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For them, eating peanut butter can be deadly. Over the last years, food allergies, in particular those involving nuts, soy, eggs and shellfish, have inexplicably reached epidemic proportions. Children are suddenly displaying terrifying... . New York Times, The (NY) May , A Shot in Time WHEN I was little, I lived on peanut butter. Now, even as an adult, I can't imagine life without a jar of Skippy. But that's not the case for hundreds of thousands of children and adults in New York and across the country. For them, eating peanut butter can be deadly. Over the last years, food allergies, in particular those involving nuts, soy, eggs and shellfish, have inexplicably reached epidemic proportions. Children are suddenly displaying terrifying... . Sunday Telegraph (Sydney, Australia) May , Syringe plan for school allergies NURSES will train schoolteachers across NSW in how to administer an emergency syringe to students who suffer from severe peanut allergies. NSW Health is planning to supply all schools with the epi pen by next year, with a new survey showing two thirds of schools have a student suffering from a severe peanut allergy.The new program is a response to the tragic case of Sydney student Hamidur Rahman, , who died in after he ate peanut butter at a school camp.NSW Health Minister John... . Valley Advocate (Easthampton, MA) May , Too Clean for Our Own Good?, Why are allergies on the rise? How can children die by eating peanuts? An area allergist offers insight and advice. On , , my office was bombarded with calls and questions after the national media began flogging a story about a Canadian girl who died after kissing her boyfriend, who had just eaten a peanut butter snack.Parents were worried. Why should a harmless thing like a peanut (which is actually a legume, like a bean or pea and not a nut) cause illness or death to anyone, much less a high school girl after a kiss? With the recent release of several land k studies from major allergy... . Kelowna Capital News (British Columbia, Canada) , Try a drug free approach seasonal allergies this year Would you rather be dead or would you rather have seasonal allergies? This seems like a very silly question but some seasonal allergy sufferers ponder this question on a yearly basis.I have been getting many calls and e mails recently about seasonal allergies; it seems that they are starting to surface again for the season.Last year I wrote a column about what different homeopathic remedies may help for seasonal allergy symptoms. This year I will recap some of those remedies and with... . (PA) , ALLERGY SEASON Mild winter, pollen count promise Sneezy days ahead First came the mild winter. Next came early blooming plants. Now, there's an abundance of pollen that's rapidly waging a war on the noses of allergy sufferers around the county. Pollen producing plants thrive in tame winters. Moderate wind and lack of rain will help disperse pollen into the air. The result will likely make allergic folks miserable within the next several weeks."The pollinating season just took off like wildfire," said... . Datamonitor , Dynavax outlook good for allergy drug, Dynavax Technologies' allergy drug Tolamba has performed well in a phase II/III trial. Dynavax' lead anti allergy drug candidate Tolamba has reduced nasal symptoms in a phase II/III ragweed allergy trial, and after a single short course of therapy. If Tolamba can continue to produce such promising and gain approval, Dynavax will be well placed to bring a el treatment to ket for the millions of allergy sufferers in the US. In the two year phase II/III trial, patients received a six week regimen of either placebo or escalating doses of up to micrograms.

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