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Infants who are peanut-sensitised or have peanut allergy are not necessarily allergic: Study

July 22, 2017 Loknath Das(Peanut), Allergic, Allergy, Are, Have, Infants, Necessarily, Not, or, peanut-sensitised, Study, Who

“This is a very exciting development for those of us who have been treating an increasing number of kids with peanut allergies in the past 25 years,” said Amal Assa’ad, Managing Director, ACAAI Food Allergy Committee, US. “To be able to offer parents a way of reducing the risk of their children developing peanut allergies is remarkable and of real importance.” The authors recognised early introduction of peanut-containing foods may seem to depart from recommendations for exclusive breastfeeding through six months. Introduction of peanuts did not affect the length…

Infants Sensitive to Peanuts May Not Be Allergic to It

November 14, 2016 SrijitaAllergic, be, Infants, It, May, Not, Peanuts, Sensitive, to

Infants who are peanut-sensitised or have peanut allergy are not necessarily allergic, suggests a new study. “This is a very exciting development for those of us who have been treating an increasing number of kids with peanut allergies in the past 25 years,” said Amal Assa’ad, Managing Director, ACAAI Food Allergy Committee, US. “To be able to offer parents a way of reducing the risk of their children developing peanut allergies is remarkable and of real importance.” The authors recognised early introduction of peanut-containing foods may seem to depart from…

New Guidelines: Introduce Peanuts to Infants Early to Prevent Allergies

November 14, 2016 SrijitaAllergies, Early, guidelines, Infants, Introduce, New, Peanuts, Prevent, to

Parents may be able to reduce the chance that their children will develop peanut allergies by introducing the food early on, as young as four to six months of age, experts now say. The timing and method should depend on the infant’s risk of a peanut allergy, according to doctors who presented a preview of updated guidelines today in San Francisco at the annual meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. “Guidance regarding when to introduce peanut into the diet of an infant is changing, based on…

Screening Infants Could Prevent Early Heart Attacks: Study

October 28, 2016 SrijitaAttacks, Could, Early, Heart, Infants, Prevent, Screening, Study

Screening young children for high cholesterol at the same time as they receive routine vaccinations could prevent hundreds of heart attacks in young adults each year, researchers in Britain said Wednesday. Their study in the New England Journal of Medicine aimed to uncover a silent killer in young adults known as familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), a genetic disorder that often leads to early heart disease. FH runs in families, and if left untreated can raise the risk of heart disease at a young age as much as 100 times, according to…

Five in Six Infants Undernourished, Risk Irreversible Mental and Physical Damage: U.N.

October 15, 2016 Srijitaand, damage, Five, In, Infants, Irreversible, mental, physical, Risk, Six, U.N., Undernourished

Five in six children under two years old in developing countries are not getting enough of the right kinds of food, putting them at risk of irreversible mental and physical damage, the U.N. children’s agency UNICEF said on Friday. Half of children aged between six and 23 months are not being fed frequently enough, UNICEF said. And a widespread lack of solid foods and variety of ingredients are depriving the same age group of essential nutrients when their growing brains, bones and bodies need them the most, the agency said.…

Zika virus related to unreported eye troubles in infants

May 26, 2016 SrijitaEye, In, Infants, related, to, troubles, unreported, virus, Zika

A group of ophthalmologists has determined formerly unreported eye issues in toddlers born to mothers who confirmed signs and symptoms of Zika virus contamination for the duration of pregnancy. The researchers from Brazil and Stanford university determined unreported eye problems like retinal lesions, haemorrhaging and odd blood vessel improvement in 3 Brazilian babies with microcephaly — a beginning disorder marked by smaller head and mind length resulting from Zika virus. besides those observations, the toddlers on this have a look at — published inside the magazine Ophthalmology — also exhibited…