#allergy

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How a Tick Bite Can Rewire What the Body Thinks Food Is

Mammalian meat allergy is a rare example of a food allergy triggered by an environmental event, with tick bites capable of setting off a reaction to red meat.

Key Takeaways

Mammalian meat allergy is described as one of the few food allergies caused by an environmental trigger.
The trigger highlighted in the source is a tick bite.

DT Editorial Team·May 2, 2026·via medicalxpress.com

AI models flag which children with early eczema may face higher asthma risk

A study using electronic health records from more than 10,000 children found machine learning models could identify which patients with early-life atopic dermatitis were most likely to develop persistent asthma or later,

Key Takeaways

Researchers trained and validated models using records from 10,688 children diagnosed with atopic dermatitis before age 3.
Asthma prediction performed strongly, with AUC values near 0.89 for both comprehensive and simplified models.

DT Editorial Team·Apr 26, 2026·via medicalxpress.com