Careful immunotherapy reduces allergic patients' sensitivity to peanuts, study suggests
Thursday, January 10, 2013 - 17:30
in Health & Medicine
New research provides additional support for a strategy to reduce the severity of reactions to peanut- repeatedly consuming small amounts of the very food that causes those reactions in the first place, a practice called immunotherapy. One patient's serious reaction, however, highlighted the care that must be taken to keep patients safe.