March 17, 2009 at 5:00 am by Luanne Bradley
New Treatment May Cure Peanut Allergies
It sounds pretty nutty feeding kids the very thing that endangers them, but scientists have evidence that this approach works wonders when it comes to peanuts.
A pilot study just released at a meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology in Washington reports some children who participated appear allergy-free because of eating tiny amounts of the nuts while being monitored.
According to the New York Times, doctors at Duke University Medical Center and Arkansas Children’s Hospital did the study over several years, gradually exposing the children in the …
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