Barcelona/Zurich, 13 October 2011

Breastfeeding reduces the risk of suffering allergy

Barcelona/Zurich, 13 October 2011 – Today, about one in four European children suffer from allergy, which makes this disease the non-infectious epidemic of the 21st century. Evidence suggests that lifestyle factors and nutritional patterns, such as breastfeeding, help to reduce the early symptoms of allergy.

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Istanbul/Zurich, 15 June 2011

How do you like your eggs?  A new test for egg allergy

Istanbul/Zurich, 15 June 2011 - A new allergy test aims to simplify the lives of many people with egg allergies. Previously, those with this allergy were advised to avoid all forms of egg, but some people can in fact tolerate cooked egg. Knowing this can make life much easier for the sufferer and their carers/family because the number of foods that need to be avoided reduces drastically. Currently available, commercial tests cannot discriminate between these different forms of egg allergy.

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