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Hope for peanut allergy sufferers

Posted on February 7, 2022 by Hippocratic Post

Researchers have discovered two peanut allergy treatments for children that are both highly effective at inducing remission. The research, led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI), found the treatments – a combination of a probiotic together with oral immunotherapy (the gradual introduction of the allergenic food) and oral immunotherapy alone – significantly induced remission […]

Go nuts for allergies

Posted on June 9, 2016 by Dr Paul Turner

Peanut allergy affects around one in 30 children (that’s one child in each school class). We think that the rates of peanut allergy have probably stabilised – which means that while it shouldn’t become more common, there are still plenty people out there with peanut allergy, and a real need to help those children and their families affected. One recent […]