Promising News for Your Kid’s Peanut Allergy!

February 18, 2014

Researchers first established each child’s threshold for the nut—determining at what point they showed signs of the allergy, with symptoms ranging from itching and nausea to vomiting and breathing difficulties. The children in the active treatment group were then given a low dose of peanut protein by mouth, with initial dosage below the amount they had individually been measured to react to. These children…

Vicki Clinebell majored in journalism at the University of Colorado and headed to an advertising agency before beginning a long career in broadcasting, spanning production and copywriting to Sales and Management for an ABC affiliate station.

Her decision to switch gears to pursue a career in writing fulfilled a lifelong ambition. She started as a blogger for a diverse group of businesses, and now writes for a number of digital publications for companies stationed in her hometown in the Rocky Mountains, and provides advertising copy and media buys for national and regional clients. She finds the research as intersting as the writing—she loves learning about subjects as diverse as construction scaffolding, child safety seats, and the newest trends in beauty and fashion.