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Affected by food allergy? Researches want to interview you.
As part of an ongoing international study about access to mental health care for those affected by food allergy, researchers are seeking to interview adults with food allergy, and parents of children with food allergy.

Researchers to decode links between food allergy and eczema
A significant percentage of people with atopic dermatitis – commonly known as eczema – also suffer from food allergy.
Some studies, for example, have found that infants with atopic dermatitis (AD) are six times more likely to be allergic to eggs, and as much as 11 times as likely to have peanut allergy.
But while the connection

New webinar: Becoming a food allergy advocate!
Some patients with food allergy, and their caregivers, are frustrated by the lack of awareness, of safeguarding rules and of resources for those affected by this disease.
Many people find it to be useful and therapeutic to channel these observations and frustrations into lobbying for practical measures that make life better for the food

Read the latest MHWFAC annual magazine
The second edition of Reaction, the magazine of the Mary H. Weiser Food Allergy Center, has been published online.

New MHWFAC webinar decodes the FASTER Act
The new federal food labeling rules that take effect in 2023 add sesame to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's list of major food allergens.
Our moderator Kim Menzel and special guest Dr. Steven Gendel discuss the implications of the changes, and other food labeling information for patients and families with food allergy, in the