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20 ways to treat allergy symptoms
With allergy season underway, it's easy to reach for the medicine cabinet. Here are some ways you can naturally battle allergy symptoms. Always check with your doctor before changing your seasonal allergy treatments.
Source: WDSU.com - Health - April 29, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Needle-Free Relief For Children From Asthma And Allergies
Allergy shots are commonly used to treat children with severe environmental allergies and asthma, but under-the-tongue drops may offer yet another beneficial - and stick-free - option for pediatric allergy sufferers, according to a Johns Hopkins Children's Center review of existing scientific evidence. The new research comes on the heels of another recent Hopkins study, which showed that oral drops provide a safe and effective alternative for adult allergy sufferers...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - May 9, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Allergy Source Type: news
May is Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
May is Asthma and Allergy Awareness month. Visit the asthma and allergy health topic pages. Also, learn more by reading the latest asthma and allergy news.
Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - May 15, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The rise of deadly insect sting allergies: Is there a cure?
If you think summer insects are done setting their sights on ruining your outdoor gathering, think again. August's hot and dry climate is the perfect breeding ground for insects, especially yellow jackets. And for the millions of Americans allergic to insect stings, these late summer bugs can be deadly. According to a report released in the August issue of Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, the scientific journal of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI), insect sting allergy is increasing, affecting five percent of the population...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 6, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Allergy Source Type: news
Got a gluten allergy or a hypoallergenic dog? You're kidding yourself, says leading allergy doctor
Dr David Stukus, an allergy specialist from Columbus, Ohio, wrote a presentation debunking various common allergy myths after years of hearing patients declare inaccuracies.
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 7, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Asthma sufferers allergic to cats doubles, making holiday travel challenging
People with asthma traveling to pet friendly homes for the holidays may want to pack allergy medication along with their inhaler. A study presented at the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology's (ACAAI) Annual Scientific Meeting reveals the number of people with asthma that are also allergic to cats has more than doubled over an 18 year period. "From 1976 to 1994, positive allergy skin tests in people with asthma have increased significantly," said Leonard Bielory, MD, ACAAI fellow and study author...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 12, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Allergy Source Type: news
Where you live in the US does not affect prevalence of allergies
In the largest, most comprehensive, nationwide study to examine the prevalence of allergies from early childhood to old age, scientists from the National Institutes of Health report that allergy prevalence is the same across different regions of the United States, except in children 5 years and younger."Before this study, if you would have asked 10 allergy specialists if allergy prevalence varied depending on where people live, all 10 of them would have said yes, because allergen exposures tend to be more common in certain regions of the U.S.," said Darryl Zeldin, M.D.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 7, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Allergy Source Type: news
Washing Dishes By Hand Could Protect Kids From Allergies
BOSTON (CBS) – Dr. Mallika Marshall reports on two big allergy headlines that could help protect your children from developing allergies in the first place.
More and more children are suffering from allergies and one environmental factor may contribute. It’s called the hygiene hypothesis and proposes that because we live in such a sterile environment with antibacterial products, the overuse of antibiotics, and limiting our children’s exposure to dirt and germs, their immune systems overreact when kids eventually encounter these things. Two new studies support this theory.
Pregnant women and parents of young chil...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - February 23, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: deanreddington Tags: Health Local News Syndicated Local Watch Listen Dr. Mallika Marshall Peanut Allergy peanuts Source Type: news
Studying Abroad With a Gluten Allergy
By College Tourist -- Author -- Jaclyn Schwartz -- University of Illinois.
When people think of Belgium, the first things that usually come to mind are beer and waffles. Unfortunately, my gluten allergy prevents me from enjoying these Belgian specialties. I am currently studying abroad in Leuven, Belgium and I love it but don't get me wrong, being allergic to most Belgian foods is not easy. Although having a food allergy is a struggle, do not be discouraged to study abroad! There are ways to make the most of your study abroad experience while avoiding gluten.
Do research ahead of time.
Before I came to Belgium, I rese...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 23, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Experts Recommend Exposing At-Risk Infants To Small Amounts Of Peanuts
BOSTON (CBS) – About three percent of children in developed countries are now allergic to peanuts and now a leading group of pediatricians is coming out with new recommendations to try to prevent peanut allergies.
For years, it has been recommended that parents avoid exposing their children to peanuts until they’re older, for fear that early exposure may lead to an allergy to peanuts, but research earlier this year suggested that advice was wrong.
Now the American Academy of Pediatrics and leading allergy groups, are recommending that babies at high risk for peanut allergies be given foods containing peanuts be...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - August 26, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: deanreddington Tags: Health Local News Syndicated Local Dr. Mallika Marshall Peanut Allergy Source Type: news
False Positives Common in Siblings of Food-Allergic ChildrenFalse Positives Common in Siblings of Food-Allergic Children
Siblings of children with food allergy are at high risk of testing positive for an allergy they don't have, which could lead to unnecessary food avoidance and a genuine allergy later on. Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - November 10, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Allergy & Clinical Immunology News Source Type: news
How An Elimination Diet May Improve Your Child’s Health
Photo Courtesy of Simon & Schuster
Maya Shetreat-Klein, MD is an integrative pediatric neurologist. Her new book, The Dirt Cure is published by Atria Publishing Group, a sister company of CBS. She lectures internationally to medical professionals and laypeople on environmental health and toxins, and healing with food and nature.
Many children in my practice improve tremendously from any number of conditions—asthma, eczema, constipation, headaches, ADHD, seizures—when we remove foods that bother their bodies. Unfortunately, traditional allergy tests don’t always tell the whole story of food reactivity. The best wa...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - January 26, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: cbskapost Tags: Health Allergies Allergy Best Of Boston's Best CBS Local Food Kids Maya Shetreat Klein Parenting peanuts Simon and Schuster The Dirt Cure Top Spots Source Type: news
HealthWatch: Mom ’ s Diet Could Affect Child ’ s Risk Of Allergy, Eczema
BOSTON (CBS) – In one of the largest reports of its kind, researchers in London find that a mom’s diet can affect her baby’s risk of allergies.
Researchers from Imperial College London analyzed more than 400 studies involving 1.5 million people and found that when moms took fish oil supplements during late pregnancy, and while breastfeeding, their children had a 30% lower risk of having an egg allergy at age 1, and when moms took probiotics, there was a 22% lower risk of their children developing eczema.
Fish oil supplements helps reduce the chance of a mother’s baby cy getting a food allergy if tak...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - March 1, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Health Local News Syndicated Local Diet Dr. Mallika Marshall HealthWatch Source Type: news
Climate Change Is Nothing to Sneeze At Climate Change Is Nothing to Sneeze At
The inextricable link between climate change and respiratory health was the focus of this year ' s American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology and World Allergy Organization Joint Congress.Medscape Allergy & Immunology
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - March 29, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Allergy & Clinical Immunology Viewpoint Source Type: news
Delabeling for Penicllin Allergy Found Safe in Children Delabeling for Penicllin Allergy Found Safe in Children
Children with low-risk penicillin allergy symptoms who tested negative for penicillin allergy tolerated penicillin without serious adverse or allergic reactions during the following year, a study found.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 20, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: news
