A new product which gets rid of dust mites through a simple, non-toxic spray is looking for a business partner in India. The spray is based on a patented ingredient called Active Ingredient Composition (AIC). This substance apparently destroys allergens before they reach the human body, by breaking them down ...

NEW YORK – A report out of Australia indicates that giving infants specific types of healthy bacteria in their first 6 months does not reduce the development of allergies later. This surprising result came out of a study by Dr Susan Prescott and colleagues from the University of Western Australia. ...

Peanut allergies have been on the rise for the last decade. In fact, peanut allergies have doubled in the past 10 years, for both the US and the UK, until we now have a full 2 per cent of the population avoiding this allergen. Childhood is the normal time for ...

LONDON, ENGLAND – June Cutmore, a 71 year old grandmother, died on Tuesday when doctors at St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London, England gave her penicillin. Cutmore was wearing a red wristband at the time to alert medical staff to her allergy to the common antibiotic. In addition, Cutmore's son-in-law ...

The October issue of the Archives of Disease in Childhood has new recommendations for general pediatricians and family physicians for diagnosing and managing infant cow's milk protein allergy (CMPA). Statistics indicate from 5 per cent to 15 per cent of infants have a reaction to cow's milk protein, while true ...