Introducing peanuts and other allergens early in a baby's diet is helping lower food allergy rates. New research shows a 27% drop in peanut allergies in young kids since guidelines changed in 2015.

Doctors have long recommended that infants avoid peanut products. But in 2017, experts officially reversed that guidance, and food allergies decreased sharply. By Simar Bajaj Food allergies in ...

After conventional wisdom seemed to make peanut allergies worse, a 15-year scientific journey led to “landmark” recommendations that now appear to be reducing their incidence.

A study 10 years ago turned a common practice on its head. Instead of waiting to introduce peanuts to young children in an effort to avoid developing food allergies, researchers said children as young ...

Introducing peanuts early in infancy can significantly reduce the risk of developing peanut allergies in children, according ...

A decade after a landmark study proved that feeding peanut products to young babies could prevent development of life-threatening allergies, new research finds the change has made a big difference in ...

Guidance to expose babies to food allergens earlier in life is working, according to researchers. Introducing peanuts and other allergens early in a baby's diet is helping lower food allergy rates.