But, as a new study found, giving infants small amounts of peanut products may actually protect them in the future. On May 28, the journal NEJM Evidence published a new study that followed 500 ...

According to the study, only 3.2 percent of the babies who were given peanut products tested positive for peanut allergies as 5-year-olds, compared to 17.2 percent of children who avoided peanuts ...

Children who consume peanut products as infants until age 5 were 71% less likely to have a peanut allergy at age 13, study finds. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest cap messages ...

In today’s Health Alert, many parents avoid giving infants and young children peanut products for fear of a serious allergic reaction, but new research suggests this actually might help prevent ...

Babies who are exposed to peanuts early in life are less likely to develop allergies to them, a new study said. Giving peanuts to infants as young as 4 months old reduced the risk of them having ...

Give peanuts to infants to prevent allergies, new guidelines say Health. Jan 5, 2017 9:27 AM EDT ... READ MORE: Avoid peanut allergy? New study says feed them to babies. Support PBS News Hour ...

Give babies peanut foods to prevent ... said he has recommended that new parents feed infants foods with peanuts for about two years and that many other allergists followed suit after the February ...

When my husband and I had our first child seven years ago, the prevailing wisdom was that babies at risk of allergies should avoid peanuts or peanut products until age 3 or older. The idea behind ...

A new study is shedding more light on the importance of exposing kids to peanut products at a young age to help reduce the risk of an allergy later in life.. The study, led by the National ...

LONDON — In research that contradicts years of health advice, scientists said on Monday that babies at risk of developing a childhood peanut allergy might avoid it if they are given peanuts ...

An article in Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal highlights a new approach to combating food allergies: Introducing allergenic foods like peanut butter and eggs to babies as young as 4 to 6 months ...

As always, speak to your doctor too. Food & Wine / Getty Images More than 6 million Americans live with a peanut allergy. And that number is on the rise. As the National Institutes of Health (NIH ...