1.0 link 151462 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/meredith-broussard/food-allergy-deaths-less_b_151462.html In her December 8 New York Times article, "Researchers Put a Microscope on Food Allergies," Karen Ann Cullotta cites a statistic commonly used in articles about food allergies: "Up to 200 deaths each year are attributed to the most severe reaction, food-induced anaphylaxis," she writes. A similar statistic appears in Nicholas A. Christakis' recent British Medical Journal article, "This Allergies Hysteria is Just Nuts," which is referenced in the Times' "Well" blog today. Dr. Christakis writes...

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