I'm going on holidays, which has me doing a lot of thinking about cooking. You see, when you have an allergic family, it's always much safer to cook your own food. But when you are traveling abroad, how can you know how to buy what is safe? For most food allergies, ...

New genetic research shows that there is a relationship between Type 1 diabetes and celiac. Apparently, the same genes that result in other autoimmune diseases (including rheumatoid arthritis) are also linked to celiac. In celiac, the body's immune system overreacts to gluten, the protein found in many common grains - ...

Research shows that almost half of us have some kind of allergy, with the dreaded 'hay fever' being the most frequent culprit. However, did you know that you are more likely to have at least one allergy if you are a female? Apparently, 51 per cent of women will report ...

New research shows that there is a definite difference in rates of food sensitivity: countries varied in the number of people who were sensitive to at least one food. In fact, while about 1 in 4 people in Portland had a food sensitivity, less than 1 in 10 had the ...

A study out of Brigham and Women's Hospital with Harvard Medical School in Boston indicates that women who have stress during their pregnancy may have children with an increased risk of asthma. Researcher, Dr Rosalind Wright of Brigham and Women's hospital, said that this is the first study in humans ...