Heat, rain, mosquitoes, and other bugs can ruin the best of holidays. While summer is the season of vacations, barbeques, and nights out with friends, allergies, bug bites, sunburn, and upset stomach are common during the summer months. The sun rays can cause UV damage and skin cancer. UV rays are harmful in that… Continue reading
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Food Additives that Affect Health
The food industry continues to create new chemicals that are used to manipulate and preserve the food they process but they often affect our health. These chemicals add colours, mimic flavours, makes foods look fresh and preserve them longer. They are used in all foods we consume every day, including breads, meat, dairy products, crackers,… Continue reading
The food allergy may not this that it seems
Not any time the symphoms similar to the allery told for allery itself. Sometimes you may have completely other condition, like irritable bowel or eosinophilis esophagitis, said from the Journal of the American Medical Association. To this conclusion is get Dr. Anish Sheth, a gastroenterologist who has many patients who come in complaining that they… Continue reading
Let the holidays gifts be helping and avoiding allergies and asthma
It’s difficult enough to find the perfect holiday gifts for friends and loved ones, but the task becomes even trickier if they have allergies or asthma. Fear not, shoppers the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) and its allergist members, doctors who are experts at diagnosing and treating allergies and asthma, offer these… Continue reading
The allergies may be determine in the before birth period
A child’s chances of developing allergies or wheezing is related to how he or she grew at vital stages in the womb, according to scientists from the University of Southampton. The new research, funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) and the British Lung Foundation, and undertaken at Southampton General Hospital, reveals that fetuses which… Continue reading
How to secure safe school for your child with allergy
For millions of children with allergies and asthma, heading back-to-school with high levels of fall pollens and molds in the air and exposure to potential allergens and viruses in class can really take a toll. In fact, asthma, which can be triggered by allergies and respiratory illnesses, causes a 46 percent increase in emergency room… Continue reading
The perfumes and hidden health risks?
That fragrance you wear, perhaps named after a celebrity, may make you feel sexy and irresistible, but chances are the label isn’t telling you everything that’s in it, according to a new report. And that could spell trouble, says Jane Houlihan, co-author of the new report, issued by The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics in partnership… Continue reading
All for spring allergies
Spring is the time of year that we normally think of when it comes to seasonal allergies. As the trees start to bloom and the pollen gets airborne, allergy sufferers begin their annual ritual of sniffling and sneezing. Each year, 35 million Americans fall prey to seasonal allergic rhinitis, more commonly known as hay fever.… Continue reading