http://foodallergies.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hh http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2012-02-22T16:08:45Z Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:08:45 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://foodallergies.about.com/b/2012/02/22/vote-for-the-best-online-food-allergy-support-site-of-2012.htm <h3><span style="font-weight: normal;"><img class="alignnone" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/foodallergies/1/9/5/3/-/-/award2012.png" alt="award" />There are many wonderful resources on the web for people managing food allergies, from allergy-mom bloggers to site that explain the most recent allergy research to a general audience. These five sites were the top nominees by About.com readers. Vote for your favorite site - let the world know how wonderful it is, and how much it has helped you live well with food allergies!</span></h3>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://foodallergies.about.com/b/2012/02/22/vote-for-the-best-online-food-allergy-support-site-of-2012.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://foodallergies.about.com/b/2012/02/22/vote-for-the-best-online-food-allergy-support-site-of-2012.htm Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:06:03 +0000 2012-02-22T19:06:03Z http://foodallergies.about.com/b/2012/02/22/vote-for-the-best-auto-injector-case-of-2012.htm <h3><span style="font-weight: normal;"><img class="alignnone" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/foodallergies/1/9/5/3/-/-/award2012.png" alt="award" />How do you carry your <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://foodallergies.about.com/od/glossary/g/Epinephrine-Auto-Injector.htm">epinephrine auto-injector</a>? &#160;Do you strap it to your leg when you go for a run? Do you tuck it into your purse in a stylish pouch? Or do you wear it discretely under your clothes using a waist pack? </span></h3>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://foodallergies.about.com/b/2012/02/22/vote-for-the-best-auto-injector-case-of-2012.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://foodallergies.about.com/b/2012/02/22/vote-for-the-best-auto-injector-case-of-2012.htm Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:08:45 +0000 2012-02-22T16:08:45Z http://foodallergies.about.com/b/2012/02/22/best-peanut-butter-substitute-2012.htm <p><img class="alignnone" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/foodallergies/1/9/9/3/-/-/peanutbutter.jpg" alt="peanut butter jar" />Tell the world which peanut-free spread rocks your sandwich. Vote for the best peanut butter substitute of 2012!</p> <p>You may be allergic to peanuts or live with someone who is. Or your kids may go to a peanut-free school. How do you satisfy your cravings for a sweet nutty spread?</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://foodallergies.about.com/b/2012/02/22/best-peanut-butter-substitute-2012.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://foodallergies.about.com/b/2012/02/22/best-peanut-butter-substitute-2012.htm Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:44:38 +0000 2012-02-22T14:44:38Z http://foodallergies.about.com/b/2012/02/22/vote-for-the-best-allergy-friendly-sweets-of-2012.htm <h3><span style="font-weight: normal;"><img class="alignnone" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/foodallergies/1/9/5/3/-/-/award2012.png" alt="award" />Everyone needs a little sweetness in life. For those of us with food allergies, safe sweets can be hard to find. </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">Luckily there are some allergy-friendly companies that are making baked goods and candies that are so wonderful even your friends without allergies will want them. </span></h3>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://foodallergies.about.com/b/2012/02/22/vote-for-the-best-allergy-friendly-sweets-of-2012.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://foodallergies.about.com/b/2012/02/22/vote-for-the-best-allergy-friendly-sweets-of-2012.htm Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:21:56 +0000 2012-02-22T03:21:56Z http://foodallergies.about.com/b/2012/02/22/vote-for-the-best-food-allergy-app-of-2012.htm <h3><span style="font-weight: normal;"><img class="alignnone" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/foodallergies/1/9/5/3/-/-/award2012.png" alt="award" />Do you use your mobile device to make living with food allergies a little easier? Which app is the most useful? Which has changed the way you manage your food allergies?</span></h3>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://foodallergies.about.com/b/2012/02/22/vote-for-the-best-food-allergy-app-of-2012.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://foodallergies.about.com/b/2012/02/22/vote-for-the-best-food-allergy-app-of-2012.htm Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:01:07 +0000 2012-02-22T03:01:07Z http://foodallergies.about.com/b/2012/02/22/vote-for-the-best-medical-alert-jewelry-of-2012.htm <p><img class="alignnone" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/foodallergies/1/9/B/3/-/-/dogtags.jpg" alt="Dogtags" />Medical IDs are no longer plain dog tags or stainless steel wrist bands (though you can still buy those too if you wish!) Leather sports bands, crystal beaded bracelets, and gold and silver charms are just a few of the options that jewelry makers are offering.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://foodallergies.about.com/b/2012/02/22/vote-for-the-best-medical-alert-jewelry-of-2012.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://foodallergies.about.com/b/2012/02/22/vote-for-the-best-medical-alert-jewelry-of-2012.htm Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:17:24 +0000 2012-02-22T01:17:24Z http://foodallergies.about.com/b/2012/02/19/emergency-medication-cost-should-not-be-a-barrier.htm <p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://foodallergies.about.com/b/2012/01/04/another-preventable-tragedy.htm">Ammaria Johnson</a>, a 7-year-old from Virginia, died after eating a peanut that a classmate gave her on the playground at school. Her mother has said in interviews with the media that the school told her to keep her daughter's auto-injector at home. She has also spoken about the fact that the family cannot afford to pay for their little girl's funeral - saying that they only have $3,000 in savings.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://foodallergies.about.com/b/2012/02/19/emergency-medication-cost-should-not-be-a-barrier.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://foodallergies.about.com/b/2012/02/19/emergency-medication-cost-should-not-be-a-barrier.htm Sun, 19 Feb 2012 13:26:15 +0000 2012-02-19T13:26:15Z http://foodallergies.about.com/b/2012/02/15/preschoolers-homemade-lunch-replaced-by-cafeteria-food.htm <p>A North Carolina preschooler was given cafeteria chicken nuggets instead of her homemade lunch because a school employee said the homemade lunch was not nutritious. The girl's mother had packed a turkey and cheese sandwich, chips, and fruit.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://foodallergies.about.com/b/2012/02/15/preschoolers-homemade-lunch-replaced-by-cafeteria-food.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://foodallergies.about.com/b/2012/02/15/preschoolers-homemade-lunch-replaced-by-cafeteria-food.htm Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:29:52 +0000 2012-02-15T11:29:52Z http://foodallergies.about.com/b/2012/02/06/nominate-your-favorite-food-allergy-products.htm <p>The Food Allergy Reader's Choice Awards spotlight the best products and services for people living with food allergies. &#160;Nominations are open from now until February 15. You can nominate one or multiple favorites using one of the links below.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://foodallergies.about.com/b/2012/02/06/nominate-your-favorite-food-allergy-products.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://foodallergies.about.com/b/2012/02/06/nominate-your-favorite-food-allergy-products.htm Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:00:55 +0000 2012-02-06T13:00:55Z http://foodallergies.about.com/b/2012/02/04/less-likely-than-being-struck-by-lightning.htm <p><img style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial;" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/foodallergies/1/H/8/3/-/-/lightening.jpg" alt="lightning storm" /></p> <p>Anaphylaxis in school is really rare, right? But is it really less likely than getting struck by lightning as many (jokingly or not) claim? Check out these stats for comparison:</p> <ul> <li>About <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://foodallergies.about.com/b/2011/06/21/6-million-children-with-food-allergies.htm">6 million children</a> have food allergies in the United States, which is about 8 percent of the population. More than 2 million children have a history of severe allergic reactions to food, which is about 3 percent. About one in 3,000 people, or&#160; 0.0003% of the population will be struck by lightning sometime in their life.</li> <li>Food-induced anaphylaxis was the cause of 90,000 emergency room visits a year between 2001 and 2005, according to a <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://foodallergies.about.com/b/2011/01/03/big-increase-in-er-visits-for-food-allergies.htm">nationwide count of ER visits</a> for food allergies. About 400 people are struck by lightning each year in the United States.</li> <li>Many studies have found that the rate of <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://foodallergies.about.com/b/2010/06/19/study-finds-alarming-increase-in-nut-allergies.htm">food allergies is increasing</a> among children. Between 1998 and 2008 the rate of peanut and nut allergies tripled. The number of lightning strikes varies from year to year, but is not rising.</li> <li>The odds of having an anaphylactic reaction in school are about 1:16,000 per year. The odds of going into cardiac arrest in school are 1:60,000. The odds of being struck by lightning anywhere is&#160;1 in 700,000 - and much lower in a school building.</li> </ul>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://foodallergies.about.com/b/2012/02/04/less-likely-than-being-struck-by-lightning.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://foodallergies.about.com/b/2012/02/04/less-likely-than-being-struck-by-lightning.htm Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:55:26 +0000 2012-02-04T12:55:26Z