Peanut allergies? For children, the best treatment may be peanuts

Peanuts Patrick Sison / Associated Press The best way to fight peanut allergy is to embrace peanuts, not avoid them, a new study suggests. (Patrick Sison / Associated Press) By Karen Kaplan contact the reporter Young children who avoided peanuts were more likely to develop an allergy than kids who ate them, study finds Peanut-eating children lend support for the 'hygiene hypothesis' as explanation for the rise in food allergies Study results could 'transform how we approach food allergy prevention,' says Dr. Anthony Fauci It seemed like a good idea at the time: With the incidence of peanut allergy climbing among children, the American Academy of Pediatrics advised parents...