the second group - the one without hope - reported being happier over the next six months

"We think they were happier because they got on with their lives. They realized the cards they were dealt, and recognized that they had no choice but to play with those cards,"

Chase suffers from life threatening food allergies, so his parents got Slinky, a one-of-a-kind service dog trained to make sure Chase's surroundings are safe.

“I'm not saying no babies have reflux disease, but what's happened is over the last several years, the number of prescriptions in infants [for proton pump inhibitors] has risen dramatically,” said Eric Hassall, professor of pediatric gastroenterology at B.C. Children's Hospital and the University of British Columbia. “There clearly is not a sudden epidemic of GERD in First World infants. … Either we've missed all of this in the past or [the medication] is being prescribed inappropriately.”

lately these acid-reducing medications have been the subject of studies linking their use to a number of health risks, from an increased rate of hip fracture to a greater likelihood of diarrhea and community-acquired pneumonia.

Dr. Michael F. Vaezi, clinical director in the department of gastroenterology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, also believes the clinical importance of the associations reported in many of the PPI studies has been "overblown."

In light of findings, physicians might consider discontinuation of acid-suppressing drugs in patients with positive breath tests, particularly those who have recurrent symptoms of SIBO, the investigators concluded.

Whatever the cause, it's clear that the number of children with food allergies has gone up 18 percent and the number seeking treatment for food allergy at emergency departments or hospitals has tripled since 1993.

there's already a shortage of allergy specialists in many areas

schools will have to gear up to take care of additional children with food allergy to ensure their safety during the school day and on field trips