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...study published in January in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, British researchers found that among 79 children who tested positive for peanut allergy in blood tests, only nine exhibited allergic symptoms upon eating peanuts. That may be because blood tests, which detect Immunoglobin E (IgE), an antibody that hunts for foreign particles entering the body, are not always accurate. Some people with moderate amounts of IgE in the blood are classified as "food sensitive"; those with larger amounts of the antibody are most likely food allergic. But the blood test doesn't distinguish between the two conditions...
Fueling that trend is rapidly evolving technology that helps detect microscopic, seemingly insignificant amounts of allergen protein in foods. Whenever that happens, the FDA can order a recall...
Using an array of high-performance lenses integrated on a chip containing microfluids, researchers at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have developed a way to accurately detect microscopic activity...
...teacher pounding a large stick on the ground so he and the other deaf students could feel the beats of the music. As his story showed, deaf people can dance; they just have to do it in different ways, whether it involves using their pulse to detect the rhythm of the music or feeling the pounding beat with the aid of an overly enthusiastic gym teacher...
While Kinney said that there are currently no specific tests to detect abnormalities in serotonin levels, she encouraged parents to continue to ensure that their children’s breathing is uninhibited during sleep in hopes of preventing SIDS...