Yvette Yatskis is a pro at examining food labels in the Jamestown (N.D.) Middle School lunchroom.
It’s a drill she’s mastered because her sons Andrew, 13, and Tygh, 12 are allergic to eggs, shellfish, fish, peanuts and other nuts.
Without proper vigilance, the two could experience anaphylaxis – a severe allergic reaction that can cause hives, swelling […]
Lately, your best friend Spot has been licking his paws, rubbing his face and yelping incessantly because of chronic ear infections.
Your pet may be an allergy sufferer, and a visit to a veterinary dermatologist could be in order.
Pet allergies have some of the same characteristics as those found in humans, but there are also some […]
Daily Banner, FAIRFAX, Va.— The incidence of food allergy has skyrocketed, doubling in the last 10 years, and scientists aren’t sure why.
More than 12 million Americans — one in 25 — are caught up in this life-altering epidemic.
Among them are 2.2 million school-age children. For them, as well as for their parents, back-to-school is an […]
The Wyndham Lisle-Chicago Hotel & Executive Meeting Center is now offering allergy-friendly guest accommodations, as well as 99.9% allergenic-free meeting facilities in its new Executive Meeting Center.
“By providing our guests with the PURE allergy-friendly Room, they are able to enjoy the benefit of being in an improved air quality environment that goes well beyond the […]
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who are allergic to cats may not have to get rid of their pets to find relief, if the findings of a new study hold up.
Tolerance to cats can be built up in allergic kids by placing increasing doses of standardized cat dander extract under the tongue, according to […]
The debate has been so heated that you’d expect a mobile-phone mast attached to the PC Advisor website, but now boffins claim that phone-mast allergies are all “in the mind”. Wi-Fi worriers read on.
Experiments prove that people who believe phone masts trigger symptoms such as anxiety, nausea and tiredness couldn’t detect if signals were on […]
More and more foods bear a mishmash of warnings that they might accidentally contain ingredients that could seriously sicken people with food allergies. Yet there are signs that the labels are creating confusion among families that should heed them — even as new testing shows there is a real, if probably small, chance that foods […]
BOSTON, July 16 A study suggests strong variation in the occurrence of anaphylaxis between the northern and southern United States because of EpiPen prescribing.
Anaphylaxis is a severe allergic reaction that can be fatal without treatment with epinephrine, according to Dr. Carlos A. Camargo of Harvard University, and colleagues who obtained data on EpiPen prescriptions in […]
As an allergy sufferer, I know how irritating the smallest outdoor allergens can be. But here’s something I didn’t realize. Rain can either be a blessing or a curse.
Samantha Harkinson is having a hard time enjoying the great outdoors. Samantha says, “A lot of headaches, stuffy nose, drainage, just everything kind of gross like that.” […]
Hay fever sufferers were dealt a blow yesterday after an unstable golfer triggered a halt to trials into what had promised to be the world’s first four-in-one vaccine to help summer snifflers and sneezers.
The US Food and Drug Administration suspended trials of Allergy Therapeutics’ Pollinex Quatro vaccine after a patient reported “a rare adverse event”. […]