Nine international professional allergy organisations today e-published a consensus post LEAP study. Its purpose is to “highlight emerging evidence to existing allergy prevention guidelines regarding potential benefits of supporting early, rather than delayed, peanut introduction during the period of complementary food introduction in infants”. The communication summarises new evidence, comments on how this evidence might affect present guidance […]
Widely reported in the media at home and in the UK on June 5th is Making-Sense-of-Allergies: a report which has investigated ideas about the causes, diagnosis and treatment with a group of allergy specialists: “Theories about allergy – some from medical research and some from lifestyle ‘gurus’ – have led to conflicting ideas about whether allergens should be […]
Since inception in 2010, IFAN members have actively been engaged in raising awareness of allergy in Ireland among health care providers.