NEWS

Mount Sinai Researchers Survey Shows That Nearly Half of Children with Food Allergies Experience Bullying
December 24, 2012 
The study, titled, “Child and Parental Reports of Bullying in a Consecutive Sample of Children with Food Allergy,” appears in the online issue of Pediatrics.

Mount Sinai Researchers Find That Oral Immunotherapy Shows Promise As Treatment for Children with Egg Allergy
July 18, 2012 
The study appears in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Study Identifies Causes for High Rates of Allergic Reactions in Children with Food Allergies
June 25, 2012 
Findings from Mount Sinai researchers also show that severe reactions are often undertreated.

David H. Koch Donates $10 Million to Mount Sinai’s Jaffe Food Allergy Institute
April 10, 2012 
The gift is one of the largest in the Institute's history and will create the David H. and Julia Koch Research Program in Food Allergy Therapeutics. 

Mount Sinai Study Finds Foods with Baked Milk May Help Build Tolerance in Children with Dairy Allergies
June 30, 2011 
Introducing foods that contain baked milk into the diets of children who have milk allergies may help them outgrow their allergies.

Reuters - "No Need To Hold Back On Milk, Nuts In Babies: Dr. Sicherer Explains"
June 7, 2011 

New Study Finds That Children with Food Allergies are Targeted by Bullies
September 28, 2010 
Mount Sinai researchers have found that children with food allergies are often harassed by their classmates and teachers because of their allergies.

Rate of Childhood Peanut Allergies More than Tripled Between 1997 and 2008
May 12, 2010 
Results of a nationwide telephone survey show that the rate of peanut allergies in children more than tripled from 1997 to 2008.

Study Shows That Reducing Processed and Fried Food Intake Lowers Related Health Risks and Restores Body's Defenses
November 4, 2009 
The Mount Sinai study finds that a dietary intervention such as cutting back consumption of fried and processed foods will reduce the body's intake of toxins and lead to overall health benefits.

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