A new study emerging from AllerGen’s Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study has revealed an association between sensitivity to allergens and exposure to traffic-related air pollution during infancy. The study, “Perinatal Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Atopy at …
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The nasal allergen challenge (NAC) protocol developed by AllerGen’s Allergic Rhinitis – Clinical Investigator Collaborative (AR-CIC) is described in a new publication available from the website of Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology (AACI), the official journal of the Canadian Society …
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An AllerGen-supported study, “Accidental exposures to peanut in a large cohort of Canadian children with peanut allergy,” has found that children who are allergic to peanuts are more likely to be exposed to them in their own homes than at …
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AllerGen researchers have published a new review in Mucosal Immunology (a high-impact journal of the Nature group) that outlines the contributions of blood cell production by the bone marrow and “in situ” blood cell development that occurs at a local site …
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Researchers from AllerGen’s Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study have deeply assessed indoor and outdoor environmental exposures for 3,217 Canadian babies—an unprecedented accomplishment for any birth cohort. The CHILD Study is examining how a child’s environment during pregnancy and …
CHILD Study assesses environmental exposures for over 3,200 babies Read more »
The annual incidence of recurrent anaphylaxis in children is 29%, according to new findings from AllerGen’s Cross-Canada Anaphylaxis REgistry (C-CARE) project. Dr. Andrew O’Keefe, an allergist from St. John’s, Newfoundland, presented the results at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma …
A new publication using CHILD Study data reports new findings on the relationship between changes in infants’ intestinal bacteria and allergic sensitization to milk, egg or peanut at 12 months of age. The paper “Infant gut microbiota and food sensitization: …
Athletes engaged in high-endurance sports are particularly vulnerable to various respiratory ailments, including asthma and rhinitis. In the article “Asthma and Exercise-induced Bronchoconstriction in Athletes” in the February 12, 2015, issue of The New England Journal of Medicine, AllerGen investigators …
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Allergy researchers at McMaster University have shown, for the first time, that uric acid is a critical signal for the induction of peanut allergy. The research team included AllerGen investigators Drs Manel Jordana, Susan Waserman and Mark Larché, as well …
For years, experts have relied upon telephone surveys to estimate the number of Canadians with food allergies. But how do you accurately measure the prevalence of food allergies when people do not answer the phone or refuse to be surveyed? …
In his new book Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong about Everything? When Celebrity Culture & Science Clash (Viking, Jan. 13, 2015), health science expert Professor Timothy Caulfield examines how our obsession with celebrity culture can cloud our thinking about health, diet, …
Teenagers with food allergies would like hands-on practice using epinephrine auto-injectors and to role play scenarios about safe ways to eat out, travel and date, according to new Canadian research about teens learning preferences. Allergic teens participated in focus groups …
Teens want practical, “hands-on” food allergy education Read more »