The FDA just approved the first drug to treat 4-17 years old children having peanut allergies. It's designed to minimize the incidence and severity of a child's allergic reaction to peanuts. In the US, 2.5% of children have peanut allergy, but millions of people are affected worldwide. For some, eating food containing peanut - whether denied by clueless waiters or mislabelled on the package - can even be lethal. So when I say that sensors indicating whether a food has peanut can be very useful, I mean literally life-saving. In this category, I tested Nima Labs 's sensor (they also have one for gluten), and it does the task flawlessly - if you put a small sample of food in it, it indicates peanut accurately, is truly easy and fast to use, and it's portable. The only flip side is that you have to change capsules for each sampling, which is neither economical nor environmentally friendly. So, at the moment, it's not without fault - but neither is the newly approved treatment. Which do you think will come true first: the perfect cure for peanut allergy or economical and environmentally friendly testers? #themedicalfuturist #digitalhealth #medicine #technology #nima #glutensensor #peanutsensor #glutensensitivity #glutenintolerance #peanutallergy #foodintolerance #foodallergy …see more