The treatment is a specially prepared peanut powder swallowed daily in tiny amounts that are gradually increased over months.

Exercise, alcohol and some medications can all make a person more likely to have an allergic reaction to a food, experts say.

With the treatment, two-thirds of severely allergic children were able to eat two peanuts without a strong reaction.

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Restaurants are required to equip staff with proper food handling training, hair nets and cleaning supplies. Should that include EpiPens?

A wearable skin patch may help children who are allergic to peanuts by delivering small doses of peanut protein, according to a new study that calls for the therapy to be further explored.

Halloween can be a tough time for children with food allergies and their families, but one organization in Canada is trying to make trick-or-treating safer and more inclusive this year.

A pediatricians' group in the United States is recommending that infants at high risk of peanut allergies be given foods containing peanuts before they turn one.

The local food movement and dark leafy superfoods have been usurped -- gluten-free is Canada’s hottest food trend for 2014.