Real case: Dr Google, I doff my cap to you for solving this mystery
Sir William Osler, the famous Canadian physician, was right when he advised us to listen to our patients, as they would give us the diagnosis —…
Tag: Allergy
Warning over plant-based meat alternatives
Australian and US experts say they often have high levels of additives, salt, genetically modified ingredients and allergens.
Medications behind 12% of anaphylaxis emergencies
Penicillin is the chief cause of reactions to antimicrobials, shows the Victorian study.
More evidence that goat’s milk soap can spark new-onset food allergy
A report from the Royal Melbourne Hospital strengthens the association between goat's milk skin care and anaphylaxis after ingesting goat's milk or…
Doctors discover ‘missing link’ in much-debated allergy
Case report reveals the three phases of symptoms seen in severe allergy to histamine in food.
Medical Must-See: Sex life ‘help’ during lockdown ends in eruption
It took the patient a week to tell doctors the truth.
Is Australia turning the tables on food allergy?
Like many Western nations, several decades ago, Australia blundered down the path of advising parents to withhold allergenic foods, like eggs and peanuts, from weaning…
Could stool pills be used to treat peanut allergy?
Early results of a small US trial show faecal microbiota transplantation leads to an increase in the reactivity threshold to peanut.
Peanut allergy therapy trial ‘sends half of kids into remission’
About half of children in a preliminary trial of a new regimen moved beyond desensitisation and could stop their immunot…
Doctors have issued 560 permanent vax exemptions
A handful of GPs have recently been accused of handing out hundreds of exemptions to anti-vaxxers trying to avoid getting the shot.
