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Food-IgG Antibodies Associated with Migraine in Adults
The therapeutic impact of an IgG-based elimination diet in controlling migraine was assessed through a double-blind, randomized, controlled, cross-over study. A total of 30 patients (28 female and 2 male with an average age of 35±10 years), diagnosed with migraine without aura were recruited from a headache out-patient clinic at the hospital residence of one of the authors. read more...

Food allergies may affect nearly 6 million children in U.S., study estimates
Los Angeles Times - June 20, 2011
A recent study published in Pediatrics, 2011 suggests that food allergies affect a significant number of children in the US. This study, the largest of its kind, surveyed nearly 40,000 US households with one or more children less than 18 years of age. read more...

Allergy “CliffsNotes” – Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management
Published in last December’s issue of The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology are the revised guidelines for the diagnosis and management of food allergy in the United States. In a press call, Dr. Hugh Sampson of Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, and Dr. Matthew Fenton of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, discussed three important points brought out in the Guidelines. read more...

Brief: Stress, Depression and Biomarkers of Allostatic Load
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly 1 in 10 US adults report current depression. The severity and types of depression range from two days to two weeks to two years and from mild feelings of sadness to clinically defined major depression. read more...

The Senate Meets to Examine Risks of Toxic Chemicals to Children’s Health
On October 26, 2010 the Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics, and Environmental Health Field held a Hearing entitled, “Toxic Chemicals and Children’s Environmental Health.” Under the leadership of Senator Lautenberg of New Jersey, this hearing was scheduled to discuss the environmental health effects from children’s exposure to common chemicals in our environment and serve to initiate legislative reform of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) of 1976. read more...

US BioTek Laboratories Ranks First in Swedish Analysis
By Zarah Öberg
Many medical practitioners are performing IgG food antibody testing, commonly known as food intolerance testing in Europe, on their patients. Such tests are done as an adjunct to testing for the body’s typically stronger IgE responses. read more...

Stress & Air Pollution
We live in a stressful world. Stress is the additive in our lives that can make us miserable and cause our health to take a turn for the worst. read more...

Air Pollution and Your Baby
Benzene is a known marker of exposure to air pollution from traffic. A joint effect of benzene and other aromatic hydrocarbons from traffic emissions have been suggested to influence pre-term birth, birth weight and head circumference in the newborn. read more...

Pain Reliever Recall - How Safe are Your Child’s Pain Reliever Medications?
Announced April, 2010, McNeil Consumer Healthcare in consultation with the Food and Drug Administration, are recalling certain infant and children Tylenol and other over-the-counter liquid medications. Although the recall is not due to any reported adverse medical event, it is a precautionary action as some of the products may contain higher concentrations of active ingredients than specified. Reference: FDA website and read more...

US BioTek Laboratories IgG ELISA - Reproducible and Reliable
In the month's issue of Natural Medicine Journal, March 2010, Dr's Wendy Hodsdon and Heather Zwickey compared two different food allergy testing methods (IgG ELISA and cell size variability) for measures of repeatability (reliable and reproducible test scores) and consistency of test scores over the course of a week. read more...

Anti-Acid Medications and Food Allergies
Anti-ulcer medications such as H2-receptor antagonists and proton pump inhibitors (PPI), whose action is the reduction of gastric acid production, can hinder gastric digestion and lead to increased food sensitization and allergy. This was demonstrated in an Austrian study by Untersmayr et al. (2005). read more...

The Consequences of Androgen Deficiency in Men
In a three part series, “The dark side of testosterone deficiency”, Abdulmaged et al, 2009 look at the emerging evidence through a comprehensive Pub Med literature search (1980 through to 2009) for the role of androgen deficiency and risk for metabolic syndrome and vascular disease. Key points to these papers are mentioned briefly. read more...

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
In a recently published prospective cohort study of over 50,000 African-American women, researchers found a significant inverse association of a “prudent” dietary pattern, defined as one consisting of whole grains, cruciferous and other vegetables, fruit, low-fat dairy products, fish and poultry with estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer risk in thin young women (premenopausal women with a BMI <25). These women were thirty percent less likely to develop breast cancer over the twelve year study period compared to their counterparts who maintained a “Western” dietary pattern of refined grains, high-fat dairy products, processed meats and sweets. read more...

Food Sensitivities & Multiple Sclerosis
There is no specific reliable laboratory procedure or test that can establish the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS). Early symptoms of tenacious fatigue, numbness, weakness and visual disturbances may be dismissed as phsychosomatic when an organic cause cannot be easily found. read more...

Environmental Toxics Exposure and the Baby
There is a possibility of a direct impact of environmental toxics exposure on a child’s growth, development and health. Prenatal phthalate exposure for example, at environmental levels has been shown to adversely effect genital development in male infants. read more...

The Need for Increased Awareness of Celiac Disease
According to a recent Mayo Clinic study, published in the month’s journal of Gastroenterology, July 2009, the prevalence of undiagnosed celiac disease (CD) is 4 times more common today than it was 50 years ago. This finding was shown by testing a unique collection of frozen sera from 9,133 healthy young adults at Warren Air Force Base, WAFB cohort (sera were collected between 1948 and 1954), and comparing serological values for tissue transglutaminase and endomysial antibodies against two present-day age and gender-matched cohorts. read more...

Acetaminophen Labeling and Safety
Acetaminophen, also known as N -acetyl-p-aminophenol (APAP), is one of the most commonly used drugs to relieve pain, colds and sore throats, and reduce fever. Familiar over-the-counter (OTC), products containing acetaminophen include Tylenol®, Excedrin®, Sudafed®, NyQuil® and Theraflu®. The FDA’s advisory committee has recently voted to lower the maximum dose of non-prescription acetaminophen in efforts to protect the consumer from potential liver damage from unintentional over use of the drug. read more...

EPA – Latest Air Toxic Emissions Report
The latest National-Scale Air Toxic Assessment (NATA) data was released June 2009, from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). NATA is a comprehensive nationwide evaluation of air toxins and their cancer risk estimates from chronic inhalation exposure. read more...

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