Food Allergy News

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Amanda L. Michaud, DMSc, PA-C, AE-C, highlights a session at American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting in which speakers discuss proven and unproven tests used in food allergy diagnostics.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — In this Healio exclusive, Matthew Greenhawt, MD, MSc, FACAAI, discusses screening children before early introduction of allergenic solids at the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Eczema and food allergy are linked, but children with severe, early-onset eczema before age 3 months are at highest risk, a speaker said at the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting.

After working with the American College of Asthma, Allergy & Immunology for 3 decades, Kathleen May, MD, FACAAI, is excited to be taking its reins as president during its 2022 Annual Scientific Meeting, Nov. 10 to 14, in Louisville, Ky.

Children who experienced food-induced anaphylaxis at school received epinephrine administered via an autoinjector before going to the hospital more often than those experiencing anaphylaxis at home or at restaurants, data showed.

Approximately half of a group of patients with IgE sensitization to shrimp also were sensitized to house dust mites, and vice versa, according to a letter published in Clinical and Translational Allergy.

The maternal diet index appeared superior to other measurements in predicting childhood allergic disease among offspring, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

Healio compiled the most-read news in allergy, asthma and immunology posted in October.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Dupilumab maintains its safety and efficacy for up to 52 weeks in patients with eosinophilic esophagitis, according to late-breaking data from the phase 3 LIBERTY EoE TREET study presented at ACG Annual Scientific Meeting.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Dupilumab improved clinical, symptomatic, histologic and endoscopic outcomes among patients treated for eosinophilic esophagitis, according to study results presented at the ACG Annual Scientific Meeting.