), but it’s O.K. to round down, since the 13 octillion-pound planet hardly noticed the missing weight. The flyweight fleck of matter was very much born of the planet, a collection of metal and silicon and copper and rubber and plastics and foil and a bit of plutonium hammered together into the New Horizons spacecraft. Launched atop an Atlas V rocket, New Horizons tore away from Earth at a blistering 58,500 k/h (36,400 mph), a record-breaking speed that seemed very much fitting, given that its destination was Pluto, 5.1 billion km (3...
Source: TIME: Science - April 16, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
What Are Toxin-Mediated Diseases?
Discussion
A poison is a generic term for “a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.” A toxin is more specific and is “any poison produced by an organism, characterized by antigenicity in certain animals and high molecular weight, and including the bacterial toxins that are the causative agents of tetanus, diphtheria, etc., and such plant and animal toxins as ricin and snake venom.” A toxin does not include those substances that are made synthetically produced. Venom is also a toxin that is used by animals and insects for predation or defense which can cause ...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - April 12, 2021 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Dose-Response Analysis Could Improve Peanut Allergy Labeling
THURSDAY, April 8, 2021 -- Estimating the dose-response distribution for peanut allergen in the U.S. population could help improve food labeling guidelines for the management of peanut allergies, according to a study published online March 12 in... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 8, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
