MACCS Medical Group in Parkville, Victoria, Australia | Allergist

MACCS Medical Group

Locality: Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 3 9345 6888

Address: Suite 1.1, Level 1, 48 Flemington Road 3052 Parkville, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.maccsmedicalgroup.com.au

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22.01.2022 Here’s a fantastic new free app to help children with food allergies from our colleagues at MCRI. If you have a child with food allergies, give this a try and provide them with some feedback ahead of the official launch.

20.01.2022 Fantastic opportunity to participate in a cow's milk and/or egg oral immunotherapy (OIT) research trial if you have a child aged between 5-17 years old. Please share with family & friends who may be interested and email [email protected]. #OIT #oralimmunotherapy #researchtrial #foodallergy #milkallergy #eggallergy

20.01.2022 Terrific news - recruitment for this worldwide peanut patch trial, EPITOPE, has reopened. Do you have a child aged 1-3 years old with peanut allergy? Our colleagues at the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) now have more spots available for participants to join the Viaskin EPITOPE peanut patch study. This is a global Phase III study where participants are recruited across North America (USA & Canada), Ireland and Australia. To read more about EPITOPE and the peanu...t patch trial, see https://www.dbv-technologies.com//4190-pr_epitope_fpi-1.pdf and https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03211247. Please email [email protected] to hear more about your child’s eligibility to take part in this study - places are limited. And do remember to share this with friends or family who might be interested. #peanutallergy #peanutpatchtrial

20.01.2022 Do you have a child aged 1-3 years old with peanut allergy, and are interested in participating in a peanut patch trial? Our colleagues at the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) are now recruiting for the Viaskin EPITOPE study. This is a global Phase III study where participants are recruited across North America (USA & Canada), Ireland and Australia. To read more about EPITOPE and the peanut patch trial, see https://www.dbv-technologies.com//4190-pr_epitope_fpi-1....pdf and https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03211247. Please email [email protected] to hear more about your child’s eligibility to take part in this study - places are limited. And do remember to share this with friends or family who might be interested. #peanutallergy #peanutpatchtrial

19.01.2022 IMPORTANT INFORMATION from Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia to share regarding the EpiPen shortage #epipens

18.01.2022 Are you interested in helping us find a cure for food allergy? Our specialists at MACCS Medical Group are involved in exciting research conducted through the Murdoch Children's Research Institute. For families who would like to get involved in research trials, including food allergy oral immunotherapy treatment trials to cure milk, egg, wheat and nut allergies, please click the following link to register your obligation-free interest at https://www.maccsmedicalgroup.com.au.../research-participation/ Help us find the cure for food allergy. Do not forget to share this with friends and family who may be interested! #foodallergy #foodallergyresearch #oralimmunotherapy #OIT Note: Thank you everyone for your comments. As we commonly receive enquiries from families that they would like to be informed of any future food allergy research trials, this really is a general expression-of-interest to allow families to formally register their interest.

17.01.2022 Well done Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia for organising a terrific education day at the inaugural Allergy Show in Melbourne. We had many inquisitive questions and covered a wide variety of important learnings together!

16.01.2022 Terrific resource here from Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia on how to help your child with food allergy to transition to school. The three vital steps are to: 1) Communicate, 2) Plan and 3) Educate. Do share this with friends and families who may find this helpful. #foodallergy #schooltransition

15.01.2022 What happens during an oral food challenge? Here are the most commonly asked questions, answered. Help us share this with friends and families who may find this helpful. #foodchallenges #foodallergies

11.01.2022 Is oral immunotherapy for food allergy ready for prime time? Come attend this public forum on Friday 11th May 2018 at the Ella Latham Theatre at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, for an update and informative discussion regarding this important topic.

09.01.2022 Interested in taking part in food allergy research? The Centre for Food & Allergy Research (CFAR)’s new website features a list of food allergy prevention and treatment studies that are currently accepting participants in Australia. https://foodallergyresearch.org.au/fami/studies-recruiting/ Families can also sign up to receive an email alert each time a new study is added to the website. https://foodallergyresearch.org.au/families/... Pease share this with friends and family who might be interested! #foodallergy #foodallergyresearch #cfar

08.01.2022 PrEggNut - from our friends at MCRI, if you are pregnant and: are less than 23 weeks gestation (singleton pregnancy), AND have at least 2 family members (yourself, partner or child/ren) with a history of medically diagnosed allergic disease (asthma, eczema, hay fever or food allergy), AND plan to breastfeed for at least 4 months, AND... do NOT have egg or peanut allergy We would love to have you participate in the PrEggNut study. For more information, see below and contact: Beatriz Camesella Study Coordinator Email: [email protected] Phone: (03) 8341 6236 Don't forget to share it with friends & family who might be interested! . . What is PrEggNut? By 1 year of age, 10% (1 in every 10) of babies will develop a food allergy. Evidence to date suggests that the ideal time to prevent food allergy may be during pregnancy and breastfeeding, but little is known about the effect of what mothers eat during pregnancy and breastfeeding on the risk of food allergies in their babies. This research is testing whether the amount of eggs and peanuts a mother eats during pregnancy and breastfeeding has an influence on her baby’s food allergy development. Study results will be used to develop national recommendations about how much egg and peanut to eat during pregnancy and breastfeeding to reduce egg and peanut allergies in babies. What does the study involve? Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two study groups: a ‘standard egg and peanut diet’ group (which is typical for most women) and a ‘high egg and peanut diet’ group. Participants will be asked to follow the diet advice for their group from 22 weeks gestation until their baby is 4 months of age (or until breastfeeding ceases). The outcomes of egg and peanut allergies will be compared in the babies of the two groups at 1 year of age.

03.01.2022 We are excited by this initiative to establish an Oral Immunotherapy Allergy Trials Program in Melbourne - this is great for families of children with food allergy. Well done to Katie Allen, Mary Wooldridge and Simone Albert for your advocacy and collaboration! #oralimmunotherapy #foodallergy #foodallergytreatment #foodallergyimmunotherapy

01.01.2022 Wondering what it is like to have an allergy skin prick test done? Worried if it might be painful or uncomfortable? Let's have Emmanuel, Hudson and Charli show us what it is like to have an allergy skin test performed! This may help children feel less worried if they are due to have an allergy assessment and may need a skin prick test. If you like this, do share this video with family and friends. #allergies #skinpricktest #allergytesting #foodallergy #eggallergy #peanutallergy #allergyskinpricktest #anaphylaxis