As more than 2.2 million children with food allergies head back to school in coming weeks, the American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) encourages parents, in cooperation with school staff, to take measures to ensure safety. “Open and frequent communication between parents and school staff is a key ingredient to keeping food-allergic students out of harm,” said Michael Pistiner, MD, MMSc, whose own nut-allergic son enters kindergarten this fall.

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For the 2.2 million school-age children who have food allergies and their parents, back to school means educating classmates and parents before the school year even begins. In the school setting, avoiding food allergens can be difficult because they’re everywhere — in the cafeteria, on the playground, in the classroom.

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Health Canada is warning Canadians with milk allergies not to use several brands of unauthorized acidophilus-containing health products labelled as “non-dairy” because they contain trace amounts of milk protein from dairy ingredients used in the production process.

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College students with food allergies aren’t avoiding the foods they know they shouldn’t eat. Students of all ages are not treated with potentially life-saving epinephrine as often as they should be. And instructors, roommates and friends often are not aware of what to do if a food-allergic student has a reaction. These are some of the findings of recent studies at the University of Michigan Health System.

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Statistics out today from the leading food intolerance expert, YorkTest, show that nine out of the ten of the UK’s most intolerable foods are commonly found on our breakfast table - proving it really is the most important meal of the day. If you wondered why you were going to work on a headache, to school with a stomach ache or to a lecture with lethargy, a breakfast of toast, egg or cereal could be the reason why.

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