Food Allergies Stir a Mother to Action
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Robyn OâBrien has looked deep into the perplexing world of childhood food allergies and seen a conspiracy.
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The dangers of child food allergies are overstated and cause UK parents needless  worry, a leading expert says.
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When Krystina Brugh fell ill in January, her parents thought it was the stomach flu. They fed her crackers and her favorite sandwich, peanut butter and marshmallow fluff, to give her strength. She didn't get better. Soon, the 11-year-old couldn't even keep down water, and her kidneys started to fail.
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NEW YORK  - Children whose mothers get enough omega-3 fatty acid during pregnancy may have sharper problem-solving skills in infancy, a small study suggests.
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For the estimated 12 million Americans with food allergies, eating can be quite an adventure.
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Babies born by Caesarean section may be at greater risk of food allergies during their first 12 months, research suggests.
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More and more foods bear a mishmash of warnings that they might accidentally contain ingredients that could seriously sicken people with food allergies. Yet there are signs that the labels are creating confusion among families that should heed them &#151; even as new testing shows there is a real, if probably small, chance that foods with even the most vaguely worded warnings truly pose a risk.
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Mothers who fear their babies suffer from food allergies are largely wrong, research has found.
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If a pregnant woman has a poor diet it may increase her child's chances of having heart disease, scientists say.
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Like many mothers, Deborah Deatrick is often short on time, which makes it especially challenging to choose nutritious foods for her family.
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NEW YORK  - Children's tendency to become overweight might have something to do with how their mothers urge them to eat, a new study hints.
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Children whose mothers get  enough omega-3 fatty acid during pregnancy may have sharper  problem-solving skills in infancy, a small study suggests.
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CHICAGO -- Breast-feeding helps prevent babies' allergies, but there's no good evidence for avoiding certain foods during pregnancy, using soy formula or delaying introduction of solid foods beyond six months. That's the word from the American Academy of Pediatrics, which is updating earlier...
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Parents are confused over the salt content of foods and the dangers of eating too much salt, research shows.
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A food allergy is an immune system response to a food that the body mistakenly believes is harmful, according to the Food Allergy &amp; Anaphylaxis Network.
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Expectant mothers suffering from  asthma, allergies or a type of skin disease have a higher risk  of giving birth to an autistic child, a study said on Monday.
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Being born by Caesarean section may increase a baby's risk of suffering from food allergies and diarrhea in the first year of life, German doctors said on Thursday.