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Now researchers in Australia are reporting in the Clinical & Experimental Allergy journal that they've made "promising early signs" that using boiled peanuts to treat children with peanut allergies could be safe and effective.
"Unfortunately, oral immunotherapy doesn't work for everyone and we are in the process of improving our understanding of how these treatments work and what factors can influence how people respond to treatment," Flinders University researcher Tim Chataway says in a press release.
In the clinical trial, 70 peanut-allergic children between the ages of 6 and 18 ate boiled peanuts for 12 hours a day for 12 weeks, two-hour boiled peanuts for 20 weeks, and roasted peanuts for 20 weeks.
The children were given small and increasing doses of boiled peanuts, and when they showed no signs of an allergic reaction, increasing doses of roasted peanuts were then provided to increase their tolerance in the next stage of treatment.
Of the 70 participants, 66% became desensitized to peanuts after eating 12 roasted peanuts without allergic reactions, and only three withdrew from the trial due to adverse events.
"This clinical trial could help develop...
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GMA Ventures, a wholly-owned investment arm of the...more
"Rest isn't best."
That's the takeaway from a new study out of Children's National Hospital in Washington, DC, that looked at more than 1,600 kids ages 5 to 18 who'd suffered a concussion in...more
Foundation: Coca-Cola Foundation 
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That's why the Coca-Cola Foundation and Project Last Mile are teaming...more
Foundation: Marin Community Foundation 
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Substances were prevalent but they were used with a sense of respect for their ancestors."
That's what...more
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So writes David Chase in a paper published last month in Relocalizing Health: The Future of...more
If you're in the UK and craving Pepsi, you're in luck: The company has teamed up with Hallam University in Sheffield to create a food and diet innovation hub, the BBC reports.
The idea is to...more
Peanuts are one of the world's most common allergies, afflicting some 17 million Europeans under the age of 25, according to data from the European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases...more
"When people think of new homes, they talk about how many bedrooms, bathrooms, and living rooms it has, but no one talks about how much health room or health space the home has," says Ashish Atreja,...more
If you're an Allied Health Professions (AHP) practitioner in Northern Ireland, you're in luck.
The Irish government has come up with a research and innovation strategy for the group, which...more
When Heather Luebben and Natalie Olsen started Apple Tree Dental in Fargo, ND, 18 years ago, they didn't have enough staff to care for all the kids in the area who needed dental care.
But thanks...more
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