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The study is to be... . , Food for thought, Schools grapple with food allergy policies When parents send food to school for classroom consumption, they are creating a potential danger to students. And according to Thomas M. Caruso, principal at Major Edwards Elementary School in West Boylston, the practice needs to be controlled or stopped."Student food allergies are going through the roof," Mr. Caruso said, adding that the danger of allergic reactions to food from home is most severe during the holidays. Nuts, nut oils, soy, wheat, food coloring... . Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News , The silent tormentor Allergies . Does that bowl of peanuts give you horrible skin rashes? Or do your eyes resemble the Niagra Falls everytime you drive through rush hour traffic? These are sure signs of allergy which can make life miserable. A mere irritant at first sight, allergies today are fast becoming a major cause of worry. Experts maintain that over per cent Indians suffer from allergies and respiratory disorders and the numbers are increasing in metros and major cities due to increasing levels of stress and... . Miami Herald, The (FL) , WHEAT ALLERGIES CAN SEVERELY LIMIT DIET If there is any doubt that food allergies have hit the mainstream, one need look no further than the season's new, top rated series, ABC's Sunday night soap Desperate Housewives.Neatnik nag Bree ( cia Cross) reacts to her henpecked husband's laration that he wants a divorce by accidentally? poisoning him using salad tongs as her weapon. He's allergic to onions, she conveniently forgets that at the salad bar, he collapses and the... . Chicago Sun Times , New drug helps allergies, profits, With Claritin patent up, ads tout Clarinex, but is it any better? Just in time for the spring allergy season, the new drug Clarinex is coming on the ket with an advertising blitz but no proof it works better than older allergy drugs. "Billions of seasonal allergies, one tiny blue pill," proclaim ads from manufacturer Schering Plough Corp. Schering Plough makes Claritin, the nation's best selling prescription allergy drug. In , the Food and Drug Administration is expected to switch Claritin to... . (CA) , ALLERGY FREE GARDENING ISN'T AN ANOMALY Tom Ogren likes to talk about sex, sex and more sex.Not the kind Dr. Ruth deals with. Ogren is talking about plants, not humans, and he's particularly concerned about pollen produced by male plant clones and how that pollen contributes to allergy. Plants and the allergies they cause through their male female interaction are the reason behind Ogren's new book ''Allergy Free Gardening'' ( Speed Press, $ . ).With... . . . Lancaster New Era (PA) , CHASE'S STORY 'THERE'S ALWAYS HOPE' FOR CHILDREN WITH FOOD ALLERGIES CHASE HENRY'S BACKPACK doesn't feel quite so heavy these days. No more EpiPen for the year old who was allergic to peanuts.Chase, the son of Lancaster Countians Corky and Cindy Henry, recently outgrew his life threatening allergy. "It's a miracle," says Cindy. "We're one happy, fortunate family."Many children outgrow food allergies, says Dr. Clark R. Kaufman of Allergy Immunology... . Lancaster New Era (PA) , CHASE'S STORY 'THERE'S ALWAYS HOPE' FOR CHILDREN WITH FOOD ALLERGIES CHASE HENRY'S BACKPACK doesn't feel quite so heavy these days. No more EpiPen for the year old who was allergic to peanuts.Chase, the son of Lancaster Countians Corky and Cindy Henry, recently outgrew his life threatening allergy. "It's a miracle," says Cindy. "We're one happy, fortunate family."Many children outgrow food allergies, says Dr. Clark R. Kaufman of Allergy Immunology... . , FOOD ALLERGIES MIGHT BE CAUSE OF SKIN RASH As many as one third of children with chronic, difficult to treat atopic dermatitis an itchy, inflamed skin rash may have unidentified food allergies that are causing or worsening their condition, according to a new study.

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