Background: Allergic contact cheilitis may appear after exposure to different substances, including dental materials, toothpastes, cosmetics, foods and medications. Objective: To compare the rate of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Instead of doling out the Skippy to try it yourself (or doing it at your allergist’s office), researchers developed a new ...

Share on Pinterest Experts say a toothpaste with peanut allergens might be a convenient way for people to deal with the condition. Eva Katalin/Getty Images A new oral immunotherapy could help lessen ...

Scientists have developed a new toothpaste that shows potential to prevent severe allergic reactions in adults with peanut allergies. An early-stage clinical trial tested whether 32 adults with peanut ...

For people with severe allergies, relief can cost a lot of time. Doctors can administer allergy shots, but you need them regularly, as often as multiple times a week. If you don’t complete the proper ...

Researchers are testing a toothpaste that aims to let patients who are sensitive to peanuts and other foods simply brush their allergies away. Doctors already treat some food allergy patients with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients brushed with the toothpaste once a day for 48 weeks. Results were consistent with immunological ...

A toothpaste infused with peanut proteins could help to prevent serious reactions in people with a peanut allergy. The treatment has passed a safety trial in adults, with the researchers now hoping to ...

Someday it may be possible for people to tackle their food allergies simply by brushing their teeth. A New York City–based company has launched a trial to start testing this concept in a small group ...

Peanut allergies are often thought of as a childhood worry. But only about 15% to 20% of kids outgrow them. Peanut allergies impact about 4.6 million adults in the U.S. About 17%, or 800,000 of them, ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- A specially formulated toothpaste that's designed to alleviate peanut allergy via oral mucosal exposure appears to be safe, according to findings from the phase I OMEGA trial. No ...

"OMIT uses a specially formulated toothpaste to deliver allergenic peanut proteins to areas of the oral cavity," says allergist William Berger, MD, ACAAI member and author of the study. "OMIT as a ...