Allergy News Archive

29-Oct-2007

Most Asthmatics Don't Have Illness Under Control (iVillage Total Health)
There's a troubling gap between how well asthma patients in the United States think they have the disease under control and how it actually affects their daily lives, according to a survey released Thursday by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA).

Study: Asthma patients struggle with symptoms (The Springfield News-Leader)
There's a troubling gap between how well asthma patients in the United States think they have the disease under control and how it actually affects their daily lives, according to a survey released Oct. 25 by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America.

Is it allergy or merely intolerance? (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
A true food allergy is quite different from an intolerance to a specific food.

Allergy lifesaver 'Alex's legacy' (The Age)
To help cope with their little boy's death, Nigel and Martha Baptist have clung to the hope that such a horrible chain of events could never be repeated.

NEWSWEEK: Cover: Kids and the Growing Food Allergy Threat (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Today about 11 million Americans suffer from food allergies, and many scientists agree the numbers are climbing. As Senior Writer Claudia Kalb reports in the current issue of Newsweek, peanut allergies-among the most dire-doubled between 1997 and 2002 in children under 5 years old.

Food allergy plans 'to protect children' (The West Australian)
Victoria would become the first state in Australia to have a mandatory safety standard to protect children at risk of life threatening allergies, Premier John Brumby announced.

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