Vivienne Lai's daughter Emilia lives with food allergy - and she's not alone. With allergic diseases on the rise in Australia, new research has revealed the number of infants with cow’s milk and cashew allergies for the first time.
A two-step algorithm improved the accuracy and reduced the need for oral food challenges in diagnosing cashew allergy in children, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice. OFCs provide definitive diagnoses for food allergies, but their availability is limited, and they are expensive and labor-intensive, Tim Brettig, MBBS, a research