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The top 10 food allergy management advances in 2021

December 28, 2021

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As families and health care providers struggle to manage food allergies, significant advances in research and treatment have been made in 2021. Here are our top 10 stories of developments and improvements that will benefit these patients.

Individual tree nuts produce different oral food challenge outcomes, according to researchers at the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago. Continue reading.

Ruchi S. Gupta

Many parents fail to give their babies peanuts before they are 11 months old Ruchi S. Gupta, MD, MPH, Director of the Institute for Public Health and Medicine – Center for Food Allergy and Asthma Research, at this year’s American College of Asthma, Allergy & Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting. Continue reading.

Premature discontinuation of cow’s milk formula based on general recommendations for exclusive breastfeeding can lead to a milk allergy in infants, Tetsuhiro Sakihara, MD, from Heartlife Hospital in Okinawa, said Healio. Continue reading.

Advanced oral immunotherapy with peanut (Arachis hypogaea) allergen powder-dnfp (Palforzia, Aimmune Therapeutics) improves loud Mohamed Yassine, MD, of immunotherapeutic agents. Continue reading.

Only 11.3% of adult patients saw a solution to peanut allergy in children. Rima Rachid, MD; Rayan Kteish, MD; and Seeonica Kalwajtys, BS, reports at the annual scientific conference of the ACAAI. Continue reading.

Douglas H. Jones

Which food allergy patients are candidates for oral immunotherapy? Douglas H. Jones, MD, Co-founder of Global Food Therapy, explained in our exclusive Q&A. Continue reading.

Adolescents with peanut allergy experience quality of life problems very differently, William A. McCann, MD, from Allergy Partners PA, reported at the ACAAI Annual Scientific Meeting. Continue reading.

Doctors can work with parents and teachers alike to ensure schools are safe for students with food allergies, said Sally Schoessler, MSEd, BSN, RN, AE-C, of the Allergy & Asthma Network, in our exclusive interview. Continue reading.

The International Milk Allergy in Primary Care guidelines may encourage overdiagnosis by labeling the symptoms common in many conditions in infancy as cow’s milk allergy. Rosie Vincent, MBChB, from Bristol Royal Infirmary, said Healio. Continue reading.

Multi-item inventories can help doctors better protect children by assessing whether they have been bullied in school for their food allergies, said Frances Cooke, BA, of the National Children’s Hospital. Continue reading.

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