26. November 2020 in ECARF News
Itching? Blue and green can help
Seeing the colour red makes itching worse, while blue and green make it better. The colour of the surroundings could therefore help treat itching.
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26. November 2020 in ECARF News
One grain to rule them all
Einkorn, emmer and spelt. People with wheat intolerance are often recommended to eat these three ancient wheat varieties. But einkorn has one advantage.
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4. November 2020 in ECARF News
Das hat die Latexallergie mit Esskastanien zu tun
Allergien auf Esskastanien sind selten. Aber: Es gibt Kreuzreaktionen, unter anderem mit Latex.
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23. October 2020 in ECARF News
Higher prevalence of atopic dermatitis in eastern Germany than in the west
In 2018, atopic dermatitis was diagnosed in 5.54 percent of the population of Saxony, followed by Thuringia, Saxony-Anhalt and Brandenburg. The lowest rates were in Bavaria and Schleswig-Holstein. This was
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23. October 2020 in ECARF News
Cooked carrots can trigger allergies
Allergies to raw carrots are common. But cooked carrots can also trigger allergies, as researchers in Bayreuth have recently discovered. People who are allergic to carrots should therefore avoid carrots
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20. October 2020 in Interesting facts
When the body confuses apple and birch, the result is cross reactivity
With an apple allergy, the immune system confuses two tiny substances that are very similar. One is in birch pollen, the other is in apples. This is why an apple
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