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From skin rashes and hives to difficulty breathing and more serious reactions, food allergies affect up to six million children in the United States alone. But over the last two decades, researchers

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Representative quantified computed tomography (CT) slices showing excess adipose or fatty tissues (pink) within the muscle boundary (green) in spina bifida patients (right) compared to control