Two Stanford Medicine dermatology experts weigh in on the possible allergies associated with "natural" skincare products.
Category: Allergies
Data from twins suggests that gut bacteria are important in food allergies
A Stanford-led study of twins with and without food allergies has uncovered differences in the fecal bacteria of allergic and non-allergic individuals.
A look at the latest food allergy research
In a recent Stanford podcast, food allergy expert Kari Nadeau explains the latest research on predicting, preventing and treating allergies.
Wildflowers & ah-choos: Tips from an allergist
Postdoctoral scholar Progga Sen reflects on her love of flowers and talks with physician Chitra Dinakar to learn more about the allergies they can cause.
Positive mindset helps with an allergy therapy’s side effects, says Stanford study
A small change in how patients learn to think about side effects of a food allergy treatment greatly reduces their anxiety, Stanford researchers found.
Food allergies more widespread in adults than previously suspected, new study finds
About 31 million U.S. adults have food allergies, nearly half of which develop after age 18, findings that surprised food allergy experts.
Immunotherapy for peanut allergies: A Q&A
Sharon Chinthrajah weighs in on a new peanut allergy immunotherapy, speaking to its potential and its role in the future of food allergies therapy.
Food allergy treatment can last years, Stanford study shows
People with food allergies can be gradually desensitized to foods that trigger reactions, clinical trials at Stanford’s Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research have shown.
Twin trials: How studying twins fuels research on allergies and asthma
It must be amazing to be a twin: You can have a friend for life and - if you so choose - help research (and people) everywhere. Research …
Finding asthma outbreaks using Twitter: How social media can improve disease detection
Want to know if bad air has sparked an asthma epidemic in your neighborhood? Well, you'll have to wait several weeks using traditional epidemiologic methods, a …
Peanut products and babies: Now okay?
Updated 2-25-15: Allergy expert Sharon Chinthrajah, MD, discussed the study and its implications on KQED's Forum today: *** 2-24-15: Any parent of young children is …
Silicon Valley entrepreneur Sean Parker establishes allergy center at Stanford
Here at Scope, we've often written about the life-threatening nature of allergic reactions and the work that Stanford scientists are doing to understand dangerous allergies. …
Participant in Stanford food-allergy study delves into lifestyle-changing research
When I was 10 months old, I was diagnosed with an anaphylactic food allergy to wheat, rye, oats and barley. As I've written about in …
Taking a bite out of food allergies: Stanford doctors exploring new way to help sufferers
People with food allergies and their families live lives of unremitting worry. They are perfectly healthy unless they eat an allergen and then suddenly they …
Depressed? Allergies may make it worse
In a University of Maryland study, diagnosed depression tended to worsen when people had observable allergy symptoms or when their blood showed signs of an immune reaction to pollen.