Acne products can cause harmful side effects, FDA warns

Acne treatments do not currently list the more extreme, if rare, reactions some people may experience when using the products.

By: Rachael Rettner, LiveScience

Acne products can cause harmful side effects, FDA warns
Mother Nature Network
Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 09:17 AM

Some over-the-counter acne treatments can trigger serious and potentially life-threatening allergic reactions in rare cases, the Food and Drug Administration warned on June 25.

Mixing Peanuts With Cranberry Juice Could Block Peanut Allergies

Cranberries and Peanuts Immunotherapy: Researchers combined peanut flour with polyphenol-rich foods to mute immune responses in allergic mice

By Erika Gebel Berg

Mixing Peanuts With Cranberry Juice Could Block Peanut Allergies
Chemical & Engineering News
ISSN 0009-2347

Researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and North Carolina State University combined peanut flour with polyphenol-rich foods such as elderberry, blackcurrant, cranberry, green tea, cinnamon, grapes, and chokeberry, and found they helped to block allergic reactions to peanuts. Read all about it here.

EXCELSIOR!* Epi Everywhere Every Day in Albany!

Read all about our recent legislative action event in Albany, and the legislators who are in support of our cause. As Assemblyman Felix Ortiz, (D-Assembly District 51) said, “This not a Democratic or Republican issue; this is a human issue and our children deserve the best. We need to get this done!”

The Allergy Advocacy Association participated in a legislative action event in Albany on Tuesday, May 6th. The overall theme of our event was:

Morgan Smith, Air Academy High School student, raises food allergy awareness in Colorado

Morgan Smith-Colorado Springs Gazette 2014 By Anslee Wolfe Special to The Colorado Springs Gazette

Morgan Smith, Air Academy High School student, raises food allergy awareness in Colorado
Published: May 10, 2014

After a close call with a severe allergic reaction to fish, 18 year old Morgan Smith and his family have worked tirelessly to implement guidelines in their local schools to help students with severe food allergies. That led to a statewide movement and the passing of a Senate bill in 2009 that requires all Colorado school districts to have a plan to manage allergies.

FDA approves first pill for pollen allergies

By Deborah Kotz
Globe Staff
04/03/2014

As the spring allergy season gets underway, a new pill to treat grass pollen allergies was just approved by the US Food and Drug Administration.

Acne products can cause harmful side effects, FDA warns

Mixing Peanuts With Cranberry Juice Could Block Peanut Allergies

EXCELSIOR!* Epi Everywhere Every Day in Albany!

Morgan Smith, Air Academy High School student, raises food allergy awareness in Colorado

FDA approves first pill for pollen allergies

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