food allergies

Don’t like needles? A nasal spray for allergies could replace EpiPen – National

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Don’t like needles? A nasal spray for allergies could replace EpiPen – National

Allergy sufferers in Canada may be able to swap their EpiPen injections for a nasal spray as early as next year. Neffy, made by drugmaker ARS Pharmaceuticals Inc., is the first epinephrine nasal spray to be approved in the United States to treat life-threatening allergic reactions known as anaphylaxis. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration … Read more

Family says son ‘dodged a bullet’ as study shows how to avoid peanut allergy

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Family says son ‘dodged a bullet’ as study shows how to avoid peanut allergy

A teenager who ate peanuts as a child for research “dodged the most terrible bullet”, his family said, after early consumption was found to slash allergy risk in adolescence by 71 percent. Atticus Cox was one of more than 600 youngsters recruited to test whether children should regularly eat peanuts or avoid them to reduce … Read more