Immunotherapy, especially when combined with probiotics (see Kate Lawrence's research reports this week), shows great promise as a treatment for life threatening allergies. But while the outcome for those who have been treated has been very positive, it is still fraught with …
Peanut allergy
It’s now official – two autoinjectors, not one
The Anaphylaxis Campaign amongst others has been campaigning for some years for those at risk of anaphylaxis to carry two rather than just one adrenaline auto injector pens to use in case of an attack. Their reasoning is that one may not be enough because of the severity of the …
Has the legislation requiring eateries to know about food allergens helped?
According to recent research from the Food Standards Agency – the legislation has helped, but not spectacularly. The agency used interviews and food diaries from food allergic and intolerant people across the UK, both before and a year after the legislation came into force, to …
Pills and patches for peanut allergy
As I was doing the ironing this morning... I caught, The Food Chain on the World Service – an investigation into licensed medicines to treat peanut allergy. You can download the programme and listen for yourselves but here is a quick overview. Immunotherapy (gradually …
Another soggy garden party…..
Looking back at previous summer party blogs I see that the weather gods have it in for us. This was the view from the kitchen in 2015 – and it could have been the view yesterday! Except that in 2015 it did clear up enough to get out whereas yesterday no one except our growing …