; FDA Announces New Draft Guidelines On Allergen Labeling It's been 16 years since Allergen Guidelines have be updated. The new draft includes the existing allergens to now include sesame and three categories: Fish (such as bass, flounder) Crustacean shellfish (such as crab, shrimp, lobster) & Tree Nuts (such as almond, walnut, pecan). The new [...]
Toddler Skin Patch Immunotherapy for Peanut Allergy Exciting news for peanut allergy reduction in young children. DVB Technologies is working on a skin patch for children under 4 years of age and a recent study showed promising results in reaction reduction to the allergen peanut. Thanks to Snack Safely for sharing! Emerging TherapyNews CoverageStudy Skin [...]
Emerging TherapyNews CoverageStudy Sublingual Epinephrine Study Has Exciting and Positive News Aquestive Therapeutics is working on a sublingual epinephrine that is very exciting with its prelimary results showing faster concentration in blood than the existing auto injection in the hip! Thanks to Snack Safely for sharing this ground-breaking news! Needle-Free, Sublingual Epinephrine Film Works Faster [...]
Eggless Sugar Cream Pie This popular pie is made even better with it's allergy friendly egg-free ingredients. Recipe Image Old Fashioned Sugar Cream Pie Ingredients 1 pie crust at room temperature4 Tablespoons cornstarch3/4 cup granulated sugar4 Tablespoons salted butter melted2 1/4 cups heavy whipping cream1 Tablespoon vanilla extract Topping: 4 Tablespoons salted butter melted1/2 cup cinnamon sugar Instructions Preheat oven to 325F and place pie crust onto a baking sheet.Bake for 10-12 minutes [...]
Intrommune Toothpaste Immunotherapy for Peanut Allergy Shows High Patient Compliance for Phase 1 Intrommune Theraputics is pleased with high patient compliance, over 90%, in Phase 1 of the Toothpaste Immunotherapy study. Intrommune’s Toothpaste Immunotherapy for Peanut Allergy Completes Phase 1 Enrollment ByDave Bloom -2022/10/28 391 Share Observed only mild and transient adverse events, with no use of [...]
New Blood Test Accurately Determines the Threshold Level for Reactions to Peanuts New way to determine level of reaction to peanut has been developed involving a blood test. The new test will allow for the diagnosis and management of peanut allergy. Thanks to Snack Safely for sharing this story. ByNews Wire ~ 3rd Party Press [...]
Did Peanut Allergy Transfer from Donor to Recipient in Lung Transplant? A lung transplant a few years ago may have transferred a peanut allergy from a donor with a peanut allergy to a recipient with not history of allergy to peanuts. The resultant peanut sensitivity was treated with gradual desensitization for the lung transplant recipient. [...]
Oral Allergy Syndrome With Summer Fruits Why Some Summer Fruits make your tongue itch, even if you're not allergic. The condition also known as pollen fruit syndrome and involves a sensitivity to the pollen not the fruit. Symptom may include itchiness of the tongue or swelling of the lips and face. Thanks to HUFFPOST for [...]
EMT Service in Israel Provides Epinephrine in Two Cases Within an Hour!! Essential emergency service provided in Israel for cases of anaphylactic shock and saves lives. The services were provided in 2 separate cases in 2 different cities in Israel by volunteer EMT service providers. Creating a similar system in Canada with EMT services would [...]