Hours after savoring that perfectly grilled steak on a beautiful summer evening, your body turns traitor, declaring war on ...

A tiny tick bite could trigger a lifelong change to your menu.Alpha-gal syndrome (AGS) is a potentially life-threatening ...

This delayed allergic reaction is called alpha-gal syndrome. While it’s commonly called the “red meat allergy ,” that ...

Alpha-gal syndrome, a growing concern triggered by tick bites, causes allergic reactions to red meat, dairy, and other ...

People with alpha-gal syndrome (AGS) can have an allergic reaction after eating red meat or being exposed to products ...

Tick bites can cause all sorts of nasty afflictions. And if you're bitten by a Lone Star tick, here's one more to add to the list: a red meat allergy. Laura Stirling, 51, a Realtor who lives in ...

Reach her at @OglesbyAPP, [email protected] or 732-557-5701. This article originally appeared on Asbury Park Press: Red meat allergy: Alpha-gal syndrome is one more reason to avoid tick bites.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says bites from lone star ticks are causing an allergic reaction to red meat, and maybe more than 400,000 people in the U.S. are affected.

Red meat — specifically a type of sugar called alpha-gal present in red meat — triggered the allergic reaction, Horn learned. The diagnosis puzzled her because she had eaten steaks, barbecue ...

For private chef Matt Beres, living with the red meat allergy that prevents him from enjoying many of his gourmet meals has been especially difficult. "I can work with them, but I can't eat them.

“Over 90% of patients who develop red meat allergy due to alpha-gal report tick bites," he told ABC News. "Many recall a specific bite that had a ‘bad reaction’ or ‘was slow to heal’ or ...