About UPI UPI en Espa ol My Account Free News Update Home Top News Entertainment Odd News Sports Olympics Business Science Health Analysis Energy Resources Security Industry Emerging Threats Video News Photos Search Stories Photos Videos Go Advertise on UPI You are here Home Health News College students take food allergy risks Health News View archive RSS Feed College students take food allergy risks Published Aug. at PM Order reprints Print Story Email to a Friend Post a Comment Close ANN ARBOR Mich. Aug. UPI Only percent of U.S. college students with food allergies avoid foods they knew they should not eat researchers said. University of Michigan Health System researchers reported percent of those surveyed said a roommate was aware of his or her food allergy and two thirds of the students could verify that another person campus knew about his or her allergy. Less than half of those identifying themselves as food allergic percent could verify they carried emergency medicati! on to treat a reaction and about percent had self injectable epinephrine the recommended treatment for the life threatening severe allergic reaction called anaphylaxis. The researchers said the University of Michigan studies point to the need for students to increase the awareness of their food allergy among the people around them. This would include not only telling them that they are food allergic but also showing them how to treat them and how to recognize signs of an ongoing reaction study leader Dr. Matt Greenhawt now of the Allergy Asthma Center LLC in Atlanta said in a statement. United Press International Inc. All Rights Reserved. News Photos Slideshows Photos of the Day Week in Photos News Entertainment Sports Features Olympics Most Popular Stories Photos Videos . Teen sex reduced condom use increases . Chlorine resistant bug threatens swimmers . Eating breakfast eggs helps weight loss . E. Coli may have come from Scout camp . Expert Granite counter tops may be uns! afe Videos Enlarge Video Get the Flash Player to see this player. Bush scolds China on human rights Friday August Is the anthrax mystery solved Thursday August Pedal power Wednesday August Household vampires Wednesday August United Press International Inc . All Rights Reserved
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