A new study estimates that 7.6 million Americans or about 2.5 percent of the United States population, have food allergies. According to the researchers, food allergy rates were found to be higher for children, non-Hispanic blacks, and males,. The odds of male black children having food allergies were 4.4 times higher than others in the […]

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Masturbating or having sex may help men suffering from hay fever clear those bunged noses, say scientists.
Sina Zarrintan, a neurologist from the Tabriz Medical University in Iran, says that the logic behind this proposition is based on the fact that the nose and the genitals are both connected to the same part of the nervous […]

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Researchers analyzing a survey on food sensitivities have found that black male children may have a greater risk of having a food allergy.
Males and children had nearly twice the risk for food allergy as others, blacks had triple the risk, and black children were four times more likely to have food allergies.
When looking at having […]

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According to a new study at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore most children seem to outgrow allergies to eggs, but it may take longer than past research has suggested.The study conclusions were reported in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

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Researchers at the Imperial College of London have revealed a mechanism that can lead to hay fever and other allergic reactions.
The study concluded that a gene known as GATA-3 can obstruct the development of regulatory T-cells in the immune system by locking FOXP3 gene and hampers the production of new regulatory T cells.
Scientists believe that […]

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A research published ahead of print in the journal Thorax suggests that breathing in second-hand tobacco smoke in early infancy boosts the risk of developing allergies.
The conclusions are based on parental survey responses from more than 4000 families about their children’s allergies and the environmental factors. These included parental smoking, pet dander (animal hair and […]

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A U.S. study at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center revealed that milk and egg allergies appear to be more persistent and harder to outgrow than earlier believed. Despite of fact this kind of allergies were considered “transitional” a generation ago, the researchers believe there is a trend toward more severe, more persistent allergies.

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