https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/09/dangers-peanut-allergy-drug/597997/
For kids who've already developed a peanut allergy, though, a similar but more controversial treatment is up for approval by the Food and Drug Administration. The agency is holding a hearing today with the pharmaceutical company and its advocates, expected to inform a final ruling in coming months.
There is currently no "treatment" for a peanut allergy. As it is, patients are told to avoid peanuts. They are prescribed a syringe full of epinephrine (trade name: EpiPen) and taught to inject themselves if needed. Despite much advancement in medical science and technology over the decades, nothing has given families peace of mind that the allergy itself could be treated, or at least tempered. Until now. The new approach involves trying to reprogram the immune system by giving a person ... peanuts.
This might sound dangerous, because it is.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/13/health/peanut-allergy-children.html
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/09/first-peanut-allergy-treatment-gains-backing-fda-advisory-panel
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 16 2019, @12:35AM (3 children)
I was just going to ask the same question.
Perhaps because dumbass parents think raising their kids in a mostly sterile enviroment is healthy instead of letting them play in the dirt and build their immunity system.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday September 16 2019, @01:49AM (2 children)
Add to this feeding them instant formula instead of breast-feeding (many antibodies are passed these way to the baby).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 17 2019, @01:35AM (1 child)
The benefits of breast-feeding are overstated and many of the studies are poorly done. Not to mention, it makes sense that a lot of women don't want to breast feed, since it keeps them chained to either a baby or a breast pump. It's easy for men to say that all women should breast feed, since they don't have to do anything.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday September 17 2019, @02:44AM
[Citation needed]
Mind you, I find over 10,000 of them, peer-reviewed [google.com]. That's quite a large number of studies to dismiss, so your sources better be very good at proving the contrary.
Well, I haven't said "all women should breast feed".
Furthermore, just saying it should require as much energy expenditure (very small) and abilities (normal) from a man as from a woman. Do you want to suggest that somehow the women are much weaker and/or less verbally skilled than men or what? (grin)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford