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Children who are severely allergic to milk may be able to start tolerating it if they are given tiny amounts of baked milk followed by progressively larger doses, a small clinical trial suggests. Larger studies are needed to confirm the effect and the therapy shouldn’t be attempted without medical supervision, doctors say.
About 3 per cent of preschool-aged children are allergic to proteins in cow’s milk, making it the most common food allergy in young children. Most naturally outgrow it by the time they go …
