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

A new study out of Winnipeg suggests children who don't eat peanut before their first birthday are more likely to be allergic to peanut at age three.

Edmond Chan of UBS says he has seen firsthand that oral immunotherapy is not only safe, but is well tolerated in a large group of preschool children.

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

British researchers have devised a new way to test for peanut allergies that could be more effective than what's done now.

The first treatment to help prevent serious allergic reactions to peanuts may be on the way.

"Every time that it's happened, I am terrified, I'm terrified of losing him."

At St. Joseph's Hospital, a new food allergy clinic is actually treating kids with non-life-threatening peanut allergies with peanuts in an approach called oral immunotherapy.

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Most babies should start eating peanut-containing foods around six months, say guidelines that aim to protect babies and kids from developing the dangerous food allergy.