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Fast food and takeaways linked to surge in child asthma and allergies
This article was amended on 15 January 2013 to clarify that the study found that children aged six to seven had an increased risk of 27% of having severe asthma, if they eat burgers and other types of fast food more than three times a week.Fast foodAllergiesYoung peopleEczemaAsthmaFood & drinkHealthHealth & wellbeingNutritionImmunologyMedical researchSarah Boseleyguardian.co.uk © 2013 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 14, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Sarah Boseley Tags: Nutrition The Guardian Fast food Allergies World news Health Medical research & wellbeing drink Society Eczema UK news Young people Immunology Life and style Asthma Science Source Type: news
Allergies: the scourge of modern life?
Our ancestors didn ’t suffer from hay fever and food allergies were extremely rare even a few decades ago. What is causing the steep rise in their incidence now?To anyone from Generation X or older, it often feels like food allergies are far more common today than in their youth. While they remember them being rare or nonexistent in their school days, their own children will have classmates with allergies or they may have one themselves.According to theFood Standards Agency, estimates suggest that about 5-8% of children and 1-2% of adults are affected by food allergies in the UK. The recent headlines about fatal allergic...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 20, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Vybarr Cregan-Reid Tags: Allergies Health Society Science Medical research Eczema Hay fever Source Type: news
Scientists link allergies to hyperactive immune cells in babies' cord blood
Search for treatments during or before pregnancy as childhood food allergies become more common and more severe in AustraliaVictorian researchers have found newborn babies with hyperactive immune cells in their cord blood are more likely to develop allergies to milk, eggs, peanuts, wheat and other common foods by the age of one.It is hoped the finding could lead to future treatments during or before pregnancy to prevent childhood food allergies, which are on the rise in Australia and affect 10% of babies in Melbourne before they are 12 months old. Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 14, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Melissa Davey Tags: Allergies Health Food science Australia news Source Type: news
Junk food may be fuelling rise in food allergies, say experts
Children with food allergies are found to have higher levels of substance in processed foodsA ballooning diet of junk food might be one of the factors fuelling a rise in food allergies, researchers have suggested.Experts say they have seen a rise infood allergies in western countries, including the UK. While true prevalence can be tricky to determine,data published by NHS Digital shows episodes of anaphylactic shock in England due to adverse food reactions rose steadily from 1,362 in 2011-12 to 1,922 in 2016-17.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 7, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Nicola Davis Tags: Allergies Society Nutrition Science UK news World news Source Type: news
Why are food allergies on the rise and is a cure on the horizon? – podcast
Food allergies appear to be increasing globally, but as scientific understanding improves, some experts believe we may one day be able to eliminate them altogether. Ian Sample speaks to Dr Kari Nadeau, an allergy specialist at Harvard School of Public Health and author of the book The End of Food Allergy, to discuss why food allergies are on the rise and what we can do to prevent – and possibly even cure – themContinue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 1, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Presented by Ian Sample with Dr Kari Nadeau, produced by Silas Gray, with sound design by Tony Onuchukwu, the executive producer is Ellie Bury Tags: Allergies Science Health Society & wellbeing Food Source Type: news
‘It’s one of the great mysteries of our time’: why extreme food allergies are on the rise – and what we can do about them
More and more youngsters are experiencing serious reactions to everyday foods – and even our pets are suffering. We meet one family who lost a son to anaphylaxis and ask what can be doneWhen five-year-old Benedict Blythe woke up on the morning of 1 December 2021, he was excited that Christmas was coming. He came downstairs to open the first box in his Advent calendar containing a plastic springy frog and a dairy-free white chocolate (Benedict was allergic to milk, along with many other foods including soy, sesame, eggs and nuts). It was Benedict ’s first term at school – Barnack primary in Stamford – and he loved i...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 15, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Bee Wilson Tags: Allergies Schools Children Food Source Type: news
Human-Neanderthal relationships may be at root of modern allergies
Three genes inherited from our Neanderthal cousins may cause modern carriers to have an overly-sensitive immune system susceptible to allergiesPassionate encounters between ancient humans and their burly cousins, the Neanderthals, may have left modern people more prone to sneezes, itches and other allergies, researchers say.The curious legacy comes from three genes that crossed into modern humans after their distant ancestors had sex with Neanderthals, or their close relatives the Denisovans, more than 40,000 years ago. Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 7, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Ian Sample Science editor Tags: Genetics Science Neanderthals Immunology Human biology Anthropology Evolution Allergies Source Type: news
Altering gut microbes of babies could prevent asthma and allergies
US study finds gut microbe pattern in one-month-old babies linked to increased risk of developing asthma and allergic reactionsAsthma and allergies in children could be prevented by altering the type of microbes inside their gut as babies, researchers have suggested.The team found that a particular pattern of gut microbes in babies just a month old was linked to an increased risk of them developing asthma and allergic reactions as they grew up.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 12, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Nicola Davis Tags: Health Asthma Allergies Microbiology Science Children UK news Society Source Type: news
Identifying peanut allergies cheaper and easier with new test
Scientists says blood test could avoid costly, stressful, food tests for confirming allergyA new blood test could make it much easier and cheaper to identify children with peanut allergies, say scientists.The test, which looks for biomarkers released by mast cells, or white blood cells forming part of the immune system, made a correct diagnosis 98% of the time in a study involving 174 children.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 2, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Press Association Tags: Allergies Society Science Health Children UK news Research Higher education Source Type: news
Covid-19: will my allergies make a difference? – podcast
As hay fever season approaches,Nicola Davis asks Prof Stephen Durham about the differences between the immune response to an allergen, such as pollen, and a pathogen, like Sars-CoV-2. Should those with allergies should be concerned aboutCovid-19?Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 6, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Presented by Nicola Davis and produced by Max Sanderson Tags: Allergies Coronavirus outbreak Science Hay fever Infectious diseases Medical research Society Source Type: news
Covid-19: will my allergies make a difference? – podcast
As hay fever season approaches,Nicola Davis asks Prof Stephen Durham about the differences between the immune response to an allergen, such as pollen, and a pathogen, like Sars-CoV-2. Should those with allergies should be concerned aboutCovid-19?Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 6, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Presented by Nicola Davis and produced by Max Sanderson Tags: Allergies Coronavirus outbreak Science Hay fever Infectious diseases Medical research Society Source Type: news
Miracle ‘farm dust’ pill could prevent childhood allergies
Treatments based on barnyard material and unprocessed milk may be developed by 2027An international team of scientists is working on a “farm dust” treatment to stop childrendeveloping allergies as research reveals the protective benefits of being brought up on a farm can last into adulthood.The study has found evidence that children brought up on family farms have greater protection into early adulthood from allergic rhinitis, a reaction that can cause a runny nose, sneezing and red eyes.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 4, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Jon Ungoed-Thomas Tags: Allergies Medical research Health Science Source Type: news
Cats, peanuts, bee stings … the irritating truth about allergies
More and more of us suffer from allergies, and medicine is struggling to keep up. Rebecca Seal talks to medical anthropologist Theresa MacPhailWhen Theresa MacPhail was four, her brother was killed in an accident. When she was 14, her mother died in a car crash. And when she was 24, her father died from anaphylactic shock after a bee flew in through the open window of his truck and stung him in the neck. For anyone else, these devastating experiences would almost certainly have been psychologically catastrophic. “I have several friends who are psychology professors, and they’re always saying, ‘No offence but, by righ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 28, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Rebecca Seal Tags: Allergies Health & wellbeing Life and style Society Source Type: news
Allergies Are Becoming More Frequent. Why?
By Adam Collison, Elizabeth Percival, Joerg Mattes, and Rani Bhatia of the University of Newcastle. This story was originally published by The Conversation. Allergies are reactions caused by the immune system as it responds to environmental substances that are usually harmless to most people. They may occur in response to a range of different material (called allergens), such as food, pollen, dust mites, animals, insect stings, or medicines. An allergy can affect different parts of the body. Allergic rhinitis, or hay fever, for instance, affects the nose and eyes, while eczema affects the skin. Food allergies aff...
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